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Jeremy Lee
Aug 14, 2019

Are the 'big six' holding companies at risk of becoming obsolete?

Iain Jacob predicted that a new breed of creativity and entrepreneurialism could thwart attempts by the "big six" to reinvent themselves.

The big six holding companies: will they end up in the Natural History Museum?

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