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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451423203321

Autore

McClean Malcolm

Titolo

To the edge [[electronic resource] ] : entrepreneurial secrets from Britain's richest square mile / / Malcolm McClean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ : Capstone, : J. Wiley and Sons, 2007

ISBN

1-280-97367-6

9786610973675

1-84112-813-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/21

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship

Success in business

Entrepreneurship - Great Britain

New business enterprises - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Don't push me ... I'm close to the edge; 2 The Alchemist; 3 The Soapstar; 4 The Rover; 5 The Hustler; 6 The Undertaker; 7 The Prince; 8 The Hippies; 9 The Maverick; 10 The Magic Bean; 11 The Carer; 12 The Bubbleboy; 13 The Thinker; Appendix One To the Edge Quick Quiz; Index; Plates

Sommario/riassunto

If you are not living on the edge, then you are taking up too much room  Think of the richest square mile in Britain and your thoughts turn to The City of London or Chelsea. In fact, a small village in Cheshire is home to more millionaires per square mile than anywhere else in Britain. It is a place where one-in-twenty houses sells for more than £1 million, 20% of the residents enjoy a seven-figure income and in an index of 'poshness' Alderley Edge scored 136 out of a maximum 137.  The media like to focus on the glitz and the glamour, an image of a shallow nouveau riche. But that is no