BRITAIN’S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES RESULTS ’13 ’12 Company Score ’13 ’12 Company Score ’13 ’12 Company Score ’13 ’12 Company Score 83= 110 Meggitt 60.33 122= 204 Marshall Aerospace 57.67 176 231 Wilkinson 53.71 230 241 Sportingbet* 44.00 83= – Marriott (UK & Ireland) 60.33 122= 135 Compass Group 57.67 177 146 Songbird Estates 53.68 231 192 Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment 43.86 85 50 Kerry Group 60.00 124 127 Redrow 57.63 178= – Accor UK 53.67 232 228 Colt Group 43.80 86 78 Vodafone 59.92 125 168 Euromoney Institutional Investor 57.43 178= – B&M Bargains 53.67 233 223 Chemring Group 43.67 87 151 Keller Group 59.80 126= 107 Cobham 57.40 180 116 United Utilities 53.66 234 225 Iceland 43.17 MOST ADMIRED 88 62 Persimmon 59.79 126= 126 Inchcape 57.40 181= 120 Amlin 53.50 235 208 Millennium & Copthorne 42.93 89 91 AG Barr 59.67 128 200 Segro 57.17 181= 143 Standard Life 53.50 236 224 Co-operative Group 42.63 90 218 Banco Santander 59.60 129 217 National Express 57.13 183 173 Miller Group 53.42 237 250 Gala Coral 41.33 LEAGUE TABLE 2013 91= 182 Ineos 59.50 130 161 Britvic 56.89 184 202 Spirit Pub Company 53.38 238 240 Ladbrokes 41.17 91= 37 AZ Electronic Materials 59.50 131 108 Carlsberg (UK) 56.88 185 – Anglo American 53.17 239 – Best Western GB 41.08 93 – Crest Nicholson Holdings 59.48 132 178 Inmarsat 56.83 186 239 Henry Boot 53.13 240 248 FirstGroup 41.04 94 – 2 Sisters Food Group 59.42 133 – London Stock Exchange 56.71 187 196 Dairy Crest 53.11 241 253 Enterprise Inns 38.94 ’13 ’12 Company Score ’13 ’12 Company Score 95 – Rio Tinto 59.29 134 123 Drax Group 56.61 188 157 Debenhams 53.07 242 – Travelodge UK 38.05 1 1 Diageo 73.63 42 42 McDonald’s Restaurants UK 64.80 96 155 Senior 59.25 135 62 Kingfisher 56.57 189 197 Old Mutual 52.83 243 246 Cable & Wireless Communications 36.83 2 2 Berkeley Group 73.27 43 51 Land Securities 64.61 97 97 William Hill 59.14 136 95 Barratt Developments 56.55 190 109 Morrisons 52.78 244 – Allied Irish Bank (GB) 35.93 3 12 Unilever 73.05 44 92 Melrose Industries 64.38 98= 213 Go-Ahead Group 59.13 137 230 Mothercare 56.50 191 171 Tesco 52.77 245 251 Huntsworth 35.40 4 18 John Lewis Partnership 72.69 45 40 Hammerson 64.19 98= 154 Laing O’Rourke 59.13 138 131 Bellway 56.38 192 – Hutchison 3G 52.59 246 144 Co-operative Bank 34.87 5 17 Croda International 72.58 46 19 Tullow Oil 64.00 100 99 National Grid 59.11 139 68 M&C Saatchi 56.33 193= 160 C&C Group 52.38 247 – Bank of Ireland 34.07 6 79 Stagecoach 72.52 47 105 Ryanair 63.88 101= 47 Pearson 59.00 140 188 Molson Coors Brewing Co (UK) 56.23 193= – Direct Line Group 52.38 * merged, acquired or changed name 7 6 Johnson Matthey 72.13 48 174 IMI 63.75 101= 141 Smiths Group 59.00 141= 102 Greencore Goup 56.21 195 198 Investec 52.17 8 9 Paddy Power 71.93 49 122 Shire 63.33 103 191 Sir Robert McAlpine 58.69 141= 73 Asda 56.21 196 93 ITE Group 52.03 9 45 easyJet 71.63 50 41 Kier Group 63.22 104 227 888 Holdings 58.65 143= 119 Cairn Energy 56.14 197 144 WH Smith 52.00 10 7 Derwent London 71.59 51 70 International Airlines Group 63.09 105 128 Standard Chartered 58.62 143= 163 Halfords 56.14 198 212 ITV 51.86 11 10 Rotork 71.43 52 27 Ultra Electronics 63.00 106 94 BTG 58.61 145 153 Barclays 56.10 199 124 Premier Oil 51.17 12 4 Rolls-Royce 70.50 53 159 Reckitt Benckiser 62.90 107 142 EE 58.57 146 – Handelsbanken 56.00 200 – Vesuvius 51.13 13 – Abcam 69.81 54 31 Coca-Cola Enterprises 62.75 108 100 Prudential 58.56 147 137 Bovis Homes 55.81 201 185 UBM 51.00 14 23 Experian Group 69.76 55= 61 Costain Group 62.67 109= 98 Admiral 58.50 148 111 Severn Trent 55.45 202 – Aer Lingus 50.90 15 33 Victrex 69.50 55= 137 Virgin Trains 62.67 109= 137 BP 58.50 149 – Synthomer 55.43 203 89 Tarsus Group 50.83 16 13 Great Portland Estates 69.46 57 89 Ashmore Group 62.43 111 20 Alliance Boots 58.43 150 195 Restaurant Group 55.33 204 – Fuller Smith & Turner 50.80 17 84 Hargreaves Lansdown 69.17 58 24 Dentsu Aegis Network* 62.42 112 77 SSE 58.41 151 170 Marston’s 55.25 205 – Arriva 50.30 18 21 Centrica 69.14 59 67 IG Group 62.33 113 178 