Princes is now the bellwether for UK business success

Princes Group CEO Simon Harrison

Princes is likely to become a real test of whether it is possible to run a newly minted, successful international food and drink business here in the UK, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates

It was strange that the repatriation (sort of) of Princes to the list of UK domiciled food companies didn’t createe more hullaballoo.

Some 150 years after the business was established, the Liverpool-headquartered owner of a veritable hamper of familiar UK brands – Branston, Batchelors and Flora, in addition to Princes itself – takes its place as one of the UK’s top five food and drink businesses.

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