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Reports on the training and development focus of five National Training Award winners – North West Water, Reading Buses, Black & Decker, Pirelli and Dolland & Aitchison – and at how their training programmes have affected their businesses.

There are at least 20 overseas companies operating in the retail sector in the UK, taking in a range of merchandise from footwear to jewellery. One strategy is that adopted by the multi‐national manufacturers — vertical integration, in order to secure outlets for their products. The multinational retailers, on the other hand, have pursued a policy of horizontal integration. However, many of both types of firms show a relatively low rate of profitability in relation to other foreign companies operating in Britain.

An American in London — John T. Gurash, of the giant INA corporation, is planning a multi‐million investment here and in Europe. The flow of dollars has not been halted by gloomy tales; if anything, it looks like increasing.

The Equal Pay Act 1970 (which came into operation on 29 December 1975) provides for an “equality clause” to be written into all contracts of employment. S.1(2) (a) of the 1970 Act (which has been amended by the Sex Discrimination Act 1975) provides: