13 MAY 1938, Page 40

FINANCIAL NOTES

SPILLERS' PLANS FOR EXPANSION

IMPORTANT plans for extending the Company's flour mills and silo capacity were reviewed at the annual meeting of Spillers by the chairman, Sir Malcolm A. Robertson. He said that wheat had now been taken into the silos of the new mill at Newcastle and that it was hoped that a start would be made with flour production by the end of this month. Further extensions were being made in the silo capacity in London and it was anticipated that the work would be finished in about 12 months' time. In Birkenhead the Beaufort Road mill had been remodelled and the silos extended. During the last few years, he said, new mills had been built at Cardiff. Avonmouth and Newcastle, while extensive remodelling had taken place in Birkenhead and considerable extension to the silo facilities in London. Sir Malcolm also stated that the record figure had last year again been exceeded in animal food deliveries .