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THE annual meeting of the Association of Technical Institutions was held in the Goldsmiths' Hall, London, on February 28-29. The Right Hon. Lord Plender was installed as president for 1936. In his presidential address he surveyed such changes in the structure of the business world as the development of large stores, the grouping of railways and the general trend towards amalgamation of small units of business. He referred especially to costing and its scientific application which have been so useful to industry, and he emphasised the need for skilled persons in such branches as accountancy, foreign exchange, advertising, etc.
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Association of Technical Institutions: Annual Meeting in London. Nature 137, 412–413 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137412a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137412a0