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QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT - BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES - 2008
Company
Score
1
Berkeley Group
9
2
Stagecoach
8.9
3
Tesco
8.3
4
3i
8.2
5
Diageo
8.1
6
Rotork
8
7
St James’s Place Capital
8
8
Bellway
8
9
Serco Group
8
10
Johnson Matthey
7.9
11
Capita Group
7.9
12
Thomson Reuters*
7.9
13
SIG
7.9
14
WPP Group
7.8
15
Persimmon
7.8
16
Travis Perkins
7.8
17
CRH
7.7
18
SABMiller
7.7
19
Reckitt Benckiser
7.7
20
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
7.6
21
Tullow Oil
7.6
22
Croda International
7.6
23
Vodafone
7.6
24
InterContinental Hotels
7.6
25
Standard Chartered
7.5
26
Kingspan
7.5
27
Man
7.5
28
Unilever
7.5
29
Compass
7.5
30
BG Group
7.5
31
BSkyB
7.4
32
Xstrata
7.4
33
Cobham
7.3
34
Reed Elsevier
7.3
35
Next
7.3
36
Scottish & Southern Energy
7.3
37
Royal & Sun Alliance*
7.3
38
Great Portland Estates
7.3
39
Whitbread
7.3
40
BASF Plc (UK & Ireland)
7.3
41
Sainsbury (J)
7.3
42
Balfour Beatty
7.3
43
Greene King
7.2
44
Intermediate Capital
7.2
45
Ryanair
7.2
46
Scottish & Newcastle*
7.2
47
Rolls-Royce
7.1
48
Carnival
7.1
49
Marshalls
7.1
50
Abbey (Banco Santander)
7.1
51
ICAP
7.1
52
Bayer Plc (UK & Ireland)
7.1
53
Victrex
7.1
54
Aggreko
7.1
55
Admiral
7.1
56
AMEC
7
57
Dyson Group
7
58
Game Group
7
59
Anglo American
7
60
Rio Tinto
7
61
Burberry Group
7
62
Dunelm
7
63
FirstGroup
7
64
BT Group
6.9
65
Derwent London*
6.9
66
Ultra Electronics
6.9
67
Bunzl
6.9
68
Elementis
6.8
69
eastJet
6.8
70
Barclays
6.8
71
HSBC
6.8
72
Royal Dutch Shell
6.8
73
Smiths Group
6.8
74
Babcock International
6.8
75
Home Retail Group
6.8
76
Kier Group
6.8
77
Weir Group
6.8
78
National Express
6.7
79
Wetherspoon (JD)
6.7
80
Thus Group*
6.7
81
IMI
6.7
82
Grafton Gp
6.7
83
Yule Catto
6.7
84
Ladbrokes
6.7
85
Arriva
6.7
86
Telford Homes
6.7
87
Spirax Sarco Engineering
6.6
88
Keller Group
6.6
89
BAE Systems
6.6
90
Tui Travel
6.6
91
Marks & Spencer
6.6
92
Prudential
6.6
93
Associated British Foods
6.6
94
Cairn Energy
6.6
95
National Grid
6.6
96
Mothercare
6.6
97
Centrica
6.5
98
GKN
6.5
99
Inmarsat
6.5
100
Abbott (UK)
6.5
101
Resolution*
6.5
102
Eurasian Natural Resources
6.5
103
Wren Homes Gp
6.5
104
Mitchells & Butlers
6.5
105
Lloyds TSB
6.4
106
Carillion
6.4
107
Daily Mail & General Trust
6.4
108
Informa
6.4
109
Rentokil Initial
6.4
110
Enterprise Inns
6.4
111
Premier Farnell
6.4
112
Cadbury Schweppes*
6.4
113
BHP Billiton
6.4
114
Carphone Warehouse
6.4
115
Chemring Group
6.4
116
Morrison (Wm)
6.4
117
WH Smiths
6.4
118
Go-Ahead Gp
6.4
119
Siemens (UK)
6.4
120
Legal & General Group
6.4
121
Pearson
6.4
122
BP
6.4
123
VT Group
6.3
124
Avis Europe
6.3
125
Bovis Homes
6.3
126
Spectris
6.3
127
Land Securities
6.3
128
Hammerson
6.3
129
IG Group
6.3
130
Kingfisher
6.2
131
Cable & Wireless
6.2
132
ROK Property Solutions
6.2
133
ARM Holdings
6.2
134
Thomas Cook Gp
6.1
135
United Business Media
6.1
136
Kesa Electricals
6.1
137
Marston’s
6.1
138
Experian Group*
6
139
Investec
6
140
Lilly (Eli) UK
6
141
Pfizer (UK)
6
142
Shire
6
143
Debenhams
6
144
Signet
6
145
Laird Group*
6
146
Saint-Gobain (UK)
6
147
British Land Co.
