Statement from Business Battle-axe Amanda Vigar on the passing of former PM Margaret Thatcher

Amanda Vigar, Managing Partner, V&A Bell Brown LLP, the Business Battle-axe, said: “Lady Thatcher was a towering figure in UK politics and her legacy is with us to this very day. I firmly believe that without her strong and decisive leadership and the positive economic climate that she fostered many businesses would simply not have even got off the ground.

“Her resolute determination and strong leadership helped to release Britain from the stranglehold of trade union dominance and her free market policies helped to inspire many ordinary people to start their own businesses and to buy their own homes. On a personal level, she has been a huge inspiration to me, and I firmly believe that her legacy will live on for many, many years to come.”