BMAC Results 2008

Britain's Most Admired Companies 2008

The Stats

QUALITY OF MARKETING - BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES - 2008

	Company	Score
1	Diageo	8.3
2	BSkyB	8.2
3	Cadbury Schweppes*	8
4	Marks & Spencer	8
5	Man	7.9
6	GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)	7.9
7	Marshalls	7.9
8	WPP Group	7.8
9	Kingspan	7.7
10	Unilever	7.7
11	Ladbrokes	7.7
12	Berkeley Group	7.6
13	Rolls-Royce	7.6
14	Admiral	7.5
15	Johnson Matthey	7.4
16	Croda International	7.4
17	Stagecoach	7.3
18	InterContinental Hotels	7.3
19	BP	7.3
20	Bayer Plc (UK & Ireland)	7.3
21	Carphone Warehouse	7.2
22	Barratt Developments	7.2
23	Tesco	7.1
24	National Express	7.1
25	Abbott (UK)	7
26	Reckitt Benckiser	7
27	Carnival	7
28	Telford Homes	7
29	Royal Dutch Shell	6.9
30	IMI	6.9
31	BG Group	6.9
32	Wetherspoon (JD)	6.9
33	Sainsbury (J)	6.9
34	Serco Group	6.9
35	Greene King	6.8
36	Burberry Group	6.8
37	Whitbread	6.8
38	Rotork	6.8
39	3i	6.8
40	Aggreko	6.8
41	British Airways	6.8
42	ICAP	6.8
43	Intermediate Capital	6.8
44	AstraZeneca	6.8
45	eastJet	6.7
46	Thomas Cook Gp	6.7
47	Travis Perkins	6.7
48	Weir Group	6.7
49	ROK Property Solutions	6.6
50	SIG	6.6
51	Debenhams	6.6
52	Victrex	6.5
53	Vodafone	6.5
54	Shire	6.5
55	Xstrata	6.5
56	Bellway	6.5
57	Carillion	6.5
58	Scottish & Newcastle*	6.5
59	Derwent London*	6.5
60	G4S	6.4
61	Schroders	6.4
62	Mitchells & Butlers	6.4
63	Smiths Group	6.4
64	BASF Plc (UK & Ireland)	6.4
65	Game Group	6.4
66	Kier Group	6.3
67	BHP Billiton	6.3
68	Cobham	6.3
69	Lloyds TSB	6.3
70	Standard Life	6.3
71	IG Group	6.3
72	Tullow Oil	6.3
73	Morrison (Wm)	6.3
74	Home Retail Group	6.2
75	Legal & General Group	6.2
76	Capita Group	6.2
77	Britvic	6.2
78	Thomson Reuters*	6.2
79	ARM Holdings	6.2
80	Land Securities	6.1
81	Hammerson	6.1
82	Smith & Nephew	6.1
83	Great Portland Estates	6.1
84	Kingfisher	6.1
85	BAE Systems	6.1
86	Bunzl	6.1
87	Pearson	6.1
88	HBOS	6.1
89	SABMiller	6
90	Prudential	6
91	Tui Travel	6
92	Daily Mail & General Trust	6
93	Eurasian Natural Resources	6
94	Next	6
95	Domino Printing Sciences	6
96	Siemens (UK)	6
97	CSR	5.9
98	BT Group	5.9
99	Reed Elsevier	5.9
100	British Land Co.	5.9
101	Cairn Energy	5.9
102	Morgan Sindall	5.9
103	Ryanair	5.9
104	Galliford Try	5.9
105	William Hill	5.9
106	Spirent	5.8
107	Provident Financial	5.8
108	Abbey (Banco Santander)	5.8
109	Bodycote Int.*	5.8
110	AMEC	5.8
111	Cattles	5.8
112	St James’s Place Capital	5.8
113	Rio Tinto	5.8
114	Centrica	5.7
115	Spirax Sarco Engineering	5.7
116	Balfour Beatty	5.7
117	Marston’s	5.7
118	Elementis	5.7
119	Chemring Group	5.7
