Salute to an admired independent

摘要

Many readers will be familiar with Amberley's prolific output of softbound illustrated histories and picture albums, and also with Laurie James's authoritative historical work on several Surrey subjects. This book proves that the publisher can produce more substantial volumes as well, in this case to support the 90th anniversary of the company that it profiles. As the author acknowledges in his introduction, Safeguard is a rare example of a family-owned independent that has survived the regulation, deregulation, privatisation and consolidation of the bus industry, continuing to maintain a presence in its local bus market - in this case in Guildford - and remaining in the hands of its founding family.