AstraZeneca plc is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England.

Stock price: AZN (LON) 8,147.00 GBX -84.00 (-1.02%)

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

CEO: Pascal Soriot (1 Oct 2012–)

Founded: 6 April 1999

Subsidiaries: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, MedImmune, MORE

Unilever PLC is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, ice cream, wellbeing vitamins, minerals and supplements, tea.

Stock price: ULVR (LON) 3,520.50 GBX -141.50 (-3.86%)

CEO: Alan Jope (1 Jan 2019–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 5,072.4 crores EUR (2020)

Founded: 2 September 1929, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Hindustan Unilever, Ben & Jerry’s, MORE

Parent organization: Unilever plc

Founders: Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, Georg Schicht

Diageo plc is a multinational beverage alcohol company, with its headquarters in London, England. It operates in more than 180 countries and produces in more than 140 sites around the world. It was the world’s largest distiller until being overtaken by China’s Kweichow Moutai on 9 April 2017.

Stock price: DGE (LON) 3,736.00 GBX +2.50 (+0.07%)

CEO: Ivan Menezes (1 Jul 2013–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 1,175.2 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 17 December 1997, London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 27,775 (2020)

Net income: 145.4 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: United Spirits, Hennessy, Casamigos.

HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational investment bank and financial services holding company. It is the second largest bank in Europe behind BNP Paribas, with total equity of US$204.995 billion and assets of US$2.984 trillion as of December 2020.

Stock price: HSBA (LON) 519.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Customer service: 1860 266 2667

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Noel Quinn (Aug 2019–)

Revenue: 5,042.9 crores USD (2020)

Founder: Thomas Sutherland

Founded: 3 March 1865, Hong Kong

Subsidiaries: HSBC Bank

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) is a British multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, England.[4] Established in 2000 by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, GSK was the world’s sixth largest pharmaceutical company according to Forbes as of 2019, after Pfizer, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, and Merck & Co.

Stock price: GSK (LON) 1,703.40 GBX -4.40 (-0.26%)

Headquarters: Brentford, United Kingdom

CEO: Emma Walmsley (Apr 2017–)

Customer service: 000 800 442 0168

Founded: 27 December 2000

Subsidiaries: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Tesaro, MORE

Video games: Aquafresh Kids brushing game, Súper V

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a multinational oil and gas company headquartered at The Shell Centre in London, United Kingdom. Shell is a public limited company primarly listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is one of the oil and gas “supermajors”.

Stock price: RDSA (AMS) €22.44 +0.38 (+1.72%)

Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands

CEO: Ben van Beurden (1 Jan 2014–)

Customer service: 044 3099 1103

Revenue: 18,050 crores USD (2020)

Number of employees: 86,000 (2021)

Founded: February 1907

Subsidiaries: Shell Energy, Shell Oil Company,

BP plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the world’s seven oil and gas “supermajors”.

Stock price: BP (LON) 395.75 GBX +2.00 (+0.51%)

CEO: Bernard Looney (5 Feb 2020–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 18,350 crores USD (2020)

Founded: 14 April 1909, London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 70,100 (2020)

Subsidiaries: Castrol, BPX Production Company, Aral, MORE

Founders: William Knox D’Arcy, Charles Greenway, 1st Baron Greenway

British American Tobacco plc is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products. The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, England. As of 2019, it is the largest tobacco company in the world based on net sales.

Stock price: BATS (LON) 3,155.50 GBX +11.50 (+0.37%)

Revenue: 2,577.6 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Jack Bowles (1 Apr 2019–)

Founder: James Buchanan Duke

Founded: 29 September 1902, London, United Kingdom

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 55,000 (2020)

Subsidiaries: Souza Cruz, Reynolds American, Tekel,

Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational and the world’s second-largest metals and mining corporation, behind BHP, producing iron ore, copper, diamonds, gold and uranium.

Stock price: RIO (ASX) A$109.91 +0.26 (+0.24%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Jakob Stausholm (1 Jan 2021–)

Revenue: 4,461.1 crores USD (2020)

Founder: Hugh Matheson

Founded: 1873

Subsidiaries: Aluminium division of Rio Tinto, MORE

Parent organization: Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited

Glencore plc is an Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, its oil and gas head office in London and its registered office in Saint Helier, Jersey. The current company was created through a merger of Glencore with Xstrata on 2 May 2013.

Stock price: GLEN (LON) 410.00 GBX -1.30 (-0.32%)

CEO: Gary Nagle (1 Jul 2021–)

Revenue: 14,233.8 crores USD (2020)

Headquarters: Baar, Switzerland

Founder: Marc Rich

Founded: 1974

Number of employees: 1,45,000 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Mount Isa Mines,

BHP, formerly known as BHP Billiton, is the trading entity of BHP Group Limited and BHP Group plc, an Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum dual-listed public company headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The Broken Hill Proprietary Company was founded on 16 July 1885 in the mining town of Silverton, New South Wales.

Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia

CEO: Mike Henry (1 Jan 2020–)

Founded: 1885

Subsidiaries: Bhp Minerals Europe Limited, BHP Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd

Parent organization: BHP Group

RELX is a British-Dutch multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; decision-making tools; and organise exhibitions.

Stock price: REL (LON) 2,231.87 GBX -17.13 (-0.76%)

Revenue: 711 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Erik Engstrom (2009–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 33,200 (2020)

Founded: 1993

Subsidiaries: LexisNexis, Elsevier, LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC, trading as Reckitt, is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, England. It is a producer of health, hygiene and nutrition products.

