Intervention and the Battle for Better Business

A critique of business support in the United Kingdom including exclusive interview with Lord Heseltine

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The Battle for Better Business

The Battle for Better Business

This book challenges the actions of the people responsible for shaping business support policy in England for a generation.

A stellar cast list that includes Lord Heseltine, Tony Blair, Lord Alan Sugar, Doug Richard (Dragon’s Den) and Dr Vince Cable.

“My Party would not take kindly to these arguments. I’m deeply aware there is a very substantial body of opinion that would be very suspicious of anything that smacked of interventionism”.

The Rt Hon. the Lord Heseltine CH Read More

Heseltine

Lord Heseltine

On 8th June 2011, Lord Heseltine agreed to be interviewed for the book and to discuss the issue of government intervention. Michael Heseltine was President of the Board of Trade … Read More

Chapter Profiles

The Knowledge Driven Economy

Intervention: The Battle for Better Business covers a period of twenty years, starting with the launch of John Major's 1992 Competitiveness agenda and culminating in Prime Minister David … Read More

The Author

Elliot Forte and business support memoir

"I am resolute in my belief that small businesses deserve much better and have an undeniable right to ask why and how taxpayer funding is invested in their name."   Elliot Forte is a founder … Read More

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Reception

“For many reasons, this is a valuable book, and it is an important innovation for the policy field in itself. It will remain a valuable historical resource.”

Review by Professor R Bennett MA PhD FBA. Emeritus Professor. Cambridge University