3i • Alliance & Leicester • Alliance Boots • AMVESCAP • Anglo American • Antofagasta • Associated British Foods • AstraZeneca • Aviva • BAE Systems • Barclays Bank • BG Group • BHP Billiton • BP • Bradford & Bingley • Brambles Industries • British Airways • British American Tobacco • British Land • British Sky Broadcasting Group • BT Group • Cadbury Schweppes • Cairn Energy • Capita Group • Carnival • Centrica • Compass Group • Corus Group • Diageo • Drax Group • DSG International • Enterprise Inns • Experian • Friends Provident • Gallaher Group • GlaxoSmithKline • Hammerson • Hanson • HBOS • Home Retail Group • HSBC • ICAP • Imperial Chemical Industries • Imperial Tobacco • InterContinental Hotels Group • International Power • ITV • J Sainsbury • Johnson Matthey • Kazakhmys • Kelda Group • Kingfisher • Land Securities Group • Legal & General • Liberty International • Lloyds TSB • Lonmin • Man Group • Marks and Spencer • Wm Morrison Supermarkets • National Grid • Next • Northern Rock • Old Mutual • Pearson • Persimmon • Prudential • Reckitt Benckiser • Reed Elsevier • Resolution • Reuters Group • Rexam • Rio Tinto Group • Rolls-Royce Group • Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance • Royal Bank of Scotland Group • Royal Dutch Shell • SABMiller • Sage Group • Scottish & Newcastle • Scottish & Southern Energy • Scottish Power • Severn Trent • Shire Pharmaceuticals Group • Slough Estates • Smith & Nephew • Smiths Group • Standard Chartered Bank • Standard Life • Tate & Lyle • Tesco • Unilever • United Utilities • Vedanta Resources • Vodafone • Whitbread • Wolseley • WPP Group • Xstrata • Yell Group The white-on-red C marks all entrances to the congestion charge zone although in some areas the charge zone is poorly signed, and accidental journeys into the zone can occur For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... A Connexions Card is a card for teenagers in England, created as part of the government-funded Connexions service in an attempt to reduce levels of truancy and unemployment. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ... Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) is a financial scheme applicable to all students and those undertaking unpaid work-based learning in the United Kingdom aged between sixteen and eighteen (nineteen in exceptional circumstances). ... The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) is an executive agency of the Home Office in the United Kingdom, which conducts criminal record checks on potential employees on behalf of organisations and recruiters throughout England and Wales. ... A television licence (or more correctly broadcast receiver licence, as it usually also pays for public radio) is an official licence required in many countries for all owners of television (and sometimes also radio) receivers. ... The United Kingdom based Dixons Group plc is one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe. ... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... Blackburn with Darwen (Dwrgwyn) is a borough in Lancashire, North West England. ... The Council Tax is the main form of local taxation in England, Scotland and Wales. ... Blackburn with Darwen (Dwrgwyn) is a borough in Lancashire, North West England. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... Rossendale is a local government district with borough status. ... The Council Tax is the main form of local taxation in England, Scotland and Wales. ... Zurich Financial Services Group is a major financial services group based in Zurich, Switzerland. ... The FTSE 100 Index (pronounced footsie) is a share index of the 100 most highly capitalized companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, begun on January 3, 1984. ... Company Name: 3i PLC Company Logo: Company Type: Public Founded: 1945 Created by a syndicate of several British banks]] Location: [London]], England| Key people: Philip Yea, CEO Baroness Hogg, Chairman Industry = Venture Capital and Private Equity Homepage = [1] 3i Group PLC is a venture capital and private equity firm quoted... Alliance & Leicester plc is a British bank, formerly a building society. ... Alliance Boots will be the name given to the resulting company created by the merger of Boots the Chemists and Alliance UniChem, assuming that it goes ahead. ... AMVESCAP plc is an investment management company based in London, England. ... Anglo American plc is a world-wide group of companies, originally founded in South Africa as a mining enterprise but now extending into other areas. ... Antifagass plc (LSE: ANTO) is a mining company which specialises in copper. ... Associated British Foods (ABF) is a multi-billion pound turnover British multinational with diverse food manufacturing interests and a secondary business in fashion retailing. ... AstraZeneca PLC (LSE: AZN, NYSE: AZN), is a large Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company formed on 6 April 1999 by the merger of Swedish Astra AB and British Zeneca Group. ... For Aviva Incorporated, operating as Aviva Natural Health Solutions, see Aviva Inc. ... BAE Systems plc is the worlds fourth largest defence contractor[2] and a commercial aerospace manufacturer. ... Big Building One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf Barclays PLC (LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS, TYO: 8642 ) is the third largest bank in the United Kingdom. ... BG Group Plc is an energy production and distribution company which is headquartered in Reading outside London, England. ... BHP Billiton is the worlds largest mining company. ... This article is about the corporation known as BP. For other uses, see BP (disambiguation). ... Bradford & Bingley plc (LSE: BB.) is a British bank headquartered in the Yorkshire