In MT's Britain's Most Admired Companies Awards 2012, combatants across 26 sectors marked each other out of ten across nine different criteria. These range from the firm's ability to innovate and the quality of its marketing to its financial performance and the strength of its management team. These criteria set BMAC apart as the only ranking of its kind; nowhere else do you find competing firms voting on their gut feel about individual firms, or taking into consideration their general level of optimism or foreboding about the market.
Here's the full list of Britain's Most Admired Companies 2012:
| Ranking | Company | Total |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Diageo
73.33
2
Berkeley Group
71.60
3
BG Group
71.50
4
Rolls-Royce
71.05
5
Petrofac
70.80
6
Johnson Matthey
70.65
7
Derwent London
70.46
8
BASF (UK)
70.28
9
Paddy Power
69.89
10
Rotork
69.71
11
Aggreko
69.53
12
Unilever
69.50
13
Great Portland Estates
69.31
14
BSkyB
69.13
15
Royal Dutch Shell
68.80
16
Rightmove
68.33
17
Croda International
68.13
18
John Lewis Partnership
67.88
19
Tullow Oil
67.80
20
Alliance Boots
66.83
21
Centrica
66.60
22
InterContinental Hotels
66.58
23
Experian Group
66.52
24
Aegis Group
66.50
25
Shaftesbury
66.30
26
GlaxoSmithKline
66.16
27
Ultra Electronics
66.11
28
Telecity Group
66.00
29
Wood Group
65.87
30
AMEC
65.70
31
Coca-Cola Enterprises
65.69
32
WPP Group
65.60
33
Pfizer (UK)
65.48
34
Victrex
65.48
35
Domino’s Pizza (UK)
65.46
36
Elementis
65.27
37
AZ Electronic Materials
65.20
38
Balfour Beatty
64.88
39
Intertek
64.30
40
Hammerson
63.85
41
Kier Group
63.81
42
McDonald’s Restaurants
63.60
43
Carphone Warehouse
63.57
44
HSBC
63.56
45
easyJet
63.30
46
St James’s Place
63.28
47
Pearson
63.26
48
SAB Miller
63.22
49
Babcock International
63.02
50
Kerry Group
63.00
51
Land Securities
62.87
52
Specsavers
62.73
53
InBev (UK)
62.56
54
Aberdeen Asset Management
62.43
55
Spirax-Sarco Engineering
62.41
56
Virgin Atlantic
62.40
57
J Sainsbury
62.13
58
Pennon Group
62.10
59
Capital & Counties Properties
62.04
60
Aveva Group
62.00
61
Costain Group
61.96
62
Kingfisher
61.83
63
Persimmon
61.83
64
Merlin Entertainment Group
61.42
65
Clarks
61.40
66
Serco Group
61.34
67
IG Group
61.10
68
M&C Saatchi
61.00
68
Moneysupermarket.com Group
61.00
70
International Airlines Group
60.93
71
Marks & Spencer
60.89
72
Weir Group
60.82
73
ASDA
60.79
74
Tate & Lyle
60.78
75
Whitbread
60.71
76
Hunting
60.70
77
SSE
60.68
78
Vodafone
60.63
79
Stagecoach
60.60
80
Associated British Foods
60.56
81
Virgin Media
60.46
81
JD Wetherspoon
60.46
83
Majestic Wine
60.40
84
Hargreaves Lansdown
60.29
85
Capita Group
60.22
86
Chime Communications
60.17
87
GKN
60.07
88
Smith & Nephew
60.02
89
Ashmore Group
60.00
89
Tarsus Group
60.00
91
AG Barr
59.72
92
Melrose
59.61
93
ITE Group
59.17
94
BTG
59.06
95
Schroders
59.00
95
Barratt Developments
59.00
97
William Hill
58.91
98
Admiral
58.89
99
National Grid
58.82
100
Prudential
58.80
101
Bunzl
58.79
102
Greencore Group
58.67
103
Yule Catto & Co
58.62
104
Legal & General Group
58.61
105
Ryanair
58.60
105
Sage Group
58.60
107
Cobham
58.57
108
Carlsberg (UK)
58.56
109
Morrisons
58.49
110
Meggitt
58.48
111
Seven Trent
58.35
112
Taylor Wimpey
58.33
113
BAE Systems
58.32
114
Fidessa
58.13
115
Misys
58.03
116
United Utilities
57.95
117
Galliford Try
57.85
