When Rolls-Royce went bust in February 1971, it was a national disaster. One commentator likened it to discovering "Westminster Abbey had been turned into a brothel". At the root of the failure was an expensive and risky project to build a large jet engine, the RB211, to power one of the revolutionary new widebody jets that were about to take to the skies. In this two part series we look at the question of whether - far from a disaster - the bankruptcy (and the decisions that preceded it) were actually the making of Rolls Royce. In this first part we look at the lead up to the collapse and the project to build the RB211.

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Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.

Produced and edited by Lulu Goad for Podot.

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How did Bernard Arnault go from running a construction company in Lille to being Europe's richest man? Neil and Jonathan look at the moment that changed everything for Arnault, the man they call "the Wolf in Cashmere": the audacious takeover of LVMH.

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Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

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When a debt crisis unfolds behind closed doors, who really has the upper hand? Taking in a range of characters – from Donald Trump to Philip Green, the Barclay brothers and the private equity firms – this is a potted history of how some of finance's biggest names have turned reneging into an art form. In this live recording of A Long Time in Finance, hosts Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins, joined by insolvency expert Edward Starling, lift the lid on some of the murkiest manoeuvres in modern finance.

The show is made in partnership with The Library of Mistakes who are offering a 25% discount on their Advanced Valuation in Financial Markets course to listeners. Just follow this link https://www.libraryofmistakes.com/how-to/ and enter ALTIF25 into the box marked promo.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.

With Edward Starling.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.