120	Ultra Electronics	5.7
121	Anglo American	5.7
122	Avis Europe	5.7
123	Keller Group	5.7
124	GKN	5.7
125	United Business Media	5.6
126	HSBC	5.6
127	Royal Bank of Scotland	5.6
128	Greencore (UK)	5.6
129	Intertek	5.6
130	Associated British Foods	5.6
131	Morgan Crucible	5.6
132	Saint-Gobain (UK)	5.5
133	Standard Chartered	5.5
134	CRH	5.5
135	VT Group	5.5
136	Investec	5.5
137	Dunelm	5.5
138	Kesa Electricals	5.5
139	WH Smiths	5.5
140	HMV	5.4
141	Aviva	5.4
142	Persimmon	5.4
143	DSG International	5.4
144	Go-Ahead Gp	5.4
145	Wolseley	5.4
146	Yell Group	5.4
147	Brixton	5.4
148	Shaftesbury	5.4
149	Meggitt	5.3
150	Yule Catto	5.3
151	Novo-Nordisk AS UK	5.3
152	Arriva	5.3
153	Bovis Homes	5.3
154	Oakdene Homes	5.3
155	Redrow	5.3
156	Spectris	5.3
157	Tomkins	5.3
158	Pfizer (UK)	5.3
159	FirstGroup	5.3
160	Halma	5.3
161	Invensys	5.3
162	Wren Homes Gp	5.3
163	Mothercare	5.2
164	Cookson	5.2
165	Carpetright	5.2
166	Compass	5.2
167	Brown (N) Group	5.2
168	Scottish & Southern Energy	5.2
169	Premier Farnell	5.1
170	Barclays	5.1
171	Porvair	5.1
172	Tate & Lyle	5.1
173	Premier Foods	5.1
174	Halfords	5.1
175	JJB Sport	5.1
176	Laird Group*	5.1
177	Babcock International	5.1
178	Quintain Estates	5.1
179	Experian Group*	5
180	Rentokil Initial	5
181	Delta	5
182	UMECO	5
183	Ashmore Group	5
184	Inchcape	5
185	Lilly (Eli) UK	5
186	Charter	5
187	Royal & Sun Alliance*	5
188	Alliance & Leicester	4.9
189	Costain Group	4.9
190	Enodis	4.9
191	Robert Wiseman	4.9
192	Boot (Henry)	4.9
193	QinetiQ Group	4.9
194	Cranswick	4.9
195	Millennium & Copthorne	4.9
196	Informa	4.9
197	Signet	4.9
198	Gleeson (M.J.) Group	4.8
199	Allied Irish Bank (GB)	4.8
200	Electrocomponents	4.8
201	Northumbrian Water	4.7
202	International Power	4.7
203	Old Mutual	4.7
204	Segro	4.7
205	Inmarsat	4.6
206	Dyson Group	4.6
207	Grafton Gp	4.5
208	Lookers	4.5
209	Pendragon	4.5
210	Topps Tiles	4.5
211	ITV	4.5
212	Liberty International	4.5
213	Taylor Wimpey	4.5
214	United Utilities	4.5
215	Aer Lingus	4.4
216	Kingston Communications*	4.3
217	Hikma Pharmaceuticals	4.3
218	Rank Group	4.3
219	Sports Direct	4.3
220	Findel	4.3
221	Bradford & Bingley	4.3
222	Dobbies Garden Centres*	4.3
223	National Grid	4.2
224	Drax	4.2
225	Woolworths	4.2
226	Enterprise Inns	4.2
227	Northern Foods	4.1
228	COLT Telecom	4.1
229	Punch Taverns	4.1
230	Seven Trent	4
231	Pennon Group	4
232	Friends Provident	3.9
233	Thus Group*	3.9
234	Dairy Crest	3.9
235	Cable & Wireless	3.8
236	British Energy	3.6
237	Telecom Plus	3.3
238	Resolution*	2.9
239	Avanti Communications	2.8
240	Vanco	2.6

* Merged, acquired or name change