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QUALITY OF GOODS OR SERVICES - BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES - 2008
  Company Score
1 Diageo 8.5
2 BSkyB 8.4
3 Johnson Matthey 8.1
4 Kingspan 8.1
5 Serco Group 8
6 Rolls-Royce 7.9
7 Carnival 7.9
8 InterContinental Hotels 7.9
9 Marshalls 7.8
10 Berkeley Group 7.8
11 Vodafone 7.8
12 3i 7.8
13 Smith & Nephew 7.7
14 Novo-Nordisk AS UK 7.7
15 Telford Homes 7.7
16 Man 7.6
17 Reed Elsevier 7.6
18 Thomson Reuters* 7.6
19 Tesco 7.6
20 Victrex 7.5
21 Spirax Sarco Engineering 7.5
22 Cadbury Schweppes* 7.5
23 Abbott (UK) 7.5
24 AstraZeneca 7.5
25 Anglo American 7.5
26 Burberry Group 7.5
27 Marks & Spencer 7.5
28 Cobham 7.4
29 Unilever 7.4
30 Mitchells & Butlers 7.4
31 Babcock International 7.4
32 Ultra Electronics 7.4
33 Sainsbury (J) 7.4
34 Stagecoach 7.4
35 Game Group 7.4
36 Reckitt Benckiser 7.3
37 ARM Holdings 7.3
38 Croda International 7.3
39 Chemring Group 7.3
40 Whitbread 7.3
41 Experian Group* 7.3
42 Greene King 7.3
43 BT Group 7.3
44 Pearson 7.2
45 SIG 7.2
46 Rotork 7.2
47 Weir Group 7.2
48 Intermediate Capital 7.2
49 WPP Group 7.2
50 IMI 7.2
51 Scottish & Newcastle* 7.1
52 National Express 7.1
53 Hammerson 7.1
54 CRH 7
55 Travis Perkins 7
56 Wetherspoon (JD) 7
57 Bunzl 7
58 Capita Group 7
59 Britvic 7
60 SABMiller 7
61 Smiths Group 7
62 Associated British Foods 7
63 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 7
64 Lilly (Eli) UK 7
65 Compass 7
66 BP 7
67 Tullow Oil 7
68 Carphone Warehouse 7
69 Dunelm 7
70 Land Securities 7
71 British Land Co. 6.9
72 Go-Ahead Gp 6.9
73 Aggreko 6.9
74 Royal Dutch Shell 6.9
75 Rio Tinto 6.9
76 Premier Farnell 6.9
77 Daily Mail & General Trust 6.9
78 Keller Group 6.9
79 Balfour Beatty 6.8
80 Kier Group 6.8
81 Inmarsat 6.8
82 Great Portland Estates 6.8
83 Dyson Group 6.8
84 Scottish & Southern Energy 6.8
85 BAE Systems 6.8
86 GKN 6.8
87 ICAP 6.8
88 IG Group 6.8
89 BG Group 6.8
90 Morgan Crucible 6.8
91 Siemens (UK) 6.8
92 Cairn Energy 6.7
93 Derwent London* 6.7
94 Bayer Plc (UK & Ireland) 6.7
95 Domino Printing Sciences 6.7
96 Bovis Homes 6.7
97 Informa 6.6
98 CSR 6.6
99 Carillion 6.6
100 Arriva 6.6
101 Electrocomponents 6.6
102 Intertek 6.6
103 Schroders 6.6
104 eastJet 6.6
105 Bodycote Int.* 6.5
106 Saint-Gobain (UK) 6.5
107 Meggitt 6.5
108 Pfizer (UK) 6.5
109 Legal & General Group 6.5
110 Standard Life 6.5
111 St James’s Place Capital 6.5
112 BHP Billiton 6.5
113 Xstrata 6.5
114 Home Retail Group 6.4
115 National Grid 6.4
116 Galliford Try 6.4
117 Cranswick 6.4
118 Lloyds TSB 6.3
119 Grafton Gp 6.3
120 Liberty International 6.3
