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CNH Industrial: London 24.2 2.3 Industrials: 31 568 Haleon: Weybridge: 14.0 1.3 Healthcare: 32 579 International Airlines Group: London 31.8 2.9 Aviation: 33 604 Associated British Foods: London 24.9 1.5 Retail: 34 610 Ferguson: Wokingham: 29.4 1.8 Construction materials: 35 646 RELX: London 11.4 2.2 Services 36 651 Centrica: Windsor: 32.9 4.9 ...
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK or U.K.) or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the northwestern coast of the European mainland. It includes the island of Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands.
3i Group was created in 1987 when the banks sold off their stakes to form a public limited company. In 1994 the company was floated on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of £1.5 billion .
After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
United Utilities Group plc (UU) is the United Kingdom's largest listed water company.It was founded in 1995 as a result of the merger of North West Water and NORWEB. [2] The group manages the regulated water and waste water network in North West England, which includes Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, most of Cheshire and a small area of Derbyshire, which have a combined ...
In today's edition, industrials editor and analyst Brendan Byrnes analyzes news events from around the sector and offers his insights on how these events affect the investing thesis of the stocks.
United Steel Structural (later known as Redpath Dorman Long) built Jodrell Bank Observatory in the mid-1950s. In 1945 the mining portfolio was increased with the purchase of the Shireoaks Colliery Company, the colliery being just over the Nottinghamshire border. As with all their collieries this became part of the National Coal Board in 1947.
As of 2022, the UK aerospace industry was the second largest in the world behind that of the United States, [15] with a turnover of over $34.5 billion. Major players in the UK defence and aerospace market include BAE Systems, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Babcock International, GKN Aerospace, Leonardo, Safran, General Electric, MBDA and Thales.