BMAC Results 2008

Britain's Most Admired Companies 2008

The Stats

USE OF CORPORATE ASSETS - BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES - 2008

	Company	Score
1	Unilever	8.3
2	SIG	7.8
3	Marshalls	7.7
4	Diageo	7.7
5	BG Group	7.7
6	CRH	7.5
7	Tullow Oil	7.5
8	Tesco	7.4
9	Capita Group	7.3
10	Wetherspoon (JD)	7.3
11	Ultra Electronics	7.3
12	Stagecoach	7.3
13	Kingspan	7.3
14	Cairn Energy	7.3
15	SABMiller	7.3
16	BP	7.3
17	AMEC	7.3
18	BASF Plc (UK & Ireland)	7.3
19	3i	7.3
20	Resolution*	7.3
21	Eurasian Natural Resources	7.3
22	Croda International	7.2
23	Berkeley Group	7.2
24	National Grid	7.2
25	Johnson Matthey	7.1
26	Man	7.1
27	Rolls-Royce	7
28	Standard Chartered	7
29	Grafton Gp	7
30	Travis Perkins	7
31	Serco Group	7
32	Rotork	7
33	Cadbury Schweppes*	7
34	Compass	7
35	Anglo American	7
36	Royal Dutch Shell	6.9
37	Balfour Beatty	6.9
38	Scottish & Newcastle*	6.9
39	Thomson Reuters*	6.9
40	Rio Tinto	6.9
41	FirstGroup	6.9
42	Greene King	6.8
43	Vodafone	6.8
44	International Power	6.8
45	InterContinental Hotels	6.8
46	Barclays	6.8
47	Scottish & Southern Energy	6.8
48	Carphone Warehouse	6.8
49	ICAP	6.8
50	Reed Elsevier	6.8
51	Great Portland Estates	6.7
52	Carillion	6.7
53	Go-Ahead Gp	6.7
54	Bayer Plc (UK & Ireland)	6.7
55	Reckitt Benckiser	6.7
56	WPP Group	6.7
57	Dunelm	6.7
58	VT Group	6.7
59	United Business Media	6.6
60	Royal & Sun Alliance*	6.6
61	Marks & Spencer	6.6
62	Sainsbury (J)	6.6
63	Whitbread	6.6
64	Ryanair	6.6
65	Ladbrokes	6.6
66	BSkyB	6.6
67	National Express	6.6
68	Royal Bank of Scotland	6.5
69	Bunzl	6.5
70	Britvic	6.5
71	Weir Group	6.5
72	Intermediate Capital	6.5
73	Abbott (UK)	6.5
74	AstraZeneca	6.5
75	GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)	6.5
76	BHP Billiton	6.5
77	Arriva	6.5
78	Debenhams	6.4
79	Next	6.4
80	Enterprise Inns	6.4
81	Chemring Group	6.4
82	Galliford Try	6.4
83	Seven Trent	6.4
84	Associated British Foods	6.4
85	Derwent London*	6.4
86	Morrison (Wm)	6.4
87	Keller Group	6.4
88	Victrex	6.3
89	BT Group	6.3
90	Shire	6.3
91	Burberry Group	6.3
92	Bellway	6.3
93	Telford Homes	6.3
94	Cobham	6.3
95	Tate & Lyle	6.3
96	Aviva	6.3
97	Lloyds TSB	6.3
98	Spirax Sarco Engineering	6.3
99	Kier Group	6.3
100	Morgan Sindall	6.3
101	Smith & Nephew	6.3
102	Xstrata	6.3
103	Game Group	6.2
104	Persimmon	6.2
105	Hammerson	6.2
106	Admiral	6.2
107	Carnival	6.2
108	British Airways	6.2
109	GKN	6.2
110	BAE Systems	6.1
111	Mitchells & Butlers	6.1
112	United Utilities	6.1
113	Drax	6.1
114	Premier Farnell	6.1
115	Saint-Gobain (UK)	6.1
116	ROK Property Solutions	6.1
117	Marston’s	6.1
118	Northumbrian Water	6
119	IMI	6
120	Electrocomponents	6
121	Aggreko	6
122	Babcock International	6
123	Inmarsat	6
124	Investec	6
125	Inchcape	6
126	Prudential	6
127	St James’s Place Capital	6
128	Thomas Cook Gp	6
129	Tui Travel	6
130	William Hill	6
131	Shaftesbury	6
132	Domino Printing Sciences	6
133	Land Securities	6
134	British Land Co.	6
135	eastJet	5.9
136	Spirent	5.9
137	Informa	5.9
138	Pearson	5.9
139	Robert Wiseman	5.9
140	Spectris	5.9
141	Elementis	5.8
142	Centrica	5.8
143	Intertek	5.8
144	Bodycote Int.*	5.8
145	Provident Financial	5.8
146	Carpetright	5.8
147	Home Retail Group	5.8
148	Cattles	5.8
149	Schroders	5.8
150	Yule Catto	5.7
151	Pennon Group	5.7
152	Novo-Nordisk AS UK	5.7
153	Standard Life	5.7
154	Brown (N) Group	5.7
155	ARM Holdings	5.7
156	Daily Mail & General Trust	5.6
157	Greencore (UK)	5.6
158	WH Smiths	5.6
159	Abbey (Banco Santander)	5.6
160	Morgan Crucible	5.6
161	Punch Taverns	5.5
162	G4S	5.5
163	Ashmore Group	5.5
164	Old Mutual	5.5
165	Kesa Electricals	5.5
166	Avis Europe	5.5
167	Siemens (UK)	5.5
168	Meggitt	5.5
169	British Energy	5.5
170	Segro	5.4
171	Brixton	5.4
172	Halma	5.4
173	Allied Irish Bank (GB)	5.4
174	Porvair	5.4
175	Cranswick	5.4
176	Costain Group	5.4
177	Invensys	5.4
178	Boot (Henry)	5.3
179	Kingston Communications*	5.3
180	Halfords	5.3
181	Kingfisher	5.3
182	CSR	5.3
183	Cookson	5.3
184	Legal & General Group	5.3
185	Aer Lingus	5.3
186	Liberty International	5.3
187	Dyson Group	5.3
188	IG Group	5.3
189	HMV	5.3
190	JJB Sport	5.3
191	Mothercare	5.2
192	QinetiQ Group	5.2
193	Bovis Homes	5.2
194	Tomkins	5.1
195	Rentokil Initial	5.1
196	Premier Foods	5.1
197	Laird Group*	5.1
198	Smiths Group	5.1
199	HBOS	5
200	HSBC	5
201	Wolseley	5
202	COLT Telecom	5
203	UMECO	5
204	Charter	5
205	Millennium & Copthorne	5
206	Rank Group	5
207	Alliance & Leicester	4.9
208	Cable & Wireless	4.9
209	Enodis	4.9
210	Bradford & Bingley	4.8
211	Topps Tiles	4.8
212	Dobbies Garden Centres*	4.8
213	Pfizer (UK)	4.8
214	DSG International	4.8
215	Signet	4.7
216	Lookers	4.7
217	Pendragon	4.7
218	Delta	4.7
219	Findel	4.7
220	Redrow	4.7
221	Experian Group*	4.6
222	Quintain Estates	4.6
223	Thus Group*	4.6
224	Northern Foods	4.5
225	Barratt Developments	4.5
226	Wren Homes Gp	4.5
227	Gleeson (M.J.) Group	4.5
228	Dairy Crest	4.4
229	Lilly (Eli) UK	4.3
230	Friends Provident	4.3
231	Telecom Plus	4
232	ITV	3.9
233	Sports Direct	3.8
234	Yell Group	3.8
235	Oakdene Homes	3.7
236	Hikma Pharmaceuticals	3.3
237	Woolworths	3.3
238	Taylor Wimpey	3.2
239	Avanti Communications	3
240	Vanco	2.6

* Merged, acquired or name change