3i: Fifty Years Investing in Industry

3i (Investors in Industry, and formerly the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation, etc.) is Britain's leading investment capital company. Founded in 1945 it has played a unique and key role in the post-war period, providing finance for numerous small and medium-sized companies, including British Caledonian, Laura Ashley, Oxford Instruments, and Waterstones. The book offers a narrative history of the organization, its people, and the changing business and political environment, as well as providing an inside view of the way 3i works.