Stock price: RKT (LON) 6,329.00 GBX -68.00 (-1.06%)

CEO: Laxman Narasimhan (1 Sept 2019–)

Customer service: 1800 102 7245

Headquarters: Slough, United Kingdom

Revenue: 1,399.3 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 6 June 2007, Norwich, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Mead Johnson, Dr. Scholl’s, MORE

Founders: Isaac Reckitt (Reckitt & Sons branch).

Anglo American plc is a British listed multinational mining company with headquarters in London, England. It is the world’s largest producer of platinum, with around 40% of world output, as well as being a major producer of diamonds, copper, nickel, iron ore and metallurgical and thermal coal.

Stock price: AAL (LON) 3,376.00 GBX +4.50 (+0.13%)

CEO: Mark Cutifani (Apr 2013–)

Revenue: 3,090 crores USD (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founder: Ernest Oppenheimer

Founded: 1917

Number of employees: 90,000 (2020)

Subsidiaries: De Beers, Kumba Iron Ore, Anglo American Sur S.A.

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England.

Stock price: NG (LON) 1,083.80 GBX +3.20 (+0.30%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 1,454 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: John Pettigrew (Mar 2016–)

Founded: 1990, London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 23,069 (2020)

Net income: 126.5 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Western Power Distribution

London Stock Exchange Group plc is a United Kingdom-based stock exchange and financial information company headquartered in the City of London, England. It owns the London Stock Exchange, Refinitiv, LSEG Technology, FTSE Russell, and majority stakes in LCH and Tradeweb.

Stock price: LSEG (LON) 7,432.67 GBX +0.67 (+0.01%)

CEO: David Schwimmer (Apr 2018–)

Revenue: 212.4 crores GBP (2020)

Number of employees: 5,219 (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 2007

Net income: 48.7 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Refinitiv, FTSE Group, FTSE Russell, LCH.

Prudential plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It was founded in London in May 1848 to provide loans to professional and working people.

Stock price: PRU (LON) 1,296.00 GBX -16.50 (-1.26%)

CEO: Michael A. Wells (1 Jun 2015–)

Revenue: 5,597.3 crores USD (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Customer service: 00 44 1786 448844

Founded: 30 May 1848

Number of employees: 23,000 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Prudential Assurance Company

Lloyds Banking Group plc is a British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009. It is one of the UK’s largest financial services organisations, with 30 million customers and 65,000 employees.

Stock price: LLOY (LON) 55.60 GBX +0.47 (+0.85%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 1,074.9 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 19 January 2009

Number of employees: 65,000 (2021)

Total assets: 87,130 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland.

Experian is an American–Irish multinational consumer credit reporting company. Experian collects and aggregates information on over 1 billion people and businesses including 235 million individual U.S. consumers and more than 25 million U.S. businesses.

Customer service: 022 6641 9000

Stock price: EXPN (LON) 3,013.00 GBX -81.00 (-2.62%)

Revenue: 517.9 crores USD (2020)

Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland

CEO: Brian Cassin (30 Apr 2012–)

Number of employees: 17,800 (2021)

Founded: 1996

Subsidiaries: RewardStock, Inc., RentBureau,

Barclays plc is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services.

Customer service: 00 44 247684210

Stock price: BARC (LON) 210.55 GBX -4.25 (-1.98%)

CEO: C. S. Venkatakrishnan (1 Nov 2021–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 20 July 1896, City of London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 83,500 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Barclaycard, Barclays Bank Delaware.

Vodafone Group Plc is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office and global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It predominantly operates services in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.

Stock price: VOD (LON) 121.74 GBX +2.86 (+2.41%)

CEO: Nick Read (1 Oct 2018–)

Headquarters: Berkshire, United Kingdom

Founded: 1982, Newbury, United Kingdom

Revenue: 4,497.4 crores EUR (2020)

Number of employees: 93,000 (2020)

Subsidiaries: Vodafone Kabel Deutschland, Vodafone Germany,

Founders: Gerry Whent, Ernest Harrison

CRH plc is an international group of diversified building materials businesses, with headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. It manufactures and supplies a wide range of products for the construction industry.

Stock price: CRH (LON) 3,854.00 GBX -88.00 (-2.23%)

Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland

Revenue: 2,758.7 crores EUR (2020)

CEO: Albert Manifold (1 Jan 2014–)

Founded: 1970

Number of employees: 79,200 (2021)

Net income: 116.5 crores EUR (2020)

Subsidiaries: Oldcastle Materials, CRH Americas, Inc.

Compass Group plc is a British multinational contract foodservice company headquartered in Chertsey, England. It is the largest contract foodservice company in the world employing over 500,000 people.

Stock price: CPG (LON) 1,721.78 GBX -15.22 (-0.88%)

Headquarters: Chertsey, United Kingdom

CEO: Dominic Blakemore (1 Jan 2018–)

Revenue: 1,994 crores GBP (2020)

Number of employees: 5,48,143 (2020)

Founded: 1941

Net income: 13.5 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Crothall Healthcare Inc.

Ferguson plc is a British-American multinational plumbing and heating products distributor with its head office in Wokingham, England. Its brands include Ferguson Enterprises. Wolseley plc changed its name to Ferguson plc in March 2017, to reflect the primacy of its operations in the United States.

Stock price: FERG (LON) 12,475.00 GBX -55.00 (-0.44%)

Revenue: 2,181.9 crores USD (2020)

CEO: John W. Martin (1 Sept 2016–)

Headquarters: Wokingham, United Kingdom

Founded: 1887

Number of employees: 29,000 (2021)

Net income: 96.1 crores USD (2020)

Subsidiaries: Ferguson Enterprises, Wolseley UK

Ashtead Group plc is a British industrial equipment rental company based in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: AHT (LON) 5,454.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

CEO: Brendan Horgan (1 May 2019–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 460.65 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1947, Ashtead, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 13,233 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Sunbelt Rentals, Ashtead Plant Hire Co Ltd.