121 Debenhams 6.3
122 Spectris 6.3
123 Shaftesbury 6.3
124 Mothercare 6.3
125 Northumbrian Water 6.3
126 QinetiQ Group 6.3
127 Investec 6.3
128 Greencore (UK) 6.3
129 Eurasian Natural Resources 6.3
130 Spirent 6.3
131 Marston’s 6.2
132 Next 6.2
133 ROK Property Solutions 6.2
134 Ladbrokes 6.2
135 Avis Europe 6.2
136 Laird Group* 6.2
137 Bellway 6.2
138 Admiral 6.1
139 Porvair 6.1
140 Morrison (Wm) 6.1
141 Kesa Electricals 6.1
142 Costain Group 6.1
143 Kingfisher 6.1
144 COLT Telecom 6.1
145 Shire  6
146 Morgan Sindall 6
147 AMEC 6
148 Delta 6
149 Ashmore Group 6
150 Thomas Cook Gp 6
151 Tui Travel 6
152 William Hill 6
153 Brown (N) Group 6
154 British Airways 6
155 Halma 6
156 Persimmon 6
157 Redrow 6
158 Wren Homes Gp 6
159 Pennon Group 6
160 VT Group 6
161 Prudential 5.9
162 International Power 5.9
163 Tate & Lyle 5.9
164 HSBC 5.9
165 Royal Bank of Scotland 5.9
166 Standard Chartered 5.9
167 BASF Plc (UK & Ireland) 5.9
168 Charter 5.9
169 Brixton  5.8
170 UMECO 5.8
171 Cookson 5.8
172 United Business Media 5.8
173 Boot (Henry) 5.8
174 Segro  5.8
175 Barclays 5.7
176 HBOS 5.7
177 Rentokil Initial 5.7
178 Yule Catto 5.7
179 Kingston Communications* 5.7
180 United Utilities 5.7
181 Barratt Developments 5.7
182 Enodis 5.7
183 Cable & Wireless 5.6
184 Thus Group* 5.6
185 Provident Financial 5.6
186 Inchcape 5.6
187 Aer Lingus 5.6
188 Signet  5.6
189 Wolseley 5.6
190 Alliance & Leicester 5.6
191 Centrica 5.5
192 G4S 5.5
193 Elementis 5.5
194 Cattles 5.5
195 Robert Wiseman 5.5
196 Aviva 5.4
197 Carpetright 5.4
198 Dairy Crest 5.4
199 Millennium & Copthorne 5.4
200 Abbey (Banco Santander) 5.3
201 Seven Trent 5.3
202 JJB Sport 5.3
203 Old Mutual 5.3
204 Oakdene Homes 5.3
205 Quintain Estates 5.3
206 Halfords 5.3
207 DSG International 5.3
208 WH Smiths 5.3
209 Royal & Sun Alliance* 5.2
210 HMV 5.2
211 Taylor Wimpey 5.2
212 Enterprise Inns 5.2
213 Invensys 5.2
214 Gleeson (M.J.) Group 5.1
215 Dobbies Garden Centres* 5.1
216 FirstGroup 5.1
217 Pendragon 5.1
218 Drax 5
219 Premier Foods 4.9
220 Lookers 4.9
221 Ryanair 4.9
222 Allied Irish Bank (GB) 4.9
223 Tomkins 4.9
224 Rank Group 4.8
225 Sports Direct 4.8
226 Yell Group 4.8
227 Punch Taverns 4.7
228 Topps Tiles 4.6
229 Friends Provident 4.6
230 British Energy 4.6
231 Northern Foods 4.5
232 Findel 4.5
233 ITV 4.4
234 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 4.3
235 Bradford & Bingley 4.1
236 Resolution* 4.1
237 Woolworths 4
238 Avanti Communications 3.8
239 Vanco 3.8
240 Telecom Plus 3.7
* Merged, acquired or name change
 
 
         
 
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