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CAPACITY TO INNOVATE - BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES - 2008

  Company Score
1 BSkyB 8.6
2 Johnson Matthey 8.1
3 Rolls-Royce 8.1
4 Tesco 8
5 Stagecoach 8
6 Kingspan 8
7 BG Group 7.9
8 Man 7.9
9 Unilever 7.6
10 Victrex 7.5
11 Tullow Oil 7.5
12 CSR 7.3
13 Diageo 7.3
14 InterContinental Hotels 7.3
15 Ultra Electronics 7.3
16 3i 7.2
17 Carphone Warehouse 7.2
18 Thomson Reuters* 7.2
19 Wetherspoon (JD) 7.1
20 Capita Group 7.1
21 QinetiQ Group 7.1
22 Marshalls 7
23 Bayer Plc (UK & Ireland) 7
24 Intermediate Capital 7
25 Reckitt Benckiser 7
26 Ladbrokes 7
27 Sainsbury (J) 7
28 National Express 6.9
29 Babcock International 6.9
30 WPP Group 6.9
31 Mitchells & Butlers 6.9
32 Royal Bank of Scotland 6.9
33 Dunelm 6.8
34 ARM Holdings 6.8
35 SIG 6.8
36 Serco Group 6.8
37 Croda International 6.8
38 Admiral 6.8
39 Greene King 6.8
40 Smiths Group 6.8
41 Barclays 6.8
42 Rio Tinto 6.8
43 Whitbread 6.7
44 Ryanair 6.7
45 Carillion 6.7
46 Intertek 6.7
47 Telford Homes 6.7
48 BHP Billiton 6.6
49 Berkeley Group 6.6
50 Carnival 6.6
51 Royal Dutch Shell 6.6
52 Scottish & Newcastle* 6.6
53 Keller Group 6.5
54 BASF Plc (UK & Ireland) 6.5
55 Britvic 6.5
56 IG Group 6.5
57 Game Group 6.5
58 Abbott (UK) 6.5
59 Eurasian Natural Resources 6.5
60 Burberry Group 6.5
61 Cobham 6.5
62 IMI 6.4
63 BT Group 6.4
64 Reed Elsevier 6.4
65 eastJet 6.4
66 Experian Group* 6.4
67 GKN 6.4
68 Marks & Spencer 6.4
69 Barratt Developments 6.3
70 Spectris 6.3
71 ICAP 6.3
72 Cadbury Schweppes* 6.3
73 BAE Systems 6.3
74 Inmarsat 6.3
75 Prudential 6.3
76 Premier Farnell 6.3
77 Travis Perkins 6.3
78 Vodafone 6.3
79 Smith & Nephew 6.3
80 St James’s Place Capital 6.3
81 Siemens (UK) 6.3
82 United Business Media 6.2
83 Saint-Gobain (UK) 6.2
84 Schroders 6.2
85 Cairn Energy 6.2
86 Chemring Group 6.2
87 Weir Group 6.2
88 Compass 6.2
89 BP 6.1
90 Cranswick 6.1
91 Xstrata 6.1
92 SABMiller 6.1
93 Debenhams 6.1
94 Home Retail Group 6.1
95 Derwent London* 6.1
96 Scottish & Southern Energy 6.1
97 Go-Ahead Gp 6.1
98 Spirent 6.1
99 Great Portland Estates 6.1
100 Aggreko 6
101 AMEC 6
102 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 6
103 Novo-Nordisk AS UK 6
104 Anglo American 6
105 Quintain Estates 6
106 Arriva 6
107 FirstGroup 6
108 Galliford Try 6
109 Kier Group 6
110 ROK Property Solutions 5.9
111 Land Securities 5.9
112 Tate & Lyle 5.9
113 Standard Life 5.9
114 Balfour Beatty 5.9
115 VT Group 5.9
116 HBOS 5.9
117 Standard Chartered 5.9
118 Tui Travel 5.9
119 Spirax Sarco Engineering 5.9
120 Electrocomponents 5.9
121 Brown (N) Group 5.8
