Curated playlist
Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
- EMIEMI signed the Beatles and also built the first CT scanner. The British company also ran cinemas and hotels.
- British AirwaysBritish Airways and Air France launched the first supersonic passenger flights on the same day in 1976.
- Manchester United F.C.Manchester United began as a works team at a railway depot. In 1878 the Carriage and Wagon department of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, based at Newton Heath, formed a side to play other departments and railway companies. The team's…
- CadburyCadbury began as a tea shop, not a chocolate company. John Cadbury opened his Birmingham stall in 1824.
- ReutersReuters began with homing pigeons carrying financial prices. The agency was founded in London in 1851.
- ElectroluxElectrolux, known for vacuum cleaners, built a rifle in 1941. It was based on the Lee-Enfield design.
- London Stock ExchangeThe London Stock Exchange once ran auctions that ended when a candle burned out.
- Virgin MediaVirgin Media began as a cable company that bought a mobile firm. It formed in 2007 after NTL and Telewest merged.
- Eidos InteractiveTwo 24-year-old ad men quit their jobs to start the company that became Eidos. They named it Domark.
- BHPBHP is the largest mining company in the world by market capitalisation, and the second largest public company in Australia. In 2025 it ranked 125th on the Forbes Global 2000. Its beginnings include a borrowed suit. On the 20th of June…