Quite often, people who build big businesses don’t believe anyone else can run them, and you end up with an old rascal in their 70s and no one to take them on. I could name several – and I won’t – who put themselves in that invidious position. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
There is an old adage that the quickest way to drop your tax take is to increase taxes. If capital gains tax is going to be 50 percent, my contingent capital gains tax is going to be 250 million pounds. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
The Conservatives, along with Labour, I don’t think understand what it is like to run a business. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
The older you get and the wealthier you get, the more complicated life becomes. That’s why I have as few material assets as possible. Every material thing you have is more hassle. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
I think I’ve been a moderately good boss. I’ve made a lot of people extremely wealthy – I think we’ve created 30 millionaires. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
I couldn’t have predicted the business would be worth so much. I could see that we would have this sort of market share, but I didn’t realise the numbers would be so large. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
People should buy a house to live in, not as an investment. Property has become such a national obsession – it was the primary subject at dinner parties and how many television shows were dedicated to the market. It’s not good for the economy. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
Money in property is dead money. It doesn’t help the country. It’s funny how the U.K., Ireland and Spain are the most property-obsessed nations in Europe and yet are also the ones suffering the most. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
When I fly to European destinations, I always fly economy; I don’t fly business class – there is no advantage apart from a few more inches of room. Peter Hargreaves Read Quote