122 Domino Printing Sciences 5.8
123 National Grid 5.8
124 UMECO 5.8
125 Rotork 5.8
126 Legal & General Group 5.8
127 Persimmon 5.8
128 Meggitt 5.8
129 Daily Mail & General Trust 5.8
130 Informa 5.8
131 Kingfisher 5.8
132 Investec 5.8
133 Morrison (Wm) 5.8
134 Morgan Sindall 5.8
135 Thomas Cook Gp 5.7
136 Hammerson 5.7
137 Cookson 5.7
138 Morgan Crucible 5.7
139 Avis Europe 5.7
140 Bellway 5.7
141 Redrow 5.7
142 CRH 5.7
143 International Power 5.6
144 British Airways 5.6
145 Yule Catto 5.5
146 Ashmore Group 5.5
147 Greencore (UK) 5.5
148 Pearson 5.5
149 Shaftesbury 5.5
150 Kesa Electricals 5.5
151 Laird Group* 5.5
152 Bovis Homes 5.5
153 Bodycote Int.* 5.5
154 Next 5.4
155 Marston’s 5.4
156 Old Mutual 5.4
157 Charter 5.4
158 Provident Financial 5.4
159 Associated British Foods 5.4
160 Inchcape 5.4
161 Dyson Group 5.4
162 Bunzl 5.4
163 Lloyds TSB 5.3
164 Elementis 5.3
165 Lilly (Eli) UK 5.3
166 British Land Co. 5.3
167 Cable & Wireless 5.3
168 HMV 5.3
169 Royal & Sun Alliance* 5.2
170 G4S 5.2
171 Halma 5.2
172 Signet  5.1
173 Allied Irish Bank (GB) 5.1
174 Dobbies Garden Centres* 5.1
175 Costain Group 5.1
176 Centrica 5.1
177 Tomkins 5.1
178 Resolution* 5.1
179 COLT Telecom 5.1
180 Northumbrian Water 5
181 Pennon Group 5
182 Cattles 5
183 JJB Sport 5
184 AstraZeneca 5
185 Brixton  5
186 Wolseley 5
187 Grafton Gp 5
188 Mothercare 4.9
189 Rentokil Initial 4.9
190 Thus Group* 4.9
191 Robert Wiseman 4.9
192 Pendragon 4.9
193 Bradford & Bingley 4.9
194 HSBC 4.9
195 Porvair 4.9
196 Millennium & Copthorne 4.9
197 Boot (Henry) 4.9
198 William Hill 4.9
199 Abbey (Banco Santander) 4.8
200 Delta 4.8
201 British Energy 4.8
202 Seven Trent 4.8
203 Rank Group 4.8
204 United Utilities 4.8
205 Premier Foods 4.8
206 Halfords 4.8
207 Pfizer (UK) 4.8
208 WH Smiths 4.8
209 Liberty International 4.7
210 Kingston Communications* 4.7
211 Punch Taverns 4.6
212 Dairy Crest 4.6
213 DSG International 4.6
214 Carpetright 4.6
215 Enterprise Inns 4.6
216 Invensys 4.6
217 Gleeson (M.J.) Group 4.5
218 Lookers 4.5
219 Wren Homes Gp 4.5
220 Enodis 4.5
221 Segro  4.4
222 Yell Group 4.4
223 Drax 4.4
224 Sports Direct 4.3
225 Alliance & Leicester 4.3
226 Aer Lingus 4.3
227 Aviva 4.2
228 ITV 4.1
229 Topps Tiles 4.1
230 Findel 4
231 Taylor Wimpey 4
232 Northern Foods 3.7
233 Oakdene Homes 3.7
234 Shire  3.6
235 Friends Provident 3.4
236 Avanti Communications 3.3
237 Vanco 3.3
238 Woolworths 3.2
239 Telecom Plus 3
240 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 1.3
* Merged, acquired or name change
 
 
         
 
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