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Brian Blatchford is presented with a design award in 1976 by Prince Philip.
In 1974, after membership rates being unchanged for 7 years, the cost for companies increased. A company with 1-5 employees would pay £10.00, while companies employing over 150 employees would pay £65.00 a year.
Pakistan was on the agenda once again at the end of 1974 as Mr Muntz, of George Gill & Son and Chairman of the Council, reported on a recent EUROM meeting in Brussels where members were discussing the issue of combatting the ‘dumping’ of goods from certain countries and, in particular, Pakistan. In a meeting in early 1975, Japan is mentioned for the rst time as being the source of ‘cheap goods’.
His remarks followed his written comments in the 1970 AGM report, in which, on the subject of Pakistan imports, he wrote: “These seem to be arriving in increasing quantities. There is also a newer factor that requires thought and that is the use of the word London in a rm’s heading.” It seems that Mr Muntz and his colleagues were concerned that people might believe that they were dealing with a British company when in fact, they weren’t.
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