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In a research report for the Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms, Merrett and Cyriax state o their sample of firms: “Mortality through either voluntary or compulsory liquidation or cessation of trading was high, ranging from 30.8 per cent for the seven years in wholesaling through 25.9 per cent in retail and 19.7 per cent in manufacturing and construction, down to 15.5 per cent in motor trades.” Merrett Cyriax Associates ‘Dynamics of Small Firms’ Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms, Research Report No. 12 London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1971.

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For example, Roy Randolph, the chief executive of Wilkinson Sword, has been reported as saying: “We would never have taken the gamble with our stainless steel razor blade in 1961 if we had been a public company and had to worry about outside shareholders.” (The Observer, 17th August 1969. ‘Last of the Private Empires’ Davis, John).

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