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A considerable amount of information is disseminated to industry, or is available to industrialists, from various official and semiofficial sources, The information covers a wide range of subjects, such as industrial statistics export services, overseas information, industrial legislation, trade news, commercial abstracts, etc.
The information comes from five main sources, namely, (i) government departments, (ii) the Textile Council, (iii) trade associations and trade unions, (iv) commercial libraries, and (v) suppliers. The government departments mainly concerned are the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Labour, which, through their official organs, disseminate both statistics and relevant news matter.
Additionally, the Civil Service staff makes itself available for assistance in many directions. The Textile Council covers, in particular, the widest range of official p statistical and administrative needs of the cotton and man-made-fibres section of the industry, and, although it operates independently, its -members are appointed by the government.
Trade associations, guided in policy, by representatives of the trade and usually supported by a permanent staff, are involved in all matters of policy connected with their particular branch of the industry and usually- both circularize their members and give personal assistance. Commercial libraries, whether within firms or supported by trade 'associations, research associations, etc., both prepare abstracts of information of interest to the trade and make available the books in their libraries.
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