NatWest Group plc is a majority state-owned British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The group operates a wide variety of banking brands offering personal and business banking, private banking, insurance and corporate finance.

Stock price: NWG (LON) 252.20 GBX -1.20 (-0.47%)

CEO: Alison Rose (1 Nov 2019–)

Owner: UK Government Investments (54.7%)

Headquarters location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 59,900 (2020)

Founded: 25 March 1968

Subsidiaries: NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest Markets.

Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by gross revenues and the ninth-largest in the world measured by revenues.

Stock price: TSCO (LON) 289.55 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Customer service: 00 44 1992 632222

CEO: Ken Murphy (1 Oct 2020–)

Headquarters: Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom

Founder: Jack Cohen

Founded: 1919, East End of London

Number of locations: 7,005 shops (2020)

Subsidiaries: Tesco Mobile, Tesco Bank, Tesco Ireland.

Flutter Entertainment plc is an Irish bookmaking holding company created by the merger of Paddy Power and Betfair, and the later acquisition of The Stars Group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: FLTR (LON) 11,125.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

CEO: Peter Jackson (8 Jan 2018–)

Revenue: 439.8 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland

Founded: 2 February 2016

Formerly: Paddy Power Betfair plc

ISIN: IE00BWT6H894

Subsidiaries: Betfair, FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming.

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is a publicly traded investment trust. It invests globally, looking for strong businesses with above-average returns. Scottish Mortgage is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership.

Stock price: SMT (LON) 1,116.89 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Headquarters: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Founded: 17 March 1909

Key people: Fiona McBain (chair­person); James Anderson (joint manager); Tom Slater (joint manager)

Legal & General Group plc, commonly known as Legal & General, is a British multinational financial services and asset management company headquartered in London, England. Its products and services include investment management, lifetime mortgages, pensions, annuities, and life assurance.

Stock price: LGEN (LON) 302.55 GBX +2.55 (+0.85%)

Customer service: 00 44 1737 370370

Revenue: 5,023.1 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Nigel Wilson (30 Jun 2012–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Assets under management: 1.28 lakh crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1836

Subsidiaries: Legal & General Investment Management Limited.

SSE plc is a multinational energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. SSE operates in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Stock price: SSE (LON) 1,578.50 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Headquarters: Perth, United Kingdom

CEO: Alistair Phillips-Davies (1 Jul 2013–)

Revenue: 680.06 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1998

Number of employees: 11,720 (2020)

ISIN: GB0007908733

Subsidiaries: Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company based in London, England. The company is the largest defence contractor in Europe and among the world’s largest defence companies; it was ranked as the third-largest based on applicable 2017 revenues.

Stock price: BA (LON) 598.43 GBX +8.03 (+1.36%)

Headquarters: Farnborough, United Kingdom

Revenue: 1,928 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Charles Woodburn (1 Jul 2017–)

Founded: 30 November 1999, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 89,600 (2021)

Net income: 137 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: BAE Systems Inc., BAE Systems Australia, MBDA.

BT Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services.

Customer service: 00 44 1793 596931

Stock price: BT.A (LON) 186.60 GBX +5.55 (+3.07%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Philip Jansen (1 Feb 2019–)

Revenue: 2,290.5 crores GBP (2020)

Founder: United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: EE Limited, Openreach, Plusnet, BT Global Services.

SEGRO plc is a British property investment and development company. It develops and invests in property located in the UK and Continental Europe focusing on edge of town flexible business space. The firm switched to Real Estate Investment Trust status when REITs were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007.

Stock price: SGRO (LON) 1,294.50 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 43.17 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1920

Net income: 142.91 crores GBP (2020)

Founders: Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, Noel Mobbs

Subsidiaries: Brixton plc, SEGRO France SA, Segro Overseas Holdings Ltd, Logistics Property Partnership, SEGRO Plc, ESOP

Associated British Foods plc is a British multinational food processing and retailing company headquartered in London, England. Its ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and a major producer of other ingredients including emulsifiers, enzymes and lactose.

Stock price: ABF (LON) 2,112.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Owner: Wittington Investments

CEO: George G. Weston (Apr 2005–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 1,393.7 crores GBP (2020)

Founder: W. Garfield Weston

Subsidiaries: Primark, AB Mauri, British Sugar

Parent organization: Wittington Investments

Aviva plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 18 million customers across its core markets of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. In the United Kingdom, Aviva is the largest general insurer and a leading life and pensions provider.

Customer service: 1800 103 7766

Stock price: AV (LON) 443.30 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Amanda Blanc (6 Jul 2020–)

Revenue: 4,656.9 crores GBP (2020)

Number of employees: 31,000 (2021)

Founded: 2000, London, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Aviva Investors, Aviva Canada, Aviva India

Imperial Brands plc, formerly Imperial Tobacco Group plc, is a British multinational tobacco company headquartered in Bristol, England.

Stock price: IMB (LON) 1,738.00 GBX +6.00 (+0.35%)

Revenue: 3,256.2 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Stefan Bomhard (1 Jul 2020–)

Headquarters: Bristol, United Kingdom

Founded: 1901

Number of employees: 32,100 (2020)

Net income: 155.8 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Altadis SA, Reemtsma, ITG Brands, Logista,

3i Group plc is a British multinational private equity and venture capital company based in London, United Kingdom. 3i is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: III (LON) 1,406.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

CEO: Simon A Borrows (17 May 2012–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founder: Bank of England

Founded: 1945

Net income: 21.4 crores GBP (2020)

Formerly: Investors in Industry

Subsidiaries: 3i Investments Plc, Scandlines, Wallace Arnold

Croda International plc is a British speciality chemicals company based at Snaith, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Stock price: CRDA (LON) 8,268.00 GBX -266.00 (-3.12%)

Revenue: 139.03 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: Snaith, United Kingdom

CEO: Steve Foots (2012–)

Founded: 1925

Number of employees: 4,000 (2021)

Net income: 20.16 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Sederma S.A., Iberchem S.A.

Standard Chartered plc is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, England. It operates a network of more than 1,200 branches and outlets across more than 70 countries and employs around 87,000 people.

CEO: Bill Winters (10 Jun 2015–)

Revenue: 1,475.4 crores USD (2020)

Founded: 1969, London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 85,000 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Standard Chartered Hong Kong,

Parent organization: Standard Chartered Holdings Limited

Founders: Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Standard Bank

Antofagasta plc is a British multinational. It is one of the most important conglomerates of Chile with equity participation in Antofagasta Minerals, the railroad from Antofagasta to Bolivia, Twin Metals in Minnesota and other exploration joint ventures in different parts from the world.

Stock price: ANTO (LON) 1,439.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

CEO: Iván Arriagada (8 Apr 2016–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founder: Andrónico Luksic Abaroa

Founded: 1888, Antofagasta, Chile

Revenue: 512.93 crores USD (2020)

Subsidiaries: Antofagasta Minerals S.A., Minera El Tesoro,

Parent organizations: Luksic Group, Metalinvest Anstalt

WPP plc is a British multinational communications, advertising, public relations, technology, and commerce holding company headquartered in London, England. It is considered the world’s largest advertising company, as of 2019.

Stock price: WPP (LON) 1,200.73 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

CEO: Mark Read (3 Sept 2018–)

Revenue: 1,200.28 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founder: Martin Sorrell

Founded: 1985, London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 1,07,000 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Ogilvy, GroupM, Wunderman Thompson, Mindshare.

Ocado Group is a technology-led, global, software and robotics platform business, with a strong retail heritage, which gives retailers including Kroger in the USA, Sobeys in Canada and Australia’s Coles Supermarkets the means to get online food orders to their customers.

Stock price: OCDO (LON) 1,453.00 GBX -0.50 (-0.03%)

CEO: Tim Steiner (Jan 2002–)

Revenue: 233.18 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: Hatfield, United Kingdom

Founded: April 2000

Area served: Wales

Subsidiaries: Ocado Retail Limited, Kindred Systems Inc,

Founders: Tim Steiner, Jonathan Faiman, Jason Gissing

Halma plc is a British global group of safety equipment companies that makes products for hazard detection and life protection based in Amersham, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: HLMA (LON) 2,579.00 GBX -91.00 (-3.41%)

Revenue: 131.82 crores GBP (2021)

Headquarters: Amersham, United Kingdom

Founded: 1894

Net income: 20.33 crores GBP (2021)

Key people: Louise Makin (Chair); Andrew Williams (CEO)

Subsidiaries: CenTrak, Avire

Spirax–Sarco Engineering plc is a British manufacturer of steam management systems and peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies. It is headquartered in Cheltenham, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: SPX (LON) 13,175.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Revenue: 119.34 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: Cheltenham, United Kingdom

CEO: Nicholas J. Anderson (16 Jan 2014–)

Founded: 1888

Net income: 17.39 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: GESTRA AG, Watson-Marlow, Spirax-Sarco Limited,

Type of business: Publicly listed company

Smith & Nephew plc, also known as Smith+Nephew, is a British multinational medical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Watford, England.

Stock price: SN (LON) 1,242.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 456 crores USD (2020)

CEO: Roland Diggelmann (1 Nov 2019–)

Founder: Thomas James Smith

Founded: 1856, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 17,500 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Smith & Nephew Endoscopy, Inc., ArthroCare

JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as JD Sports or JD, is a British sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England with shops throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Asia, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.

CEO: Peter Cowgill (May 2014–)

Revenue: 611.08 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: Bury, United Kingdom

Founded: 1981, Bury, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Tessuti, Blacks Outdoor Retail, Fenchurch

Parent organization: Pentland Group

Founders: John Wardle, David Makin

Rentokil Initial is a British business services group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: RTO (LON) 512.60 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Headquarters: Crawley, United Kingdom

Revenue: 282.35 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Andy Ransom (Oct 2013–)

Founder: Harold Maxwell-Lefroy

Founded: 1925

Net income: 18.63 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Initial BTB SA, Rentokil North America, Inc., Steritech.

Next plc is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer, which has its headquarters in Enderby, England. It has around 700 stores, of which circa 500 are in the United Kingdom, and circa 200 across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Stock price: NXT (LON) 7,528.00 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

CEO: Simon Wolfson (Aug 2001–)

Headquarters: Leicester, United Kingdom

Revenue: 328 crores GBP (2021)

Founder: Joseph Hepworth

Founded: 1864, Leeds, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 44,193 (2020)

Subsidiaries: Lipsy, Next Holdings Limited, Next Beauty

The Smurfit Kappa Group plc is Europe’s leading corrugated packaging company and one of the leading paper-based packaging companies in the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: SKG (LON) 3,909.94 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland

Revenue: 853 crores EUR (2020)

CEO: Anthony Smurfit (1 Sept 2015–)

Founded: December 2005

Number of employees: 46,000 (2020)

Net income: 54.7 crores EUR (2020)

Subsidiaries: Smurfit Cartón y Papel de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

AVEVA Group plc is a British multinational information technology consulting company headquartered in Cambridge, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: AVV (LON) 2,930.00 GBX -21.00 (-0.71%)

Revenue: 82.04 crores GBP (2021)

Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 6,250 (2021)

Founded: 1967

Net income: 2.48 crores GBP (2021)

Subsidiaries: OSIsoft, Bocad Group of Companies

Parent organization: Samos Acquisition Company Limited

Entain plc, formerly GVC Holdings, is an international sports betting and gambling company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It owns brands such as bwin, Coral, Ladbrokes, PartyPoker, and Sportingbet.

