National Enterprise Board

British  

noun

1.  NEB.  a public corporation established in 1975 to help the economy of the UK. In 1981 it merged with the National Research and Development Council to form the British Technology Group

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Example Sentences

During his final years at Chloride, Edwardes, then living in London, was appointed to the National Enterprise Board, a government body set up to revitalize British industry.

From Seattle Times

ICL had originally been supported through the National Enterprise Board, but then the government sold its share.

From The Guardian

He turned for help to Britain's National Enterprise Board, a government agency that provides investment funds for private companies.

From Time Magazine Archive

One item was a photostat of a letter that the paper said had been sent by Lord Ryder, who as chairman of the National Enterprise Board oversees companies in which the government owns shares, to British Leyland Chief Executive Alex Park.

From Time Magazine Archive

And those figures mask a serious cash shortage; in July, Leyland had to borrow 5180 million from the government's National Enterprise Board to keep going.

From Time Magazine Archive