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BRITAIN'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES - 2008
  Company Total 
1 Diageo 71.88
2 Johnson Matthey 70.5
3 Unilever 70.3
4 BSkyB 69.7
5 Tesco 68.93
6 Stagecoach 68.49
7 Rolls-Royce 67.75
8 Man Group 67.58
9 Kingspan 67.03
10 3i 66.8
11 BG Group 66.3
12 Serco Group 66.2
13 Berkeley Group 66.2
14 InterContinental Hotels 65
15 SIG 64.6
16 WPP Group 63.8
17 Capita Group 63.7
18 Cadbury Schweppes* 63.6
19 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 63.5
20 Whitbread 63.4
21 Tullow Oil 63.4
22 Thomson Reuters* 63.3
23 Marshalls 63
24 Vodafone 63
25 Royal Dutch Shell 63
26 BP 62.9
27 Sainsbury (J) 62.8
28 Bayer Plc (UK & Ireland) 62.7
29 Marks & Spencer 62.5
30 SABMiller 62.4
31 Wetherspoon (JD) 62.3
32 Greene King 61.7
33 National Express 61.5
34 Travis Perkins 61.4
35 Reckitt Benckiser 61.3
36 Carnival 61.3
37 Reed Elsevier 61.3
38 Rotork 61.2
39 Victrex 61.2
40 BASF Plc (UK & Ireland) 61.1
41 Croda International 61.1
42 Carphone Warehouse 61
43 ICAP 61
44 BT Group 60.9
45 Scottish & Newcastle* 60.9
46 CRH 60.7
47 Cobham 60.6
48 Intermediate Capital 60.6
49 Anglo American 60.3
50 Weir Group 60.3
51 Ultra Electronics 60.2
52 BAE Systems 60.1
53 Xstrata 60
54 Telford Homes 60
55 Balfour Beatty 59.9
56 Compass 59.8
57 Burberry Group 59.5
58 Rio Tinto 59.4
59 ARM Holdings 59.3
60 Ladbrokes 59.3
61 Carillion 59.1
62 Kier Group 59.1
63 Abbott (UK) 59
64 Dunelm 59
65 Spirax Sarco Engineering 58.9
66 Associated British Foods 58.8
67 St James’s Place Capital 58.8
68 Babcock International 58.7
69 IMI 58.7
70 Smith & Nephew 58.2
71 Prudential 58.2
72 Land Securities 58.1
73 Aggreko 58.1
74 National Grid 58.1
75 Eurasian Natural Resources 58
76 Standard Chartered 57.9
77 BHP Billiton 57.9
78 Game Group 57.9
79 Go-Ahead Gp 57.8
80 Great Portland Estates 57.7
81 Admiral 57.7
82 Arriva 57.6
83 Cairn Energy 57.4
84 Barclays 57.4
85 Bunzl 57.4
86 Derwent London* 57.3
87 eastJet 57.2
88 Mitchells & Butlers 57.1
89 Britvic 57.1
90 Scottish & Southern Energy 56.8
91 Royal Bank of Scotland 56.8
92 Saint-Gobain (UK) 56.6
93 Next 56.6
94 HSBC 56.5
95 AstraZeneca 56.4
96 Smiths Group 56.3
97 Bellway 56.3
98 Home Retail Group 56.3
99 FirstGroup 56.2
100 Pearson 56.1
101 Siemens (UK) 56.1
102 Legal & General Group 55.9
103 Hammerson 55.8
104 British Land Co. 55.7
105 Keller Group 55.7
106 Domino Printing Sciences 55.7
107 Schroders 55.7
108 GKN 55.6
109 Morrison (Wm) 55.1
110 Intertek 55.1
111 Daily Mail & General Trust 55.1
112 AMEC 55
113 Persimmon 55
114 Lloyds TSB 55
115 Chemring Group 54.9
116 Novo-Nordisk AS UK 54.7
117 Standard Life 54.7
118 United Business Media 54.6
119 IG Group 54.5
120 Ryanair 54.5
