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Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange

  • BPBP p.l.c. began not as an oil giant but as a gamble on a remote patch of Persian ground. In May 1908, a group of British geologists struck oil at Masjed…
  • UnileverUnilever, the British multinational headquartered in London, sells its products in over 190 countries and holds the distinction of being the largest producer…
  • Hyundai Motor CompanyHyundai Motor Company entered the United States market on the 20th of February 1986 with a single model, the Excel, and promptly set a record no other…
  • FTSE 100 IndexThe FTSE 100 Index, the United Kingdom's best known stock market gauge, very nearly launched under a different name. As late as the 10th of February 1984…
  • Bloomsbury PublishingNigel Newton established Bloomsbury Publishing in 1986. He had previously worked for other publishing companies before starting his own venture.
  • Royal MailRoyal Mail has been moving letters across Britain since 1516, when Henry VIII appointed a "Master of the Posts" to keep the kingdom connected.
  • Future plcFuture plc began life in 1985 in Somerton, Somerset, a market town of fewer than 5,000 people, with a single magazine about the Amstrad home computer.
  • Games WorkshopGames Workshop began not with armoured space marines or fantasy battles, but with a wooden backgammon board. In 1975, three men founded the company at 15…
  • DiageoDiageo plc produces 40% of all Scotch whisky on earth. That single fact, quietly embedded in company filings, points to something vast: a British…
  • KonamiKonami began life on the 21st of March 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair shop in Toyonaka, Osaka. Three men started it together, two of whom had met while…