National Enterprise Board

British

noun

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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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 • Sep. 23, 2019

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

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2011

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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