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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
English car company (1998-present)
Google DeepMind
artificial intelligence company owned by Google
Parlophone
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German-British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 1923 as the Parlophone Company Limited (the Parlophone Co. Ltd.), which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a jazz record label. On 5 October 1926, the Columbia Graphophone Company acquired Parlophone's business, name, logo, and release library, and merged with the Gramophone Company on 31 March 1931 to become Electric & Musical Industries Limited (EMI). Geo
Vauxhall
English car company, subsidiary of Stellantis
Umbro
Umbro is a British sports equipment manufacturer founded in 1924 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, and based in Manchester. They specialise in football and rugby sportswear featuring their "double diamond" logo. Umbro products are sold in over 100 countries.
Polydor
German-British record label
Q94893
British video game developer
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American multinational publishing conglomerate that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is headquartered in London and New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp.
Cadbury
Cadbury (formerly '''Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes') is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelez International (spun off from Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second-largest confectionery brand in the world, after Mars. Cadbury is internationally headquartered in Buckinghamshire, and operates in more than 50 countries worldwide. It is known for its Dairy Milk chocolate, the Creme Egg and Roses selection box, and other confectionery products. One of the best-known British brands, in 2013 The Daily Telegraph'' named Cadbury among Britain's most successful exports.
Sky Group
British media and telecommunications conglomerate
Arm Holdings
British multinational semiconductor and software design company
Rare Ltd.
British video game developer
The Body Shop
international cosmetics company
Codemasters
The Codemasters Software Company Limited (trade name: Codemasters) is a British video game developer and former publisher based in Southam. It is a subsidiary of American corporation Electronic Arts and managed under the EA Sports division. Founded by brothers Richard and David Darling in October 1986, Codemasters is one of the oldest British game studios, and in 2005 was named the best independent video game developer by magazine Develop. It formerly also published third-party games.
Jaguar Land Rover
British multinational automotive company
Rockstar Leeds
British video game developer
Arriva
Arriva Ltd. is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England.
TUI Airways
Charter airline based in the United Kingdom
William Hill
gambling shops in the UK
Penguin Random House
multinational conglomerate publishing company
Costa Coffee
British multinational coffeehouse company
Fremantle
British multinational television production and distribution company
Eidos Interactive
British video game publisher
Criterion Games
British video game development studio
Norwegian Air UK
defunct UK airline
Bullfrog Productions
British video game developer
Working Title Films
British film and television production company
Rockstar Lincoln
British video game developer
Rocksteady Studios
British video game developer
Rockstar London
British video game developer
Kenwood Limited
British kitchen appliances manufacturer
Playground Games
British video game developer
Creative Assembly
British video game developer
Media Molecule
British video game developer
Pilkington
Pilkington is a glass-manufacturing company based in Lathom, Lancashire, England. It includes several legal entities in the UK, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese company Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG). It was formerly an independent company listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Virgin Media
British cable and telecommunications company
Morrisons
thumb|right|Interior of the Merrion Centre, Leeds|Merrion Centre, [[Leeds in the 1970s.]] thumb|right|A Morrisons petrol station in Wetherby, [[West Yorkshire, England]] Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited, trading as Morrisons, is the fifth largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. As of 2021, the company had 497 supermarkets across England, Wales and Scotland, and one in Gibraltar. The company is headquartered in Bradford, England.
Traveller's Tales
British video game developer
SCE Studio Liverpool
Psygnosis Limited (; known as SCE Studio Liverpool or simply Studio Liverpool from 1999) was a British video game developer and publisher headquartered at Wavertree Technology Park in Liverpool. Founded in 1984 by Ian Hetherington, Jonathan Ellis, and David Lawson, the company initially became known for well-received games on the Atari ST and Amiga. In 1993, it became a wholly owned subsidiary and first-party developer of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and began developing games for the original PlayStation. It later became a part of SCE Worldwide Studios. The company was the oldest and sec
Firefly Studios
British computer game developer
Crytek UK
British video game developer
Chrysalis Records
British record label
Boots
UK based pharmacy shop chain
Pret a Manger
international sandwich shop chain based in the United Kingdom
Ninja Theory
video game development studio based in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Skyscanner
Skyscanner Ltd. is a British search aggregator and travel agency based in Edinburgh, Scotland and operating since 2002.
Ubisoft Reflections
British video game developer
Guerrilla Cambridge
British video game developer
Alexander Dennis
bus manufacturer based in the United Kingdom
Q65089906
British digital media company
News UK
British newspaper publisher
Tetley
Tetley is an English beverage manufacturer founded in 1837 in Yorkshire. It is the largest company of tea in the United Kingdom and Canada, and the second-largest in the United States by volume.
Supermassive Games
video game studio
RSA Insurance Group
Insurance company
Climax Studios
British video game developer
Borders Group
international book and music retailer (1971-2011)
Rockstar Dundee
British video game developer
United Biscuits
British and European food manufacturer
Wilkinson Sword
British brand of razors and other products
Sports Interactive
British video game development company