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A tale of two companies

1 May 2005

The UK government desperately tried to stop the car group collapsing during the election. But has done nothing for the telecoms company. This wouldn t have happened elsewhere in Europe. But Britain s reluctance in most cases to prop up losers is a source of competitive edge.

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