6
148
Shaftesbury
6
149
British Energy
5.9
150
International Power
5.9
151
Domino Printing Sciences
5.9
152
G4S
5.9
153
Intertek
5.9
154
Tate & Lyle
5.9
155
British Airways
5.9
156
Britvic
5.9
157
AstraZeneca
5.9
158
William Hill
5.9
159
Kingston Communications*
5.8
160
Brown (N) Group
5.8
161
Redrow
5.8
162
Galliford Try
5.8
163
Schroders
5.8
164
Inchcape
5.8
165
Aer Lingus
5.8
166
Drax
5.8
167
Bodycote Int.*
5.8
168
Ashmore Group
5.8
169
Cattles
5.8
170
HMV
5.8
171
Smith & Nephew
5.8
172
Morgan Crucible
5.8
173
Meggitt
5.7
174
Costain Group
5.7
175
Delta
5.7
176
JJB Sport
5.7
177
Novo-Nordisk AS UK
5.7
178
Quintain Estates
5.7
179
Boot (Henry)
5.7
180
Enodis
5.7
181
Porvair
5.6
182
Morgan Sindall
5.6
183
Electrocomponents
5.6
184
UMECO
5.6
185
Carpetright
5.6
186
Halfords
5.6
187
Halma
5.6
188
CSR
5.6
189
Spirent
5.6
190
Pennon Group
5.5
191
HBOS
5.5
192
Royal Bank of Scotland
5.5
193
COLT Telecom
5.5
194
Seven Trent
5.5
195
Robert Wiseman
5.5
196
Cookson
5.5
197
Northumbrian Water
5.4
198
Standard Life
5.4
199
Cranswick
5.4
200
Aviva
5.4
201
Charter
5.4
202
Pendragon
5.3
203
Provident Financial
5.3
204
Tomkins
5.2
205
United Utilities
5.2
206
Rank Group
5.2
207
Invensys
5.2
208
Millennium & Copthorne
5.1
209
Punch Taverns
5
210
Allied Irish Bank (GB)
5
211
QinetiQ Group
5
212
Dobbies Garden Centres*
5
213
Segro
5
214
Findel
5
215
Barratt Developments
5
216
Brixton
4.9
217
Greencore (UK)
4.9
218
Liberty International
4.8
219
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
4.7
220
Premier Foods
4.6
221
Old Mutual
4.6
222
Topps Tiles
4.6
223
Lookers
4.5
224
DSG International
4.5
225
Woolworths
4.5
226
Wolseley
4.5
227
Gleeson (M.J.) Group
4.4
228
Yell Group
4.3
229
Telecom Plus
4.2
230
Sports Direct
4.2
231
Northern Foods
4.1
232
ITV
4.1
233
Oakdene Homes
4
234
Taylor Wimpey
4
235
Dairy Crest
3.9
236
Friends Provident
3.8
237
Alliance & Leicester
3.7
238
Avanti Communications
3.3
239
Bradford & Bingley
3.1
240
Vanco
2.7