~- from a London reader Under the 1967 Companies Act it is now possible to investigate not only diregtors' salaries but also their capital assets.
The Times Business News has carried out an inquiry into 45 leading British companies and come out with some striking figures about the control of British industry.
Perhaps the most startling fact is that as many as ten of Britain's largest factories come under the effective control of a single family group.
The best way to illustrate this is to list the directors, the firms, the directors' holdings and percentage of equity shares held. DIRECTOR
Lord Cole and Dr. Woodroofe Sir Isaac Wolfson D. Phelps Sir Harry Pilkington Lord Thompson David Lewis Sir Jules Thorn Kenneth Bond A. Pilkington Lord Cozens—Hardy Sir Harold Samuel Ivo Forde Bruce Goodman Lord Rank Lord Sieff, Joseph Sieff, Marcus Sieff & Michael Sieff L.H.Pilkington Leonard Sainer Michael Sacher Robert Maxwell Charles Clore Ernest Kleinwort Arnold Weinstock Sir Isaac Wolfson Alec Lerner Cyril Kleinwort Charles Forte Gabriel Sacher Sir William Butlin W. Shapland Joe Hyman Sir S. Warburg Louis Freedman Leonard Sainer Trevor Watts Julian Hodge Lord Bearsted Peter Samuel
COMPANY
Unilever
Great Universal
Stores
Pilkington Bros.
Pilkington Bros.
Thompson
Organisation
G.E.C.
Thorn
G.E.C.
Pilkington Bros.
Pilkington Bros.
land Securities
Kleinwort
Marks & Spencer
Ranks Hovis
Marks & Spencer
Pilkington Bros.
Sears
Marks & Spencer
Pergamon
City Centre
Kleinwort
G.E.C.
Drage's
Marks & Spencer
Kleinwort
Forte's
Marks & Spencer
Butlin's
Bernard Sunley
Viyella
Mercury Sec.
land Securities
Hill, Samuel
Butlin's
Hodge Group
Hill, Samel
Shell