town of Bingley. ... Brambles Industries is an Australian-headquarted multinational group of companies specialising in logistics, including waste management, document management, and other logistical issues. ... For the 1930s airline of similar name, see British Airways Ltd. ... British American Tobacco Plc (LSE: BATS, AMEX: BTI) (BTI on the American Stock Exchange) is the third largest cigarette company in the world. ... The British Land Company Plc (LSE: BLND) is one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB — formerly two companies, Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. ... BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (and previously as British Telecom) is the privatised UK state telecommunications operator. ... Cadbury Schweppes plc (Cadbury Trebor Bassett), (NYSE: CSG) is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Carnival Corporation & PLC (NYSE: CCL) is the worlds largest cruise operator, comprising 13 cruise brands, including Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Windstar Cruises and Seabourn Cruise Line in North America; P & O Cruises, Cunard Line, Ocean Village and Swan Hellenic in the United Kingdom; AIDA and... Centrica plc (LSE: CNA) is a large multinational company, based in the UK but also with interests in North America and Europe. ... The British company Compass Group is one of the largest food service businesses in the world. ... Corus Group plc, normally referred to simply as Corus, is one of the worlds largest producers of steel and aluminium, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. ... Diageo plc (LSE: DGE, NYSE: DEO) is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. ... Eggborough Power Station (Near Drax Power Station)(from the east side) in 2004 Drax is a large coal-fired power station located near Selby in North Yorkshire in Northern England. ... The United Kingdom based company DSG International plc aka DSGi (formerly Dixons Stores Group plc) is one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in Europe. ... Enterprise Inns Plc is a UK leased and tenanted pub company, headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands IN England. ... Experian is a business information company. ... Friends Provident plc (LSE: FP.) manages a life assurance business in the United Kingdom Friends Provident has been in operation since 1832. ... Gallaher Group is a major British based multinational tobacco company. ... GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK NYSE: GSK) is a British based pharmaceutical, biologicals, and healthcare company. ... Hammerson plc (LSE: HMSO) is a major British property development and investment company. ... Hanson plc is a British based international building materials company, headquartered in London. ... Group headquarters on The Mound, Edinburgh HBOS Office at Trinity Road, Halifax HBOS plc (LSE: HBOS) is the holding company of the HBOS Group, formed on the 10 September 2001 by, and named after, the principals involved in the merger of Halifax plc, the former Halifax Building Society, with Bank... The Home Retail Group, formerly Argos Retail Group, is a holding company for the UK retailers Argos, Homebase and the financial services division for both companies, including ARG Financial Services, comprising of ARG Card Services (handling store cards such as the Argos Card), ARG Insurance Services (handling in the store... HSBC Holdings plc (LSE: HSBA, SEHK: 005, NYSE: HBC, Euronext: HSBC, BSX: 1077223879) is one of the largest banking groups in the world, ranked the fifth-largest company and third-largest banking company in the world in Forbes Global 2000. ... ICAP plc LSE: IAP is a British based inter-dealer stock broker, the largest in the world, carrying out transactions for financial institutions rather than private individuals. ... Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is a British chemical group and one of the largest chemical producers in the world. ... Imperial Tobacco PLC is the largest cigarette manufacturer in the UK (but the second largest UK based tobacco company by global sales after British American Tobacco), second largest in Germany and fourth worldwide, following its purchase of Reemtsma Zigarettenfabriken, adding brands such as Davidoff, Peter Stuyvesant and West to its... InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE: IHG NYSE: IHG) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. ... International Power plc is a leading independent electricity generating company with 16,642 MW (net) in operation and 1,729 MW (net) under construction. ... ITV plc (LSE: ITV) is the British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ... J Sainsbury HQ in Holborn Circus J Sainsbury plc is the parent company of Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, commonly known as Sainsburys, which is a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. ... Johnson Matthey plc is a British chemical company which has its headquarters near Trafalgar Square in central London. ... Kazakhmys is a copper mining company from Kazakhstan. ... Kelda Group plc (LSE: KEL) is a British utility company. ... Kingfisher plc is a UK high-street retailer formed in 1982 by the buyout of Woolworths by Paternoster Stores Ltd. ... Land Securities Group plc is the largest property company in Europe and the leading British property development and investment company headquartered in central London. ... Legal & General Group Plc is a British based financial services company that provides life, health and other insurance, as well as pensions and investments. ... Liberty International PLC (LSE: LII) is UK property investment and insurance company. ... Lloyds TSB Group plc is a group of financial services