14 OCTOBER 1960, page 30

Slowing Down

By a Correspondent FoR the first time since the spring of 1958 Britain's hire- purchase debt fell in August. The intervening period—from April, 1958, to July, 1960— comprised......

Company Notes

w ILLIAM DOXFORD, the shipbuilders and engineers at Sunderland, have done exceed- ingly well to increase the _pre-tax profits for the year to June 30, 1960. from £1.22 million......