Records of the Scottish Milk Marketing Board, marketing board, Scotland

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 002
• Dates of Creation:1980-1994
• Name of Creator:
  Scottish Milk Marketing Board (marketing board : 1934-1994 : Scotland)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.5 metres

• Scope and Content

  Under EEC/EU regulations the board had to submit reports on expenditure on advertising. These reports contain detailed financial break-downs on advertising and promotions in all media, market research results and often contain examples of adverts, posters and point-of-sale material.

  • Co-responsibility Marketing Reports to the EEC 1980-1994

• Administrative / Biographical History

  As with its English equivalent, the Scottish Milk Marketing Board were formed in 1934  . On 6 November 1991, John Gummer, Minister of Agriculture, called upon the Milk Marketing Board in England and Wales to bring forward a proposal to move towards a voluntary status and this was rapidly echoed by the Minister of Agriculture in Scotland at the time, Lord Strathclyde. The Boards in Scotland responded positively saying that this was the way they wanted to go with SMMB Chairman Mr Andrew Howie saying in particular that he envisaged transfer to a voluntary farmers' co-operative without disruption. There should, he said, be a "seamless join". After a great deal of debate, it was announced that vesting day for the three new co-operatives in Scotland would be the 1st November 1994, in line with the date in England and Wales. In this way over sixty years of legally enforced collective marketing of their milk by dairy farmers, in its time an efficient and often admired system, passed into history.

• Arrangement

  The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

• Access Information

  Open

• Acquisition Information

  Gift: via the Business Archives Council of Scotland: Scottish Milk, Paisley: ACCN 1593

• Other Finding Aids

  Digital file level list available in searchroom

• Alternative Form Available

  No known copies

• Archivist's Note

  Fonds level description created by Andrew Thomson, Hub Project Archivist, 18 November 2004

• Conditions Governing Use

  Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Archivist.

  Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.

• Appraisal Information

  This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures

• Custodial History

  Unknown

• Accruals

  None expected

• Related Material

  No related material

• Location of Originals

  This material is original

• Bibliography

  No known publications using this material

• Corporate Names

  Scottish Milk Marketing Board