List of UK public limited companies - Definition

This is a partial list of notable UK public limited companies (PLCs).

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• 3i

A

• Abbey National
• Alliance & Leicester
• Alliance Unichem
• Allied Domecq
• Amvescap
• Anglo American plc
• Antofagasta
• Associated British Foods
• AstraZeneca
• Aviva

B

• BAA
• BAE SYSTEMS
• Barclays Bank
• Barings Bank
• BG Group
• BHP Billiton
• The BOC Group
• Boots the Chemists
• BP
• Bradford & Bingley
• British Airways
• British American Tobacco
• British Land
• British Telecom
• Bunzl

C

• Cable & Wireless
• Cadbury-Schweppes
• Carnival Corporation
• Centrica
• Compass Group

D

• Daily Mail & General Trust
• Diageo
• Dixons Group

E

• Egg plc
• Emap
• Enterprise Inns
• Exel

F

• Friends Provident

G

• Gallaher
• GKN
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Granada Television
• Guardian Media Group
• GUS

H

• Hanson
• Hays
• HBOS
• Hilton Group
• HSBC

I

• Imperial Chemical Industries
• Imperial Tobacco
• Inter-Continental Hotels
• ITV

J

• J Sainsbury
• Johnson Matthey

K

• Kingfisher

L

• Land Securities
• Legal & General
• Liberty International
• Lloyds TSB

M

• Man Group
• Marconi (formerly The General Electric Company)
• Marks & Spencer
• mmO2
• Morrison

N

• National Grid Company
• Next
• Northern Rock

O

• Old Mutual

P

• Pearson
• Prudential

R

• Reckitt Benckiser
• Reed Elsevier
• Rentokil
• Reuters
• Rexam
• Rio Tinto
• Rolls-Royce
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance

S

• SABMiller
• Safeway (UK)
• Sampo
• Schroders
• Scottish & Newcastle
• Scottish & Southern Energy
• Scottish Power
• Severn Trent
• Shell Transport & Trading Company
• Shire Pharmaceuticals
• Smith & Nephew
• Smiths Group
• Standard Chartered

T

• Tesco
• The Sage Group
• Tomkins

U

• United Utilities

V

• Vodafone

W

• Whitbread
• William Hill
• Wolseley
• Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries
• WPP

X

• Xstrata

Y

• Yell Group

This list is incomplete