Stock price: ENT (LON) 1,707.00 GBX -21.00 (-1.22%)

CEO: Jette Nygaard-Andersen (Jan 2021–)

Revenue: 356.16 crores EUR (2020)

Headquarters: Douglas, Isle of Man

Founded: 2004

Subsidiaries: Ladbrokes Coral, Sportingbet, Enlabs, Unikrn

Bunzl plc is a British multinational distribution and outsourcing company headquartered in London, England.

Stock price: BNZL (LON) 2,692.00 GBX -38.00 (-1.39%)

Revenue: 1,011.11 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Frank van Zanten (20 Apr 2016–)

Founded: 1854, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Bunzl Distribution Usa, LLC, Bunzl UK Limited

The Coca-Cola Company is an North American multinational beverage corporation incorporated under Delaware’s General Corporation Law and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Stock price: KO (NYSE) $60.90 -0.49 (-0.80%)

CEO: James Quincey (1 May 2017–)

Founder: Asa Griggs Candler

Founded: 29 January 1892, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Customer service: 1800 208 2653

Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Revenue: 3,727 crores USD (2019)

Subsidiaries: Bodyarmor SuperDrink, Costa Coffee

Admiral Group plc is a British financial services company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, and markets the Admiral, Bell.

Stock price: ADM (LON) 3,230.00 GBX -11.00 (-0.34%)

CEO: Milena Mondini (2021–)

Revenue: 130.53 crores GBP (2020)

Founder: Henry Engelhardt

Founded: 1991

Headquarters: Cardiff, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Admiral, Confused.com, L’olivier Assurances

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011. The company owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries.

Stock price: RR (LON) 125.40 GBX -0.50 (-0.40%)

CEO: Warren East (2 Jul 2015–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: February 2011, Manchester, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Rolls-Royce Power Systems, ITP Aero

Intertek Group plc is a British multinational assurance, inspection, product testing and certification company headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: ITRK (LON) 5,349.41 GBX -58.59 (-1.08%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: André Lacroix (16 May 2015–)

Revenue: 274.17 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1996

Number of employees: 44,000 (2021)

Net income: 26.26 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., SAI Global

Persimmon plc is a British housebuilding company, headquartered in York, England. The company is named after a horse which won the 1896 Derby and St. Leger for the Prince of Wales. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: PSN (LON) 2,530.00 GBX -48.00 (-1.86%)

Headquarters: York, United Kingdom

CEO: Dean Finch (28 Sept 2020–)

Revenue: 332.83 crores GBP (2020)

Founder: Duncan Davidson

Founded: 1972

Number of employees: 5,221 (2020)

Subsidiaries: Charles Church Developments

St. James’s Place plc is a British multinational wealth management business based in Cirencester, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: STJ (LON) 1,633.50 GBX -18.50 (-1.12%)

Revenue: 806.1 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Andrew Croft (Jan 2018–)

Headquarters: Cirencester, United Kingdom

Founded: 1991

Net income: 32.76 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: The Giles Harwood Wealth Management.

Founders: Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Mark Weinberg

Mondi plc is a British multinational packaging and paper group employing around 26,000 people with around 100 production sites across more than 30 countries, predominantly in Europe, Russia, North America and South Africa. Group offices are located in Addlestone, Surrey and Vienna, Austria.

Stock price: MNDI (LON) 1,843.00 GBX -40.50 (-2.15%)

Headquarters: Addlestone, United Kingdom

CEO: Andrew Charles Wallis King (1 Apr 2020–)

Revenue: 666.3 crores EUR (2020)

Founded: 1967, South Africa

Number of employees: 26,000 (2021)

Net income: 60.2 crores EUR (2020)

Subsidiaries: Mondi Olmuksan, Mondi SCP, Mondi Swiecie S.A.

EVRAZ plc is a British multinational vertically integrated steel manufacturing and mining company with headquarters in London, England. It has operations mainly in Russia, but also in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Italy, Czech Republic, the United States, Canada and South Africa.

Stock price: EVR (LON) 557.20 GBX -15.80 (-2.76%)

Founder: Alexander Abramov

Founded: 1992, Moscow, Russia

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Aleksandr Frolov (18 Jan 2007–)

Revenue: 951.4 crores USD (2020)

Number of employees: 69,619 (2020)

Subsidiaries: West-Siberian Metal Plant, Raspadskaya

InterContinental Hotels Group plc, marketed as IHG Hotels & Resorts, is a British multinational hospitality company headquartered in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: IHG (LON) 4,893.00 GBX -9.00 (-0.18%)

Customer service: 00 61 1800 009 200

Headquarters: Denham, United Kingdom

Revenue: 239.4 crores USD (2020)

Founded: 15 April 2003

Number of employees: 3,50,000 (2020)

Subsidiaries: Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, InterContinental

