Notable companies
Profiles of notable companies — industry, background and key facts.

Asda Stores Ltd
Consumer goods
Asda Stores Ltd. is a British supermarket chain. Its headquarters are in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with t

Ashurst
Audit and Consulting
Ashurst is a British multinational law firm headquartered in London. It has 27 offices in 15 countries apart from the United Kingdom, across Asia, Australia, Eu

Associated British Foods plc (ABF)
Consumer goods
Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a British multinational food processing and retailing company headquartered in London, England. Its ingredients division is the

Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF)
Economy
The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) is a British trade union representing train drivers. It is part of the International Transport Workers'

Aston Martin
Auto and Transport
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC is an English manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. Its predecessor was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and

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

Asylum Matters
Financial services
Asylum Matters works in partnership at the local and national levels to improve the lives of refugees and asylum seekers through social and political change. The company does this by using: Bridg

Atlantic Records UK
Advertising and media
Atlantic Records UK is a British record label used as copyright-holder for UK releases on the Atlantic label. It was founded in June 2004 when Warner Music Group bought East West R

Audacy, Inc.
Advertising and media
Audacy, Inc. is an American broadcasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1968 as Entercom Communications Corp., it is the third largest radio company in the

Audi AG
Auto and Transport
Audi AG is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi pr

Augean
Industry and Production
Augean is provider of waste recycling services intended to serve construction, energy, infrastructure, oil and gas, transportation and logistics industries. The company provides waste remedi

Aurelius Group
Banks and investments
Aurelius Group is an investment company with offices in five European countries. History In 2005, Dirk Markus and Gert Purkert, both former McKinsey consultants, founded Aurel

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
Auto and Transport
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group&n

Aveva
Advertising and media
AVEVA Group plc is a British multinational information technology company headquartered in Cambridge, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constitu

Aviva
Insurance
Aviva plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 33 million customers across 16 countries. In the United Kingdom, Aviva is

Axa S.A.
Insurance
Axa S.A. is a French multinational insurance company headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It also provides investment management and other&nbs

Axios
Advertising and media
Axios is an American news website based in Arlington County, Virginia. It was founded in 2016 and launched the following year by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, 

B&M European Value Retail S.A.
Consumer goods
B&M European Value Retail S.A., trading as B&M, is a British multinational variety store chain founded in 1978 and incorporated in Luxembourg. It is listed on the London St

BA CityFlyer
Auto and Transport
BA CityFlyer is a British regional airline, and a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways with its head office based in Didsbury, Manchester, England.[2] It

BAE Systems
Industry and Production
BAE Systems plc (BAE) is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company based in London, England. It is the largest defence contractor in Europe,