121 Tui Travel 54.4
122 VT Group 54.4
123 Thomas Cook Gp 54.3
124 ROK Property Solutions 54.2
125 Spectris 53.8
126 Royal & Sun Alliance* 53.6
127 Kingfisher 53.5
128 Galliford Try 53.5
129 Investec 53.5
130 Dyson Group 53.3
131 Tate & Lyle 53.2
132 Avis Europe 53.2
133 Grafton Gp 53.1
134 Premier Farnell 53
135 Abbey (Banco Santander) 52.9
136 Inmarsat 52.9
137 Informa 52.8
138 Pfizer (UK) 52.8
139 Marston’s 52.7
140 CSR 52.7
141 Electrocomponents 52.5
142 Morgan Sindall 52.3
143 Morgan Crucible 52.2
144 British Airways 52.1
145 G4S 51.9
146 Debenhams 51.8
147 Kesa Electricals 51.8
148 Bodycote Int.* 51.7
149 William Hill 51.4
150 Shaftesbury 51.4
151 QinetiQ Group 51.2
152 Aviva 51.1
153 Elementis 51
154 Centrica 50.9
155 Mothercare 50.9
156 Yule Catto 50.8
157 Bovis Homes 50.7
158 Spirent 50.6
159 Experian Group* 50.5
160 Meggitt 50.1
161 Inchcape 50
162 Cookson 50
163 Greencore (UK) 49.9
164 Shire  49.9
165 HBOS 49.8
166 Brown (N) Group 49.8
167 International Power 49.7
168 Lilly (Eli) UK 49.7
169 Provident Financial 49.7
170 Northumbrian Water 49.5
171 Charter 49.2
172 Rentokil Initial 49
173 Halma 48.9
174 Porvair 48.9
175 Cranswick 48.9
176 Boot (Henry) 48.7
177 Laird Group* 48.7
178 United Utilities 48.6
179 UMECO 48.6
180 Resolution* 48.6
181 Old Mutual 48.5
182 Liberty International 48.3
183 Ashmore Group 48.3
184 Pennon Group 48.2
185 Redrow 48.2
186 WH Smiths 48.1
187 Enterprise Inns 47.6
188 Cable & Wireless 47.6
189 Segro  47.4
190 Costain Group 47.4
191 Signet  47.4
192 Brixton  47.2
193 Carpetright 47.2
194 Seven Trent 47.1
195 Delta 46.8
196 Enodis 46.8
197 Cattles 46.8
198 Millennium & Copthorne 46.6
199 Halfords 45.9
200 Robert Wiseman 45.9
201 Invensys 45.8
202 Tomkins 45.7
203 Kingston Communications* 45.5
204 Barratt Developments 45.5
205 Wren Homes Gp 45.5
206 JJB Sport 45.3
207 COLT Telecom 44.9
208 HMV 44.7
209 Dobbies Garden Centres* 44.5
210 Quintain Estates 44.3
211 Wolseley 44.2
212 Thus Group* 44.2
213 Allied Irish Bank (GB) 44.2
214 Aer Lingus 43.4
215 Punch Taverns 43.3
216 Pendragon 43.2
217 Rank Group 43
218 DSG International 43
219 Drax 42.7
220 Gleeson (M.J.) Group 42.3
221 British Energy 41.8
222 Topps Tiles 41
223 Lookers 40.9
224 Premier Foods 40.4
225 Dairy Crest 40.4
226 Findel 40
227 Alliance & Leicester 39.8
228 Sports Direct 38.3
229 Yell Group 37.4
230 Oakdene Homes 37
231 ITV 36.9
232 Northern Foods 36.8
233 Taylor Wimpey 36
234 Friends Provident 35.7
235 Bradford & Bingley 35.4
236 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 32.3
237 Telecom Plus 31.7
238 Woolworths 31.3
239 Avanti Communications 29.5
240 Vanco 24.5
* Merged, acquired or name change
 
 
         
 
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