The Sage Group plc, commonly known as Sage, is a British multinational enterprise software company based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Customer service: 1800 3000 1595

Stock price: SGE (LON) 798.20 GBX -12.00 (-1.48%)

Headquarters: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

CEO: Steve Hare (2 Nov 2018–)

Revenue: 190.3 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 27 April 1981, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Sage Intacct, OCRex Ltd., Sage (UK) Limited

Founders: Graham Wylie, Paul Milford Muller, David Goldman

Schroders plc is a British multinational asset management company, founded in 1804. The company employs over 5,000 people worldwide in 32 locations around Europe, America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Stock price: SDR (LON) 3,425.00 GBX -36.00 (-1.04%)

Assets under management: 57,440 crores GBP (2020)

Revenue: 251.27 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Peter Harrison (2016–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 5,000 (2020)

Founder: Johann Heinrich Schröder

Subsidiaries: Schroder Investment Management Limited

Barratt Developments plc is one of the largest residential property development companies in the United Kingdom operating across England, Wales and Scotland. It was founded in 1958 as Greensitt Bros., but control was later assumed by Sir Lawrie Barratt.

Stock price: BDEV (LON) 673.40 GBX -5.60 (-0.82%)

CEO: David Thomas (1 Jul 2015–)

Headquarters: Coalville, United Kingdom

Revenue: 341.92 crores GBP (2020)

Founder: Lawrie Barratt

Founded: 1958

Number of employees: 6,655 (2020)

Subsidiaries: BDW TRADING LIMITED

United Utilities is responsible for water and wastewater services in the North West of England. Our purpose is to provide great water and more for the North West. We deliver 1.8 billion litres of water a day to more than 3 million homes and businesses in the North West, as well as treating all the wastewater which disappears around the U-bend.

Stock price: UU (LON) 1,065.50 GBX +1.00 (+0.09%)

Headquarters: Warrington, United Kingdom

CEO: Steve Mogford (31 Mar 2011–)

Founded: 1995

Subsidiaries: United Utilities, United Utilities North West Limited

Severn Trent plc is a water company based in Coventry, England. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: SVT (LON) 2,901.00 GBX +8.00 (+0.28%)

Headquarters: Coventry, United Kingdom

Revenue: 184.35 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1989

Net income: 15.88 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Severn Trent Water Limited, Water Plus

Executives: Sharmila Nebhrajani, Angela Strank, John Coghlan

Areas served: Midlands, South West England

Burberry is a British luxury fashion house headquartered in London, England. It currently designs and distributes ready to wear including trench coats, leather goods, footwear, fashion accessories, eyewear, fragrances, and cosmetics.

Stock price: BRBY (LON) 1,755.50 GBX +2.50 (+0.14%)

CEO: Marco Gobbetti (5 Jul 2017–)

Founder: Thomas Burberry

Founded: 1856, Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Customer service: 000 800 100 5815

Revenue: 263 crores GBP (2020)

Number of locations: 421 (2020)

Kingfisher plc is a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London, with regional offices located across the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Romania. It has over 1,300 stores in nine countries, and its brands include B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix.

Stock price: KGF (LON) 334.00 GBX -3.70 (-1.10%)

Revenue: 1,234 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Thierry Garnier (24 Sept 2019–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 79,000 (2021)

Founded: 1982

Net income: 59.2 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt, Screwfix, Koctas

Informa PLC is a British publishing, business intelligence, and exhibitions group. Headquartered in London, it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has offices in 43 countries and around 11,000 employees.

Stock price: INF (LON) 566.20 GBX -10.40 (-1.80%)

Divisions: Informa Connect, Informa Intelligence, Informa Markets, Informa Tech, Taylor & Francis

Revenue: 166.08 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes (1 Jan 2014–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 11,000 (2021)

Founded: December 1998

Subsidiaries: Taylor & Francis, Routledge, CRC Press, Omdia

International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A., trading as International Airlines Group and usually shortened to IAG, is an Anglo-Spanish multinational airline holding company with its registered office in Madrid, Spain, and its global headquarters in London, England.

Stock price: IAG (LON) 165.64 GBX -1.28 (-0.77%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Owner: As of May 2021:: Qatar Airways: 25.2%

Revenue: 780.6 crores EUR (2020)

Founded: 21 January 2011, Paris, France

Number of employees: 60,612 (2020)

Subsidiaries: British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus, Level

Melrose Industries plc is a British manufacturing company that specialises in buying, investing in, and divesting engineering companies. Its shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Melrose serves customers in the United Kingdom and United States.

Stock price: MRO (LON) 166.25 GBX -3.15 (-1.86%)

CEO: Simon Peckham (9 May 2012–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founder: Simon Peckham

Founded: 2003

Revenue: 877 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: GKN, Nortek Inc., Brush Electrical Machines

Auto Trader Group plc is a British automotive classified advertising business. It specialises in new and second hand automotive sales, including cars sold by private sellers and trade dealers. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: AUTO (LON) 684.80 GBX -7.20 (-1.04%)

Revenue: 36.89 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1975

Headquarters: Manchester, United Kingdom

Net income: 20.51 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Carzone, Autotrader.co.uk, KeeResources Ltd., MORE

Founders: John Madejski, Paul Gibbons

Rightmove plc is a UK-based company that runs rightmove.co.uk, the UK’s largest online real estate portal and property website. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: RMV (LON) 661.24 GBX -28.96 (-4.20%)

Founded: 2000

CEO: Peter Brooks-Johnson (May 2017–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 20.57 crores GBP (2020)

