'Hand of the master' and 'Enter Mr Fraser' in G Bull & A Vice, Bid for Power
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- Author(s) Bull, George, & Anthony Vice
- Publication type Chapters
- Year published 1961
- Pages pp71-86, 87-99
- Publisher Elek Books
- Place Published London
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- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Critical account of Charles Clore's acquisitions and the processes he adopted to secure them and the gains he made from them, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. They included J Sears & Co Ltd, footwear retailers and manufacturers whose interests included Freeman, Hardy & Willis Ltd; Bentley Engineering Group, textile machinery manufacturers; and Scottish Motor Traction Ltd whose chief asset was Vauxhall Motor Ltd dealerships where the takeover was contested by Hugh Fraser of House of Fraser Ltd. Also deals with his abortive takeover of Grosvenor House Hotel.