Damaged Goods
£9.99
In March 2015, British businessman and the chairman of Arcadia Group Sir Philip Green sold BHS for 1 to Retail Acquisitions, owned by Dominic Chappell, a serial bankrupt who filed BHS for administration shortly after. By April 2016, BHS had debts of 1.3bn, including a pensions deficit of 571m. This title follows Green’s journey to the big time, the sale of BHS and the subsequent investigation that concluded with Green paying 363m to the Pensions Regulator.
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DISCOVER THE SHOCKING TRUTH BEHIND THE BUSINESS AND LIFESTYLE OF SIR PHILIP GREEN
In this jaw-dropping expose, Oliver Shah uncovers the truth behind one of Britain’s biggest business scandals, following Sir Philip Green’s journey to the big time, the wild excesses of his heyday and his dramatic demise.
Stunning praise for the book:
‘A detailed and entertaining dismantling of the ‘king of the high street” Guardian
‘Superb’ Evening Standard
‘From the glitzy parties to the threatening phone calls, the larger-than-life characters to the speedy downfall, this real-life tale of hubris has all the elements of a Greek tragedy’ City AM
‘Entertaining stuff, pacily written. Filled with colourful characters – and expletives’ The Times
‘Shah has written a hard-hitting, often funny, ultimately sobering tale of how fortunes were made and lost in late 20th and early 21st century Britain’ Financial Times
Sunday Times Bestseller, June 2018
| Weight | 0.256 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.2 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | xvii, 333 , 8 unnumbered of plates |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Updated edition |
| Dewey | 381.1092 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
