Commercial & Technical

In the spring this year, the new Registrar of Companies, Stephen Curtis (NLW, December 1985) wrote to all, or nearly all, the public libraries which subscribe to the CRO microfiche directory of companies registered in Great Britain, offering to supply order forms and pre‐paid envelopes to obtain company records by post. As I understand the offer, the pre‐paid envelopes would be included for carriage to and from Cardiff. The letter said, ‘Part of CRO's marketing strategy is to improve the service available to users of the directory of British companies…I envisage supplying you initially with 100–150 order forms plus pre‐paid envelopes as soon as possible’. I understand a number of libraries have already replied positively to the proposal. This is along the lines I suggested first in this column in February 1984.