Name a World Class British Company (while you still can...)

[Cpn Jack Spanner]

So, who's left? Seems there are not too many Great British brands left. How many can you name?

The Great:

Cadbury's


And, for bonus points, name a 'former' Great British Company that is no more... (there's plenty!)

Jaguar / Land Rover – Indian
Heathrow & Gatwick Airports – Spanish
Water Utilities – French
MG - Chinese
Rountree’s Confectionary – Swiss
Harrods - Egyption
Woolworth's - Deceased (thought not actually British, always felt like it was)
Rolls Royce & Bentley - German
Ferguson Electronics – French
Waterford Wedgewood – Deceased (soon to be)
Barclays Bank – Abu Dhabi and Qatar(coming soon)
Rolex – Swiss (actually quite a while ago)

Edited by Cpn Jack Spanner on Thursday 22 January 20:42

[anonymous-user]

BAe Systems is still going.
Rolls Royce (Aircraft engines).

[hot metal]

JCB

[DaveL485]

Cpn Jack Spanner said:

The Great:

Cadbury's

Thank god- My employer- and got a promotion yesterday to boot. Gotta love Cadbury's!

As for anyone else.....er.....

AP Lockheed?

[eightseventhree]

Bridon - they make steel cables used a lot in suspention bridges. Based In Doncaster

[Hedders]

anonymous said:

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I think BAE has to be our major money maker.

If it weren't for all the wars, we wouldn't be making any money

[Ecurie Ecosse]

Still leading the way with hi fi - Linn, Naim, Quad, Arcam to name a few.

Aston Martin are British again now.

Bristol and Morgan cars.

Barbour

Aga

McLaren and Williams.

Sunseeker.

[castrolcraig]

triumph motorcycles.

[speedchick]

The Co-Op is British.

[VX Foxy]

eightseventhree said:

Bridon

Great British brand?!

Tesco?

[DaveL485]

Thank god there are some left!!

[TheEnd]

Marmite?

[dpbird90]

Aston Martin. Even if David Richards bought the company with Kuwaiti money. Then again, one man's money is as good as another's.


What we do best is to manage these companies, but most fail because of financial backing. So the way our industry works best is when we organise and manage it, and all the foreign companies do is give us the cash.

[DoubleYellow]

Amec & Cleveland Bridge in the engineering sector.

[juice]

Portakabin

[LukeBird]

It depends what you mean by 'British'.
Quite a few mentioned above have foreign money in them, Aston being the one that leaps out there.
The cars may well be built in the UK and run here, but whe the majority is owned by a Middle Eastern investment company, is it still British?

[DaveL485]

CAT?

[dpbird90]

LukeBird said:

It depends what you mean by 'British'.
Quite a few mentioned above have foreign money in them, Aston being the one that leaps out there.
The cars may well be built in the UK and run here, but whe the majority is owned by a Middle Eastern investment company, is it still British?

I thought all the Middle East did was supply the cash, and DR owned Aston?

[skip_1]

JCB

[Matt..]

Is BP still British?

GlaxoSmithKline

Edited by Matt.. on Thursday 22 January 20:55