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Overseas efficiency doesn't work

Series: Financial Times ; 10 November 1999, 4(1)Publication details: 1999Subject(s): Summary: A recent study by Nottingham University failed to show that UK productivity has been influenced by more efficient foreign companies operating in Britain. The result calls into question the huge packages of financial assistance and tax breaks that have been offered by successive UK governments to foreign-owned companies.

A recent study by Nottingham University failed to show that UK productivity has been influenced by more efficient foreign companies operating in Britain. The result calls into question the huge packages of financial assistance and tax breaks that have been offered by successive UK governments to foreign-owned companies.