Founders: Halifax, Connells Group, RSA Insurance Group, Countrywide

Fresnillo plc is a Mexican precious metals mining company incorporated in the United Kingdom and headquartered in Mexico City. Fresnillo is the world’s largest producer of silver from ore and Mexico’s second-largest gold miner. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: FRES (LON) 797.20 GBX -7.00 (-0.87%)

Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico

Founded: 2008

Parent organization: Industrias Penoles S.A. de C.V

Phoenix Group Holdings plc is one of the largest providers of insurance services in the United Kingdom. It is a multinational listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: PHNX (LON) 701.40 GBX +15.40 (+2.24%)

Revenue: 470.4 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 5,752 (2020)

Founded: 1857

Net income: 83.4 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Standard Life Aberdeen, SunLife

Hargreaves Lansdown plc is a British financial service company based in Bristol, England. It sells funds and shares and related products to retail investors in the United Kingdom. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: HL (LON) 1,356.50 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

CEO: Chris Hill (13 Apr 2017–)

Founded: 1 July 1981

Revenue: 55.09 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: Bristol, United Kingdom

Number of employees: Circa 1,700 (2021)

Subsidiaries: HL Select UK Income Shares

Founders: Peter Hargreaves, Stephen Lansdown

Taylor Wimpey plc is one of the largest British based housebuilding companies. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Its operational headquarters in the United Kingdom are in High Wycombe.

Stock price: TW (LON) 159.85 GBX -0.55 (-0.34%)

Headquarters: High Wycombe, United Kingdom

CEO: Peter Redfern (Jul 2007–)

Revenue: 279.02 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 2007, Blackpool, United Kingdom

Net income: 21.7 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Taylor Woodrow, George Wimpey

J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury’s, is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 16.0% share of the supermarket sector. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century.

Stock price: SBRY (LON) 298.80 GBX +6.20 (+2.12%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Simon Roberts (1 Jun 2020–)

Number of employees: 1,89,000

Founder: John James Sainsbury

Founded: 1869, Holborn

Brands: Argos; Habitat; Nectar; TU

Subsidiaries: Argos, Habitat, Sainsbury’s Bank, Home Retail Group

Avast Software s.r.o. is a Czech multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic that researches and develops computer security software, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Avast has more than 435 million monthly active users and the second largest market share among anti-malware application vendors worldwide as of April 2020. The company has approximately 1,700 employees across its 25 offices worldwide. In July 2021, NortonLifeLock, an American cybersecurity company, announced that it is in talks to merge with Avast Software. In August 2021, Avast’s board of directors agreed to an offer of US$8 billion.

Founded: 1988

Headquarters: Prague 4, Prague, Czechia

Founders: Pavel Baudiš, Eduard Kučera

Intermediate Capital Group is a private equity investment firm focused on providing capital to help companies grow through private and public markets and provides a number of strategies and funds aimed at institutional investors.

Stock price: ICP (LON) 1,904.00 GBX -31.50 (-1.63%)

Assets under management: 4,530 crores EUR (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Benoit Durteste (25 Jul 2017–)

Founded: February 1989

Revenue: 41.36 crores GBP (2020)

Net income: 11.06 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Park Holidays UK

Smiths Group plc is a British multinational diversified engineering business headquartered in London, England. It has operations in over 50 countries and employs around 23,550 staff. Smiths Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Divisions: John Crane Inc., Smiths Medical, Smiths Detection, Smiths Interconnect, Flex-Tek

Stock price: SMIN (LON) 1,618.00 GBX -11.00 (-0.68%)

Revenue: 254.8 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: Paul Keel (25 May 2021–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founder: Samuel Smith

Founded: 1851

Subsidiaries: Smiths Medical, Inc., Smiths Detection, John Crane

B&M is a British variety store chain founded in 1978 and incorporated in Luxembourg. It employs over 32,000 people. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: BME (LON) 550.80 GBX -13.00 (-2.31%)

CEO: Simon Arora (Jan 2005–)

Headquarters: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Revenue: 381.34 crores GBP (2020)

Founder: Malcolm Billington

Founded: 14 March 1978, Blackpool, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 32,000 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Heron Foods, Multi-Lines International Company Ltd, B&M European Value Retail 1 S.à.r.l

Polymetal International plc is an Anglo-Russian precious metals mining company registered in Saint Helier, Jersey. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Moscow Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE Gold mines, RSX and Euromoney Global Gold indices.

Stock price: POLY (LON) 1,132.50 GBX -21.50 (-1.86%)

Headquarters: Cyprus

Founder: Alexander Nesis

Founded: 1998, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Revenue: 286.5 crores USD (2020)

Subsidiaries: Omolon Gold Mining Company LLC

DCC plc is an Irish international sales, marketing and support services group. DCC is organised and managed in four separate divisions, each focused on specific market sectors. Its shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: DCC (LON) 6,470.00 GBX +196.00 (+3.12%)

CEO: Donal Murphy

Headquarters: Ireland

Revenue: 1,341.2 crores GBP (31 March 2021)

CFO: Kevin Lucey

Founded: 9 April 1976

Number of employees: 14,000 (Approx.)

Subsidiaries: DCC Technology Limited

Whitbread plc is a multinational British hotel and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England. The business was founded as a brewery in 1742, and had become the largest brewery in the world by the 1780s.

Stock price: WTB (LON) 3,107.00 GBX -44.00 (-1.40%)

Revenue: 206.21 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: Dunstable, United Kingdom

CEO: Alison Brittain (Jan 2016–)

Founder: Samuel Whitbread

Founded: 1742

Number of employees: 35,000 (2021)

Subsidiaries: Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. is a company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of Guernsey. Elysium Fund Management Limited is the Registrar.

