In 2010 the iconic British chocolate manufacturer Cadbury was taken over by the US food giant Kraft. The deal caused a public furore & prompted many to ask whether we should be allowing such a major national enterprise to fall into foreign hands. Yet despite the h&-wringing there was nothing unusual about what was going on. In recent years hundreds of billions of pounds worth of British businesses have been sold off abroad. Today foreign companies control vast swathes of the British economy from ports to bridges from the National Lottery to airlines & from high tech companies to gas & electricity suppliers. In Britain for Sale" award-winning financial journalist Alex Brummer explains why British companies are so irresistible to overseas buyers. He considers the impact of foreign deals on Britains enterprise culture. & he asks the key question: How damaging is the takeover bonanza to our future economic health?" ...

' Buy British!' we often hear & many foreign companies have done just that. US food giant Kraft bought Cadbury in 2010 Dutch group Akzo Nobel acquired ICI in 2007 Deutsche Bahn now own Arriva & 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 & weighing up the true cost of these transactions. ...

About the series The Access to History series is the most popular & trusted series for advanced level history students offering:
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This is a unique & beautiful look at Britain from the skies. See Britain in a whole new light with Britain From Above Month by Month" a stunning visual portrait of the British Isles throughout the year from renowned aerial photographer Jason Hawkes. Explore every corner of Britain from majestic mountain landscapes & haunting medieval ruins to magnificent feats of engineering & dramatic coastlines & see how familiar scenes famous events & iconic monuments take on a whole new life when viewed from a different angle. Look down at the Angel of the North from a new perspective take in the glittering London skyline from on high & see a patchwork of festival tents as youve never seen them before. " Britain From Above Month by Month" is a true celebration of Britain in all its glory a beautiful special gift & a fascinating addition to any bookshelf." ...

Theres a magical romance about train travel that no other form of transport can capture. Unlike other rail-based guides this is not a backpackers manual on how to travel cheaply & quickly & what to do once you get there. Instead this is a leisurely sojourn around the country an indulgent care-free & relaxing journey which notices
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As in ' Britain B.C.' & ' Britain A.D.' (also accompanied by Channel 4 series) eminent archaeologist Francis Pryor challenges familiar historical views of the Middle Ages by examining fresh evidence from the ground. The term ' Middle Ages' suggests a time between two other ages: a period when nothing much happened. In his radical reassessment Francis Pryor shows that this is very far from the truth & that the Middle Ages (approximately 800-1550) were actually the time when the modern world was born. This was when Britain moved from Late Antiquity into a world we can recognize as more or less familiar: roads & parishes became fixed; familiar institutions such as the church & local government came into being; industry became truly industrial; & international trade was now a routine process. Archaeology shows that the Middle Ages were far from static. Based on everyday often humdrum evidence it demonstrates that the later agricultural & industrial revolutions were not that unexpected given what we now know of the later medieval period. Similarly the explosion of British maritime power in the late 1700s had roots in the 15th century. The book stresses continuous development at the expense of 'revolution' though the Black Death (1348) which killed a third of the population did have a profound effect in loosening the grip of the feudal system. Labour became scarce & workers gained power; land became more available & the move to modern farming began. The Middle Ages can now be seen in a fresh light as an era of great inventiveness as the author examines such topics as 'upward mobility'; the power of the Church; the role of the Guilds as precursors of trade unions; the transport infrastructure of roads bridges & shipbuilders; & the increase in iron production. ...

Primary History: Britain since 1948 encourages pupils to examine the developments in post-war Britain & to consider how they have contributed to today's society. Stimulating activities cover economic developments & industrialisation recreational & religious choices & Britain's relations with other communities & countries. * Choose from a range of activities to suit your class. * Differentiate using a variety of writing-based tasks. * Explore history topics through creative role-plays & art & design work. * Ideal as accessible research resources for topic work. ...

The third in this series on the history of British airlines since the Second World War this volume starts with the return of Harold Wilson in 1964 & continues through the Thatcher years to deregulation in 1992. As the government the state-owned airline corporations & the independent airlines all jostled for position in a demanding & unforgiving world Guy Halford-Mac Leod explains how the airlines made & remade themselves ducking & diving in a slippery & difficult ring & records the exploits of some well-known heavyweights Harold Bamberg Richard Branson & of course Freddie Laker. This readable book offers both structure & expert analysis of the dramatic events of the time: the collapse of Court Line; the rise & fall of Laker & his Skytrain; the protracted saga of the governments attempts to privatise British Airways; the demise of the second force airline British Caledonian; & the passing from the scene of a few favourites like Air Europe British Eagle BUA & Dan-Air. This book concludes with a chapter that tells what happened to the players new & old as they tried to adapt to the new freedoms that deregulation gave them. Guy Halford-Mac Leod a veteran of twenty-five years in the airline industry & four British airlines now works as a researcher in the Smithsonians National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC. ...

Profusely illustrated in full colour. Appeals to the layman as well as boating enthusiast. Nick Corbles seventh canal book. With over 2 000 miles of navigable waterway in the UK Britains Canals are an asset to be treasure by everyone. Nick Corble has written an accessible guide which will help you get the best out of a visit or a boating holiday on the canal network. Whether your interest lies in the history the flora & fauna to be found along the towpath or even the types of boats & their decoration there is enough in Britains Canals: A Handbook to inform & entertain. Seeking to appeal to & aid the interested tourist dog-walker passer-by or even hopeful boat-buyer the handbook is packed with tips hints & useful facts presented in laymens terms & informing the reader what makes Britains canals so special. A wealth of illustrations in full colour makes this the perfect primer for anyone who wants to know more about Britains waterways. ...

This revelatory new history punctures the still widely held belief that the British Empire was an enlightened & civilizing enterprise of great benefit to its subject peoples. Instead Britains Empire reveals a history of systemic repression & almost continual violence showing how British rule was imposed as a military operation & maintained as a military dictatorship. For colonized peoples the experience was a horrific one
- of slavery famine battle & extermination. Yet as Richard Gott illustrates the empires oppressed peoples did not go gently into that good night. Wherever Britain tried to plant its flag there was resistance. From Ireland to India from the American colonies to Australia Gott chronicles the backlash. He shows too how Britain provided a blueprint for the genocides of twentieth-century Europe & argues that its past leaders must rank alongside the dictators of the twentieth century as the perpetrators of crimes against humanity on an infamous scale. In tracing this history of resistance all but lost to modern memory Richard Gott recovers these forgotten peoples & puts them where they deserve to be: at the heart of the story of Britains empire.
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