Britain for Sale

Oct 30, 2024 1:24 PM

Author:Alex Brummer

Britain for Sale

‘Buy British!’ we often hear, and many foreign companies have done just that. US food giant Kraft bought Cadbury in 2010, Dutch group AkzoNobel acquired ICI in 2007, Deutsche Bahn now own Arriva, and that’s just the beginning.

The truth is that hundreds of billions of pounds’ worth of British businesses have been sold off abroad in recent years. But what does this takeover bonanza mean for our future economic health?

In Britain for Sale, award-winning financial journalist Alex Brummer investigates this question, explaining why British companies are so irresistible to overseas buyers and weighing up the true cost of these transactions.

Reviews

A very readable book ... Years of experience on Fleet Street have served [Brummer] well - he has a serious yet very approachable style in giving us his knowledge

—— Bookbrunch

A fascinating new book

—— Money Week

An important and enlightening read

—— Good Book Guide

Meticulous, multi-angled and valuable ... Coll's prose sweeps the earth like an Imax camera

—— Dwight Garner , New York Times

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—— Kirkus Reviews

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—— Publishers Weekly

Here are useful lessons for any young African businessperson

—— Africa Report

A really refreshing guide by somebody who has made a fair amount of money following his own advice. An excellent book... Highly recommended

—— Irish Independent

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—— Peter Harden, founder, Harden’s Restaurant Guides

An engaging and useful read

—— Financial News

Provocative and worth reading

—— Michael Spencer, founder and Chief Executive, ICAP

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—— PC Advisor

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