118
Betfair
57.84
119
Cairn Energy
57.83
120
Amlin
57.81
120
Carillion
57.81
122
Shire
57.71
123
Drax Group
57.58
124
Premier Oil
57.50
125
Carnival
57.49
126
Inchcape
57.40
127
Redrow
57.33
128
Standard Chartered
57.28
129
British Land Company
57.03
130
Ashtead Group
57.01
131
Micro Focus International
57.00
131
Bellway
57.00
131
Greene King
57.00
134
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
56.75
135
Compass Group
56.60
136
EDF Energy
56.59
137
Virgin Trains
56.50
137
Bovis Homes
56.50
137
BP
56.50
137
Logica
56.50
141
Smiths Group
56.37
142
Everything Everywhere
56.18
143
Standard Life
56.10
144
Co-operative Bank
56.00
144
WH Smith
56.00
146
Songbird Estates
55.70
147
RSA Insurance
55.56
148
Dunelm
55.50
149
BT Group
55.44
150
ICAP
55.42
151
Keller Group
55.38
152
Perform Group
55.17
153
Barclays
55.10
154
Laing O’Rourke
55.08
155
Senior
55.05
156
Aldi
55.03
157
Transport for London
55.00
157
Debenhams
55.00
159
Reckitt Benckiser
54.70
160
C&C Group
54.67
161
Britvic
54.61
162
Poundland
54.60
163
Halfords
54.57
164
Vita Group
54.56
165
Computacenter
54.55
166
AstraZeneca
54.48
167
Alliance Pharma
54.38
168
Euromoney Institutional Investor
54.35
169
Fenner
54.29
170
Marston’s
54.21
171
Tesco
54.15
172
BBC
54.02
173
Miller Group
54.00
174
IMI
53.97
175
E.on UK
53.95
176
Gondola Group
53.94
177
Invensys
53.92
178
Inmarsat
53.75
179
Lookers
53.75
180
QinetiQ Group
53.68
181
Mitie Group
53.64
182
Ineos
53.58
183
Nationwide Building Society
53.38
183
Northgate Information Solutions
53.38
185
UBM
53.29
186
Tui Travel
53.26
187
Telefonica 02 (UK)
53.25
188
Molson Coors Brewing Co. (UK)
53.07
189
International Power
53.05
190
Glanbia
52.71
191
Sir Robert McAlpine
52.45
192
Bwin.Party Digital
52.34
193
G4S
52.27
194
Reed Elsevier
52.15
195
Restaurant Group
52.06
196
Dairy Crest
52.00
197
Old Mutual
51.94
198
Investec
51.92
199
Morgan Sindall
51.80
200
Segro
51.49
201
Talk Talk Group
51.44
202
Spirit Pub Company
51.35
203
Provident Financial
51.33
204
Marshall Aerospace
51.25
205
Filtrona
51.11
206
Daily Mail & General Trust
50.98
207
Lloyds Banking Group
50.83
208
Millennium & Copthorne
50.75
209
Bodycote
50.67
210
Findus Group
50.40
211
Yorkshire Building Society
49.94
212
ITV
49.86
213
Go-Ahead Group
49.70
214
Royal Bank of Scotland
49.67
215
Informa
49.54
216
ING Direct
49.14
217
National Express
48.92
218
Banco Santander
48.81
219
Dixons Retail
48.71
220
Aviva
48.61
221
Mitchells & Butlers
48.17
222
Rank Group
48.11
223
Chemring Group
48.07
224
Co-operative Group
47.76
225
Iceland
47.58
226
Holidaybreak
47.53
227
888 Holdings
47.47
228
Colt
47.33
229
Capital Shopping Centres
46.92
230
Mothercare
46.86
231
Wilkinson
46.50
232
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
46.43
233
Man Group
46.36
234
William Grant & Sons
46.25
235
Bourne Leisure
46.00
236
Carpetright
45.75
237
Lidl
45.50
238
Sportech
45.10
239
Henry Boot
44.92
240
Ladbrokes
43.97
241
Sportingbet
43.44
242
Ocado
43.30
243
Premier Foods
41.44
244
3i
41.25
245
Home Retail Group
40.50
246
Cable & Wireless Communications
39.92
247
Thomas Cook Group
38.71
248
FirstGroup
38.00
249
Cookson
37.71
250
Gala Coral
37.23
251
Huntsworth
36.83
252
Darty
36.64
253
Enterprise Inns
33.22
254
Cable & Wireless Worldwide
31.93
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