AFTER some years in which the interest and finances of Redditch institute were apparently dealing at so rapid a rate as to spell early disruption, it is pleasing to be able to record that the affairs of the institute have taken a decided turn for the better.

The end of the institute's year has just been reached and the prospects are more promising then they have been any time in the past decade, a particularly satisfactory feature being that the improvement in the conditions is an all-round one and attributable to a rally of the members more than to any special outside help.

In the last year the financial results were some £60 better than in the year previous, so that an adverse balance of about £27 has been turned into a favourable balance of some £33.