The Reckitt Benckiser Group is a multinational consumer goods group headquartered in Slough, in the UK. It is the world’s largest producer of cleaning products, and also a major producer of personal and healthcare products...

Reed Elsevier is a publisher and information provider, formed from the amalgamation of Reed International, which produced trade books and magazines, and Elsevier, a Dutch company publishing scientific material. The origins go...

When you are researching the company Resolution you must be sure that you include only the newest version of the company. The original Resolution PLC was sold to the Pearl Group in 2008, and the current company listed on the FTSE...

Rexam is the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminium beverage cans, and also produces plastic packaging for cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals. It was founded as Bowater’s in 1881, selling paper. The name was...

Mention the name of Rolls-Royce (RR.), and many people will think of the motor car, of which the British were so rightly proud. But the Rolls-Royce company that is listed on the London Stock Exchange (RR.), and is the 28th...

RSA Insurance Group is a multinational insurance company headquartered in London, but with clients around the world in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Its roots have nothing to do with Africa (RSA commonly stands for...

SABMiller is a major worldwide brewer, founded in South Africa and is now head-quartered in London. In fact, SAB stands for South African Breweries, which company was founded in 1895. It operated mainly in South Africa...

The Sage Group PLC, also known simply as Sage, is an enterprise software specialist company with a worldwide reach. It is head-quartered in Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK and is the third largest supplier of business software in...

J Sainsbury’s (LSE: SBRY) is a supermarket chain with a great history and an uncertain future. You can see from the following monthly price chart that things have not really recovered since the global economic crisis. The...

Schroders PLC is a British international asset management and private banking group. It employs nearly 3000 people in 26 different countries around the world. Its headquarters are in London, and it has two classes of shares...