Billionaire Family Scion Says UK Economy Uninvestable

Economic mismanagement and long lead times to complete key projects are among the factors that make the UK uninvestable right now, according to South African investors with interests in both countries.

Estimates that it will take three decades to turn an 18-mile stretch of the A66 road in northern England into a dual carriageway show the challenges of doing business there, said Jonathan Oppenheimer, scion of the family that built Anglo American Plc and De Beers into global mining powerhouses.