Stock price: PSH (AMS) $38.05 -1.20 (-3.06%)

Headquarters location: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 2012

Meggitt plc is a British international company specialising in components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defence and selected energy markets. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: MGGT (LON) 742.20 GBX 0.00 (0.00%)

Revenue: 168.41 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: United Kingdom

CEO: Tony Wood (Jan 2018–)

Number of employees: 10,200 (2020)

Founded: 1947

Subsidiaries: Meggitt S.A., Vibro-Meter, Inc.

Electrocomponents plc is a British-based distributor of industrial and electronics products. It is headquartered in Pancras Square London, England and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: ECM (LON) 1,101.00 GBX -27.00 (-2.39%)

CEO: Lindsley Ruth (1 Apr 2015–)

Revenue: 195.38 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1937

Number of employees: 7,044 (2020)

Subsidiaries: RS Components, Allied Electronics & Automation, MORE

Founders: P.M. Sebestyen, J.H. Waring

Land Securities Group plc is the largest commercial property development and investment company in the United Kingdom. The firm switched to Real Estate Investment Trust status when REITs were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007.

Stock price: LAND (LON) 813.20 GBX +0.20 (+0.02%)

Number of employees: 578 employees

Revenue: 74 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 15 February 1944

Subsidiaries: Land Securities Plc

Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC is an England-based business involved in the development and marketing of veterinary products. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: DPH (LON) 4,112.06 GBX -113.94 (-2.70%)

Headquarters: Northwich, United Kingdom

Revenue: 51.51 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1997

Net income: 3.39 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Dechra Limited, Genera d.d.

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc is a British property developer and house-builder based in Cobham, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: BKG (LON) 4,420.00 GBX -47.00 (-1.05%)

Headquarters: Cobham, United Kingdom

Revenue: 192.04 crores GBP (2020)

Founded: 1976

Number of employees: 2,709 (2020)

Subsidiaries: The Berkeley Group Plc

Founders: Tony Pidgley, James Farrer

DS Smith plc is a British multinational packaging business, headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Stock price: SMDS (LON) 380.50 GBX -15.00 (-3.79%)

Revenue: 604.3 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

CEO: Miles W. Roberts (4 May 2010–)

Founded: 1940

Number of employees: 29,397 (2020)

Net income: 52.7 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: Papeles Y Cartones De Europa, DS Smith Plastics

Abrdn plc, formerly Standard Life Aberdeen plc, is a United Kingdom-based global investment company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Assets under management: 53,500 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 5,000 (2021)

Founded: 1825

Key people: Sir Douglas Flint; (Chairman); Stephen Bird; (Chief Executive)

Subsidiaries: Aberdeen Asset Management

M&G plc is a global investment manager headquartered in the City of London. It invests in and manages a wide range of assets including Equities, Fixed Income and Real Estate.

Stock price: MNG (LON) 214.80 GBX +0.90 (+0.42%)

Revenue: 579.6 crores GBP (2020)

Assets under management: 36,720 crores GBP (2020)

CEO: John Foley (Aug 2017–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1901

Net income: 114.2 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: The Prudential Assurance Company Limited

Royal Mail Group plc is a British multinational postal service and courier company, originally established in 1516 as a government department. The company’s subsidiary Royal Mail Group Limited operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide.

Stock price: RMG (LON) 499.70 GBX -7.30 (-1.44%)

CEO: Simon Thompson (11 Jan 2021–)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 1,084 crores GBP (2020)

Founder: Henry VIII

Founded: 1516, London, United Kingdom

Number of employees: 1,62,263 (2020)

Subsidiaries: Parcelforce Worldwide, GLS Group

Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc is a British multinational pharmaceutical company with headquarters in London, UK that manufactures non-branded generic and in-licensed pharmaceutical products. It was founded by Samih Darwazah in Amman, Jordan in 1978.

Stock price: HIK (LON) 2,026.70 GBX -42.30 (-2.04%)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Revenue: 234.1 crores USD (2020)

CEO: Sigurdur Olafsson (20 Feb 2018–)

Founder: Samih Darwazah

Founded: 1978, Amman, Jordan

Net income: 43 crores USD (2020)

Subsidiaries: Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA, Promopharm

The British Land Company plc is one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom. The firm became a real estate investment trust when REITs were introduced in the UK in January 2007. It is headquartered in London, England.

Stock price: BLND (LON) 556.40 GBX +1.00 (+0.18%)

CEO: Simon Carter (18 Nov 2020–)

Revenue: 52.6 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1856

Subsidiaries: BLT Properties Limited, Broadgate Reit Ltd

Founders: Richard Cobden, John Bright

Pearson plc is a British multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London, England. It was founded as a construction business in the 1840s but switched to publishing in the 1920s. It is the largest education company and was once the largest book publisher in the world.

Stock price: PSON (LON) 629.83 GBX +13.83 (+2.25%)

CEO: Andy Bird (19 Oct 2020–)

Revenue: 339.7 crores GBP (2020)

Founder: Samuel Pearson

Founded: 1844

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Subsidiaries: Pearson, Edexcel, Pearson VUE, Longman

ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom. ITV plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

CEO: Carolyn McCall (Jan 2018–)

Revenue: 278.1 crores GBP (2020)

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Customer service: 00 44 344 881 4150

Founded: 2 February 2004, London, United Kingdom

Stock price: ITV (LON) 117.95 GBX -2.45 (-2.03%)

Net income: 28.1 crores GBP (2020)

Subsidiaries: ITV Central, ITV Studios, ITV Wales & West