Britain's Most Admired No.7: Rolls-Royce, Sir John Rose

Recession or not, Rolls-Royce is still trading well, with orders up by £5bn in the four months to October. Annual profits are expected to be up slightly from last year's £800m. But Rose remains cautious about what effects the deteriorating global economy will have on the firm, and he has just announced 2,000 redundancies worldwide.