Mister M Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) There's Poundland, 99p store.... Sorry, my bad, 99p stores were taken over Edited April 3, 2016 by Mister M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrystottle Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Jaguar Land Rover, owned by an Indian company. Bentley is owned by Volkswagen. Mini is owned by BMW. Rolls Royce is owned by BMW. MG is owned by a Chinese company. Here is who owned the water companies in 2013. http://money.aol.co.uk/2013/05/21/who-really-owns-our-water-companies/ And the energy companies. http://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/guides/which-energy-suppliers-are-british/ Volkswagen also owns: Audi, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT and Skoda, as well as Ducati motorcycles. 25 years ago a Tory MP called Nick Ridley said that the European single market was "A racket, designed to end up with the Germans owning everything". He swiftly recanted, presumably after the thumbscrews had been applied, but all these years later you can see that he had a point. Or at least that the single market is designed to let the big fish eat the little fish more easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFox Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Bayliss & Harding B&Q Toni & Guy Marks & Spencer BBC ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 Gregg's The Bakers Coopland's Bakery Staniforth's Bakery First Group Stagecoach Group Boot's Specsavers Morrison's Waitrose Oreo Fujitsu Clarke & Parnters To name a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Quite literally thousands. You need to be more accuracte and say British companies over a certain size. A few more than that actually. According to Companies House there are currently 3,404,701 companies active owned and registered in Britain. I too would like the OP to be more specific with whatever agenda they are trying to push. What do they mean "British companies" ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 The FTSE 100 is the 100 largest British companies. FTSE 250 the 101st to the 350th largest, etc. Take your pick - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_100_Index Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I've got a few shares in a small company called Astra Zeneca. I think they may still be British. I wish they weren't. I'd have made a killing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Jaguar Land Rover, owned by an Indian company. Bentley is owned by Volkswagen. Mini is owned by BMW. Rolls Royce is owned by BMW. MG is owned by a Chinese company. Here is who owned the water companies in 2013. http://money.aol.co.uk/2013/05/21/who-really-owns-our-water-companies/ And the energy companies. http://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/guides/which-energy-suppliers-are-british/ Volkswagen also owns: Audi, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT and Skoda, as well as Ducati motorcycles. 25 years ago a Tory MP called Nick Ridley said that the European single market was "A racket, designed to end up with the Germans owning everything". He swiftly recanted, presumably after the thumbscrews had been applied, but all these years later you can see that he had a point. Or at least that the single market is designed to let the big fish eat the little fish more easily. If you want to look at it that way, is BMW a German company? Only 3.5% of it's institutional shareholders are German compared to 7.7% from the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASGOWOODS Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Bayliss & Harding B&Q Toni & Guy Marks & Spencer BBC ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 Gregg's The Bakers Coopland's Bakery Staniforth's Bakery First Group Stagecoach Group Boot's Specsavers Morrison's Waitrose Oreo Fujitsu Clarke & Parnters To name a few Pretty sure Boots is owned by an American outfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrystottle Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Oh aye. Deutsche Boerse bought the London Stock Exchange last week as well, to a background of total silence from our broadcast media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Oh aye. Deutsche Boerse bought the London Stock Exchange last week as well, to a background of total silence from our broadcast media. That's funny 'cause the press reported a merger between the two companies under a new name of UK TopCo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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