The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments is an independent body which provides advice to the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, or other Ministers if requested, on applications from the most senior Crown servants who wish to take up outside appointments within 2 years of leaving Crown service The independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments was set up by the then Prime Minister in 1975 to advise him on applications from the most senior Crown servants General enquiries: Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, 35 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BQ