Magic Carpet Ride
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Magic Carpet Ride

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Magic Carpet Ride

About this book

From humble beginnings in wartime Peckham, where his first memories are of being carried down into the air-raid shelter by his mother, Phil Harris would go on to transform his father's market stall into Britain's biggest carpet retail chain, himself becoming one of the richest people in the country, a member of the House of Lords and a passionate supporter of charitable causes.An extraordinary retailer, largely instinctive with an exceptional feel for what the customer wanted, Harris and his astonishing business career, with its ups and downs, are the central themes to the book. Today he is as well-known for his charitable work. Severely dyslexic himself, with Tony Blair's personal support Lord Harris created the first academy school in London.There are now thirty-five Harris Academy schools, and it was David Cameron's relationship with Lord Harris that persuaded the former PM to espouse the academy school so enthusiastically. These, then, are the fascinating memoirs of one of the country's greatest entrepreneurs and philanthropists.

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Information

Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781785902017
eBook ISBN
9781785903274
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business Biographies
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PREFACE
  7. CHAPTER 1: EARLY DAYS
  8. CHAPTER 2: MY FATHER, CHARLIE HARRIS
  9. CHAPTER 3: ‘ANY OLD IRON?’
  10. CHAPTER 4: THE CARPET TRADE
  11. CHAPTER 5: STARTING OUT
  12. CHAPTER 6: FATHER FIGURES
  13. CHAPTER 7: TAKING OFF
  14. CHAPTER 8: KEITH ROYLE
  15. CHAPTER 9: INTO THE BIG TIME
  16. CHAPTER 10: QUEENSWAY
  17. CHAPTER 11: IN THE PUBLIC EYE
  18. CHAPTER 12: JUMPING FOR JOY
  19. CHAPTER 13: BATTLING FOR HARDY’S
  20. CHAPTER 14: TAKEOVER FEVER
  21. CHAPTER 15: WIN SOME, LOSE SOME
  22. CHAPTER 16: IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH
  23. CHAPTER 17: GOING FOR A BURTON
  24. CHAPTER 18: GUSSIES
  25. CHAPTER 19: FINANCIAL SCANDALS
  26. CHAPTER 20: BIRTHRIGHT
  27. CHAPTER 21: END GAME
  28. CHAPTER 22: ‘ALL CAN ACHIEVE’
  29. CHAPTER 23: SECOND COMING
  30. CHAPTER 24: GUY’S HOSPITAL
  31. CHAPTER 25: PARTY POLITICS
  32. CHAPTER 26: CARPETRIGHT
  33. CHAPTER 27: AN OXFORD COLLEGE
  34. CHAPTER 28: THE QUEEN AND THE ABBEY
  35. CHAPTER 29: LAST OF THE GOOD TIMES
  36. CHAPTER 30: ‘EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION’
  37. CHAPTER 31: TOTTENHAM BURNS
  38. CHAPTER 32: STRIKING GOLD
  39. CHAPTER 33: BOWING OUT
  40. CHAPTER 34: WINDOWS AT THE ABBEY
  41. CHAPTER 35: HARRIS WESTMINSTER
  42. POSTSCRIPT
  43. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  44. INDEX
  45. PLATES
  46. COPYRIGHT

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