companies, based in the United Kingdom, which was created in 1995 following the merger of the TSB Group and the Lloyds Bank Group. ... Lonmin plc(LSE: LMI) was incorporated in the United Kingdom on 13 May 1909 as the London and Rhodesian Mining Company Limited. ... Man Group plc (LSE: EMG) is one of the worlds largest futures contract brokers and a leading global provider of alternative investment products. ... Marks and Spencer plc (known also as M&S and sometimes colloquially as Marks and Sparks) is the largest retailer in the United Kingdom by sales. ... Morrisons is a chain of supermarkets in the UK. It is operated by the company Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc. ... National Grid plc is a United Kingdom based utilities company which also operates in other countries, principally in the United States. ... Next on Oxford Street Next PLC is a British clothes retailer, with its headquarters in Enderby, Leicestershire, England. ... Northern Rock (LSE: NRK) is a British bank based at Regent Centre near Newcastle Upon Tyne in northern England. ... Old Mutual is a South African insurance company. ... Pearson plc LSE: PSON;NYSE: PSO is a London-based media conglomerate. ... Persimmon plc is a major British housebuilding company headquartered in York. ... Prudential plc (LSE: PRU, NYSE: PUK) is a United Kingdom-based financial services company. ... Reckitt Benckiser plc is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of cleaning products and a member of the FTSE 100 Index of the largest companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. ... Reed Elsevier is a leading global publisher and information provider. ... Resolution plc is a UK insurance company headquartered in the City of London. ... Reuters (pronounced roy-ters, not rew-ters) is a company supplying global financial markets and news media with a range of information products and transactional solutions, including real-time and historical market data, research and analytics, financial trading platforms, investment data and analytics plus news in text, video, graphics and... Rexam PLC is a PLC listed on the LSE with headquarters in the UK. Their main businesses are the provision of packaging solutions and the manufacturing of beverage cans. ... Rio Tinto is a multinational mining and resources group founded originally in 1873. ... Rolls-Royce plc (also known as Rolls-Royce Aero Engines) is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electrics GE Aircraft Engines division. ... Royal & SunAlliance (R&SA) is a British general insurance company, with its headquarters in London, England. ... The Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS) is one of Scotlands four national clearing banks and one of the oldest in the UK, founded in Edinburgh in 1727 by Royal Charter. ... Royal Dutch Shell PLC is a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest energy corporations in the world, and one of the six supermajors (vertically integrated private-sector oil exploration, natural gas, and petroleum product marketing companies). ... SABMiller (LSE: SAB) is the second largest brewery company in the world by volume, after InBev. ... The Sage Group plc is a leading UK based supplier of accounting, CRM and business management software as well as related services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Scottish & Southern Energy Plc is a gas, electricity supply and telecoms company headquartered in Perth, Scotland. ... ScottishPower Plc is a vertically integrated energy company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Severn Trent plc is a British utility. ... Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc is a British manufacturer of pharmaceuticals including Adderall XR, Carbatrol, and Fosrenol. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Slough Trading Estate. ... Smith & Nephew is a British medical devices company headquartered in London and active internationally. ... Smiths Group is a British engineering company involved in wide-ranging speciality engineering. ... Standard Chartered Bank (LSE: STAN, SEHK: 2888) is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in many countries, especially in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. ... Standard Life was Europes largest mutual company, as its shareholders voted for demutualisation as was widely expected in 2006. ... A tin of Lyles Golden Syrup Tate & Lyle PLC is a UK based multinational food manufacturer and is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE. It is a major producer of refined sugar, starches, animal feed and other food ingredients with global operations. ... For other uses, see Tesco (disambiguation). ... Unilever (Euronext: UNA, LSE: ULVR, NYSE: UN) is an Anglo-Dutch company that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ... United Utilities is a British utility company with its headquarters in Warrington which operates mainly in the North West of England. ... Vedanta Resources plc is a diversified and integrated metals and mining group with annual sales of $1. ... Vodafone Group plc is a British mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England. ... This article is about the Whitbread company. ... Wolseley plc is a British company based in Droitwich formerly known for the manufacture of Wolseley motor cars. ... // WPP Group plc (LSE: WPP) (NASDAQ: WPPGY), based in London, is one of the worlds largest communications services groups, employing 91,000 people working in over 2,000 offices in 106 countries. ... Xstrata plc is an international mining company. ... Yell Group plc (LSE: YELL) is a British directory company, which is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index of leading British quoted companies. ...