Buy British’

An analysis of UK attempts to turn a slogan into government policy in the 1970s and 1980s

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8418367
AutoresDavid Clayton (0000-0002-8470-0906, History, University of York), David M Higgins (0000-0002-6885-266X, Business School, Newcastle University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen64
Número7
Páginas1260-1280
Fecha de publicación2022-10-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBusiness History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00076791.2020.1767599
OpenAlexW3023616969
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas44

This article uses newly available state and business records to investigate the effectiveness of Buy British policies when Britain was a member of the EEC between the early 1970s and the mid-1980s – a period of rapid import penetration and deindustrialisation. We show that government pursued a range of overt and covert measures to combat these economic problems. Overt measures sought to encourage domestic consumers to buy British; covert measures, involving nationalised industries and public procurement, attempted to encourage British firms to source domestically. The article contributes to the emerging business history literature on how Member States tried to exploit loopholes in EEC competition and commercial policy, and it provides new evidence on UK consumer preferences for domestic and imported manufactures

Business · Competition (biology · Covert · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Exploit · Government (linguistics · Government procurement · International trade · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Procurement · Public policy · Slogan · Law · Marketing · Political and Economic history of UK and US