{"product_id":"fixing-britain-isbn-9780470977637","title":"Fixing Britain","description":"\u003cb\u003eNo nonsense solutions from the straight-talking face of British business.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIF FUNDAMENTAL REFORM DOES NOT TAKE PLACE THEN WE ARE DEAD IN THE WATER.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGLOBALISATION DOES NOT TAKE PRISONERS. BRITAIN MUST BECOME FIT FOR PURPOSE IN THE 21\u003csup\u003eST\u003c\/sup\u003e CENTURY.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the explosive, first book from 'the face of British business', Lord Digby Jones. With a renowned, no-nonsense, straight-talking approach, he is one of the world's most acclaimed business commentators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his candid and forthright style \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFixing Britain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e puts the spotlight on critical national and international business issues and lays out the essential reform urgently needed for the growth of our nation. Knowledgeable, authoritative and independent, Digby highlights how untenable the status quo is in the UK, and sets out how Britain can get back in – and stay in – the globalised race.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSending a clear message to government, business leaders, strategists and the media, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFixing Britain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explores the effective linkage of change at all levels, from Westminster to education, the public and private sectors, our social cohesion and our sense of common purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigby is never afraid to say what others are thinking - this is the most explosive examination of the state of British business in years.\u003c\/p\u003e  1 Five Minutes to Midnight – Time for Change.  \u003cp\u003e2 The Voice of Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Globe-Trotting Goat – Tethered by Westminster and Whitehall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Education, Education, Education?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The World Moves East.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Business of Politics: Fixing the System.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Taxing Britain Out of Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Gimme Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Our Great Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A Brilliant book.... If everyone reads this book, England would be in a better shape than it is.\" (\u003ci\u003eNatural Health \u0026amp; Beauty,\u003c\/i\u003e 1st February 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What Fixing Britain does is to stimulate not just debate, but also change — and hopefully, some positive action.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Bay,\u003c\/i\u003e July 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"He writes about how Britain might be restructured politically, economically and socially for a better future.\" (The Manufacturer.com, Monday 13th June 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... he has a lot to divulge from his own experiences... he communicates with passion... his recommendations are sound and sometimes brave.\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial World\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; FW.ifslearning.co.uk, May 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... this is a book that has to be read.\" (\u003ci\u003eBusiness Life,\u003c\/i\u003e May 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... an outline of the radical changes he believes must take place if we are to retain any hope at all of keeping our national head above water in the 21st century.\" (\u003ci\u003eBusiness First Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; Business First Magazine.co.uk, May 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... offers an optimistic alternative for generating sustainable economic prosperity in the UK... an important contribution to the current debate.\" (\u003ci\u003eWestern Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; WalesOnline.co.uk, Thursday 7th April 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e... analyses the problems and opportunities for UK business, domestically and globally.\" (Warwickshire Courrier.co.uk, Friday 8th April 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\".... an engaging, readable romp through the UK's ills....\" (\u003ci\u003eManagement Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; Management Today.co.uk, March 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The frustrations of being a leading business figure trying to work with the Government is laid bare in Lord Jones's new book.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u0026amp; Telegraph.co.uk, Sunday 27th March 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLORD DIGBY JONES \u003c\/b\u003eserved as Director General of the CBI (Confederation of British Industry, the UK’s ‘Voice of Business’) from 2000 until 2006. In 2006 he became the UK Skills Envoy and in 2007 he was appointed Minister of State for UK Trade \u0026amp; Investment. He did not join the party of government and without ambition to progress in politics he concentrated on the business of promoting Britain across the world, travelling to 31 countries in 45 overseas visits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorn in Birmingham, Lord Jones originally joined the Royal Navy, before graduating from University College London and joining the law firm Edge \u0026amp; Ellison, rising from Articled Clerk to Senior Partner. In 1998 he joined KPMG as vice-chairman of corporate finance, before taking up his role at the CBI. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2005 he was knighted for his services to business and became Sir Digby Jones in The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List. In 2007 he became a life peer taking the title, Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday Lord Jones sits as an active cross-bencher in the House of Lords and is an official United Kingdom Business Ambassador. He speaks regularly to business audiences both in the UK and overseas. He serves in the private sector as Chairman of the International Business Advisory Boards of HSBC and British Airways, a Corporate Ambassador for Jaguar Cars and JCB, and Chairman of Triumph Motorcycles, among a number of paid and unpaid roles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe holds a number of charity positions, is a non-executive director of Leicester Tigers Rugby and lives with his wife Pat in Marylebone and Warwickshire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is television’s longest serving business and economics editor with a media career stretching over thirty years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe joined Sky Television at its inception in 1989 and has anchored most of Sky’s coverage of major business events through both boom and bust. He also writes for national and international media. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael has lectured in Europe and internationally on political and economic current affairs and has been published by the \u003ci\u003eBritish Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He won British Business Broadcaster of the Year in 2005 and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 2006.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFIVE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT TIME FOR CHANGE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere was a small state a long time ago that developed into the most powerful economic and military empire the world had ever seen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt gave the world a common language, a common currency, the rule of law, the  freedom of citizenship, tariff-free trade  and peace. But in the space of just three or four generations, it was all over. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI speak, of course, of Rome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome’s majestic achievement declined and collapsed, alarmingly quickly.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome didn’t fall apart because the Huns came out of the Ardennes Forest or the Scots came over Hadrian’s Wall. Rome fell apart in Rome. It became complacent, lazy, and indolent. It lost its sense of values and purpose and became a society for the selfish. As it unknowingly approached its own demise, it lacked leadership and it blamed everyone  but itself.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething which had taken centuries to build, fell apart, in history’s chronological terms, in just an afternoon.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don’t want that to happen to my country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLord Digby Jones\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIF FUNDAMENTAL REFORM DOES NOT TAKE PLACE THEN WE ARE DEAD IN THE WATER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGLOBALIZATION DOES NOT TAKE PRISONERS. BRITAIN MUST BECOME FIT FOR PURPOSE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigby Jones, ‘the face of British business’, is one of the world’s most acclaimed business commentators. With a renowned, no-nonsense, straight-talking approach, he has held some of the highest positions in British business and works tirelessly to promote the UK on the international stage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his candid and forthright style, \u003cb\u003eFixing Britain\u003c\/b\u003e puts the spotlight on critical national and international issues and lays out the essential reform urgently needed for the growth of our nation. Knowledgeable, authoritative and independent, Digby highlights how untenable the status quo is in the UK, and sets out how Britain can get back in – and stay in – the globalised game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSending a clear message to government, business leaders, strategists and the media, \u003cb\u003eFixing Britain\u003c\/b\u003e explores the effective linkage of change at all levels, from Westminster to education, the public and private sectors, our social cohesion and our sense of common purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNever afraid to say what others are thinking, Digby Jones presents some stark truths and some plain common sense answers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PEOPLE I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS. HIS COMMITMENT, HIS DEDICATION AND HIS ENTHUSIASM ARE QUITE EXTRAORDINARY. 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