The British Association of Industrial Editors (BAIE) is established on 12 March. More than 50 founding members meet at the National Cash Register Company offices in London. Their aim is “to raise the standard of industrial publications in this country”.
BAIE issues its first newsletter, Industrial Editor, in May.
The Gowers Committee on Health, Welfare and Safety in Non-Industrial Employment recommends that the provisions of the Factories Act – covering space, ventilation, temperature, lighting, washing and sanitary facilities – are adapted for employment in shops and offices.
Mathematician Alan Turing
1949
George Orwell’s dystopian novel about government surveillance and propaganda, 1984, is published.
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 comes into force in April 1949, and Ireland leaves the British commonwealth.
In November, former prime minister Winston Churchill gives a speech at Kingsway Hall in London, expressing his support for a European Union.