Lookers 58.40 152 32 WPP Group 55.13 206= 150 Icap 50.00 19 48 SAB Miller 68.56 60 148 Dunelm 62.31 114 104 Legal & General Group 58.38 153 33 Pfizer (UK) 55.05 206= 215 Informa 50.00 20 59 Capital & Counties Properties 68.17 61 95 Schroders 62.29 115 190 Glanbia 58.13 154 68 Moneysupermarket.com Group 55.03 208 189 GDF Suez Energy International* 49.90 HOW THE WINNERS WERE CHOSEN 21 25 Shaftesbury 68.01 62 88 Smith & Nephew 62.25 116= 120 Carillion 57.82 155 136 EDF Energy 55.00 209 237 Lidl (UK) 49.75 In conjunction with Birmingham City 22 75 Whitbread 67.64 63 81 JD Wetherspoon 62.13 116= 201 TalkTalk Telecom 57.82 156 242 Ocado 54.89 210 169 Fenner 49.43 Business School, MT asked Britain’s largest 23 39 Intertek 67.40 64= 149 BT Group 62.10 118 131 Greene King 57.81 157= 205 Essentra* 54.83 211 176 Gondola Group 49.08 public companies in 25 sectors to evaluate 24 43 Carphone Warehouse 67.00 64= 117 Galliford Try 62.10 119 74 Tate & Lyle 57.78 157= 207 Lloyds Banking Group 54.83 212 166 AstraZeneca 49.02 their peers. Each sector comprises a maximum of 10 companies. Using nine 25 36 Elementis 66.76 66 35 Domino’s Pizza (UK) 62.05 120 194 Reed Elsevier 57.71 159 – Alent 54.75 213 214 Royal Bank of Scotland 48.43 criteria, participants rated their sector rivals 26 72 Weir Group 66.71 67 85 Capita Group 61.88 121 199 Morgan Sindall 57.70 160 203 Provident Financial 54.67 214 86 Chime Communications 48.29 on a scale of 0 to 10 (0 = poor, 5 = average, 27 26 GlaxoSmithKline 66.35 68 129 British Land Company 61.68 161 162 Poundland 54.60 215 244 3i 47.67 10 = excellent). Analysts at leading City 28 52 Specsavers 66.20 69 80 Associated British Foods 61.45 162 112 Taylor Wimpey 54.56 216 193 G4S 47.49 investment firms were also polled. On the 29 8 BASF (UK and Ireland) 66.17 70 55 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 61.33 163= 66 Serco Group 54.50 217 175 E.on UK 47.48 basis of these scores, three rankings were 30= 3 BG Group 66.13 71 – Hilton Hotels & Resorts 61.29 HIGHEST NEW ENTRY 2013 163= 209 Bodycote 54.50 218 – De Vere Group 46.95 arrived at: all 247 companies (left); top 10 30= 15 Royal Dutch Shell 66.13 72 46 St James’s Place Wealth Management 61.14 ABCAM 165 245 Home Retail Group 54.29 219 220 Aviva 46.81 overall on each criterion (p41); and league 32 – Next 65.88 73= 87 GKN 61.00 Founded Cambridge, 1998 166 221 Mitchells & Butlers 54.28 220 229 Intu Properties* 46.51 tables in each sector (pp43, 45, 47, 48). In sectors where there are insufficient qualifying 33 14 BSkyB 65.86 73= – Glencore Xstrata 61.00 Key staff 167 232 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 54.26 221 236 Carpetright 46.31 Dr Jonathan Milner, founder listed UK companies, selected privately 34 16 Rightmove 65.80 75 156 Aldi (UK) 60.66 and CEO 168 206 Daily Mail & General Trust 54.25 222 222 Rank Group 46.14 owned firms, international businesses with 35 11 Aggreko 65.77 76 – BHP Billiton 60.57 Michael Redmond, chairman 169 180 QinetiQ Group 54.20 223 – Abbey Developments 46.00 significant presence in the UK, and publicly 36 71 Marks & Spencer 65.75 77 118 Betfair 60.53 170 113 BAE Systems 54.17 224 – Hill & Smith Holdings 45.83 Business Monoclonal antibodies and or employee-owned organisations were 37 101 Bunzl 65.58 78 – Genus 60.50 reagents for the biological 171 58 Pennon Group 54.14 225 81 Virgin Media* 45.71 included. Respondents were also asked to 38 22 InterContinental Hotels Group 65.48 79 130 Ashtead Group 60.48 and medical research 172 38 Balfour Beatty 54.06 226 243 Premier Foods 45.50 Principal name their most admired leader (pp43, 45, 39 54 Aberdeen Asset Management 65.17 80 44 HSBC 60.43 shareholders Abcam directors 14.97% 173 147 RSA Insurance 53.93 227 238 Sportech 45.14 47). Research by Professor Michael Brown, 40 83 Majestic Wine 65.00 81 57 J Sainsbury 60.41 Baillie Gifford 8.41% 174 187 Telefónica (UK) 53.81 228 172 BBC 45.00 Birmingham City Business School, and 41 49 Babcock International 64.97 82 53 InBev (UK) 60.39 BlackRock IM 7.25% 175 219 Dixons Retail 53.79 229 – Rentokil Initial 44.06 Stuart Laverick.