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The golden years

2007-07-27T00:00:00+01:00

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If the eighties were the era of Thatcher’s children, then the late nineties and the noughties belonged to Blair’s bling.

The industry has made a fortune out of the former prime minister’s high public spending, and dramatic increases in turnover, pay and margins only go to prove this. Now the challenge for Gordon Brown is not to ruin what his predecessor achieved …

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Tables compiled for Building by Martin Hewes, email hewesinfo@aol.com

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