A biography of the advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi. The Saatchi brothers, Charles and Maurice, have created this firm from scratch and it has become the largest advertising conglomerate in the world. Of the five major advertising companies, two are now owned by the Saatchis. They have played a major part in helping Mrs Thatcher win a record three elections in a row, while even before that their "Pregnant Man" advertisement made advertising history. In the last year they have moved on to new heights. They are pioneering the idea of "globalization", the notion that one company can supply every service needed for any international institution of whatever size. They have invaded Madison Avenue, buying Ted Bates, the agency that invented TV advertising, they tried to buy Hill Samuel, the merchant bankers, even the Midland Bank - and only narrowly failed. While people talk of the Saatchis having over-reached themselves, they plan to expand still further - to be bigger, in five years, than ICI.

The Brothers: The Rise & Rise of Saatchi & Saatchi

Business & Money

Ivan FALLON

Biography & History

McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books

The entertaining saga of one of the world's wealthiest men describes his lifestyle at his sixteen-thousand-acre estate along the Mexican coast and tells how his shrewd business sense saved his investments from the crash of 1987 and the Persian Gulf crisis.

BILLIONAIRE

Biographies & Memoirs

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ.

DeLorean: The Rise and Fall of a Dream Maker

Community & Culture

Hamish Hamilton

The Player: The Life of Tony O'Reilly

Coronet Books

Longlisted for the FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015. In September 2008, HBOS, with assets larger than Britain's GDP, was on the edge of bankruptcy. Its collapse would have created the biggest economic crisis since the 1930s and a major political disaster for the Labour government. With the help and support of Gordon Brown, HBOS was rescued by Lloyds TSB, one of the country's strongest banks, in circumstances that have since become the stuff of City legend. In the highly acclaimed Black Horse Ride, veteran financial journalist Ivan Fallon brings together the accounts of all the power players involved in this dramatic saga for the first time, including the key roles played by the Governor of the Bank of England, the Prime Minister and the Treasury. Through a compelling cast of prominent bankers, politicians and investors, Fallon reveals what really occurred in the aftermath of the crash of Lehman Brothers, perhaps the worst single day in banking history.

Black Horse Ride

Economics

Biteback

From humble beginnings in wartime Peckham, where his first memories are of being carried down into the air-raid shelter by his mother, Phil Harris would go on to transform his father's market stall into Britain's biggest carpet retail chain, himself becoming one of the richest people in the country, a member of the House of Lords and a passionate supporter of charitable causes.An extraordinary retailer, largely instinctive with an exceptional feel for what the customer wanted, Harris and his astonishing business career, with its ups and downs, are the central themes to the book. Today he is as well-known for his charitable work. Severely dyslexic himself, with Tony Blair's personal support Lord Harris created the first academy school in London.There are now thirty-five Harris Academy schools, and it was David Cameron's relationship with Lord Harris that persuaded the former PM to espouse the academy school so enthusiastically. These, then, are the fascinating memoirs of one of the country's greatest entrepreneurs and philanthropists.

Magic Carpet Ride: The Story of My Life

Professionals & Academics

Biteback Publishing

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