John Jackson (Contractors) Limited, Lesmahagow

Scope and Content

Combined register and minute book.

Administrative / Biographical History

This company was registered in June 1963 with the directors being R R Wright and Mrs A Wright. It acquired the capital of Mitchell and Company (Contractors) Limited in March 1964 and was acquired in January 1965 by the national road haulage and warehousing company, the Transport Development Group.

Access Information

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Acquisition Information

These records were deposited in 1986 by the advisory service of the Business Archives Council, which had acquired them in 1985.

Other Finding Aids

Related Material

Other records of companies acquired by the Transport Development Group are also held at the Centre as part of the same deposit. The Centre also holds records relating to the Transport Development Group itself acquired from various sources.