2 MARCH 1929, page 52

Clerical Titmc,st,

The:clerical and Medical and General Life Assurance So e i e t =now owned' by the _Employers' Liability insithince Corp s ation—pursues the course of publishing its Report at t......

* * A * Rolls Royce. _

It is always satisfactory to record any tendency to resist foreign control over important British industries, and I am glad, therefore, to note that at the recent annual meeting......

* * * A United Kingdom Provident.

The Annual Report of the United Kingdom Provid • Institution shows that the new business last year was t (Continued on page viii.) largest yet achieved ; not only so, but in......

• Abbey Road Building.

In the Financial Supplement there will be found a very interesting article dealing with ten years of progress in the activities of Building Societies. During the past week there......

W. H. Swan And Sox.

Among impending issues of capital, or rather, perhaps, it should be said among .those which may possibly be made sometime during the coming month, there is the proposed issue of......

• * * * Quinquennlil Valuation.

• The quinquennial valuation was made on the basis of interest at 21 per cent. net as against 3 per cent. net previously - assumed, and the reduction to 2 per cent. has resulted......

Selfridge Profits.

In noting the figures of the profits of Selfridge & Co. for the past year, it has to be remembered that they now have to bear a charge of £46,105 in respect of guarantee to......

Seorrisn Widows' Results.

. The Report of the past year of the Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society shows that the net new sums assured for last year amounted to £3,173,220, the net new busi-......

Harrods' Prosperity.

The prosperity of Harrods grows steadily and the Repo recently issued confirms the good impreSsion which had produced by the fact that on an increased capital the direct, had......

Pearl Assurance.

Satisfactory progress is indicated in the latest Report of the Pearl Assurance Co. The Industrial branch business is now valued on a 21 per cent. basis, and including 186,296......