Britain For Sale

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ISBN: 9781847940766

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Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	BRUMMER ALEX
Pub Date	04/04/2013
Binding	Paperback
Pages	288

Publisher: Cornerstone

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US food giant Kraft bought Cadbury in 2010, Dutch group AkzoNobel acquired ICI in 2007, 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? The author examines this question.

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'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.