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The round-robin letter of business leaders endorsing one party or another is a relatively new concept in British general elections.

Until around 30 years ago, company bosses were quite happy to nail their colours to the mast publicly. Today's joint effort is something of a throwback to 2010 and 2015 or, further back, to 1997.

Sky's Ian King says while big business no longer provides funding for political parties, politicians are fully aware they hold the key to jobs and prosperity.

Sarah Ferguson's estimated net worth is around $1 million. She faced bankruptcy in 2009 and since then, she has focused on charity projects, novels, TV and radio appearances to built her wealth.

Financial journalists in the late 1980s and early 1990s were blessed with a series of corporate battles that lifted business on to the front page from its traditional position at the back of the newspaper. Boardrooms, once regarded as the preserve of dull industrialists and their tedious bean counte