Stagecoach: A Classic Rags to Riches Tale from the Frontiers of Capitalism - Hardcover

Wolmar, Christian

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9780752810256: Stagecoach: A Classic Rags to Riches Tale from the Frontiers of Capitalism

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0752810251 ISBN 13: 9780752810256

Publisher: Orion Business (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1998

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How a brother and sister team from Perth formed StageCoach, hijacked Britain's bus industry, and became 1 of the Greatest success stories of our times. The book takes us on a magical mystery tour of Stagecoach - from it's humble beginning in perth, to it's rapid and aggressive expansion during the ' bus war ' of the mid eighties, to the company's successful stock market flotation in 1993, and to further expansion and profit growth at home and abroad which has seen the share price rise %371 since it's flotation. Today Brian Souter has more than 32 million Stagecoach shares worth 168 million pounds, while Ann Gloag has about 27 million shares worth about 141 million pounds. - all a far cry from their strict and humble origins. However they have been criticised for driving smaller companies off the road and doubts over their future business tactics and ethics.

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Anyone who thinks that the Scots have lost their entrepreneurial flair should read this riveting account of the birth and growth of the Stagecoach empire - one of the most extraordinary business success stories of the post-Thatcher era. -- Magnus Linklater, former Editor of The Scotsman and Times columnist

Corporate cowboys or genuine geniuses - or maybe both? Christian Wolmar gives an honest and illuminating account of how Brian Souter and Ann Gloag have made Stagecoach the greatest start-up business of the Conservative years. -- Hamish McRae, The Independent

About the Author:

Christian Wolmar is a writer and journalist. He was previously Transport Correspondent for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday and now contributes regularly to The Evening Standard, The New Statesman and Rail Magazine.

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