• ISBN13: 9781900961646
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Business Management
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Capstone
• Publication Date: June 16, 1999
• Pages: 224
• Original Price: GBP 12.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

About the Book British business - for all its pretensions to play on the world stage - seems content to bumble along. The lack of urgency, the sloppiness about time-keeping and disregard for service in general pervade all sectors of British industry. Retailers complain about sluggish sales but seem unconcerned about their inability to supply what people want; exporters claim that they have brilliant products but cannot attract buyers because the strong pound makes them unattractive; and manufacturers seem intent on making what they want rather than what the market demands. It is not just this writer who is angry, frustrated and puzzled.

Roger Trapp is management editor of the Independent and Independent on Sunday and the editor of the book My Biggest Mistake. He lives in south London with his wife and three daughters.