Associated British Foods [ABF.L] is a long-established worldwide company that employs nearly 100,000 people in 44 countries. It aims to be involved in most of the world’s food markets, and breaks those down into the sugar...

The Admiral Group plc [ADM.L] is primarily a motor vehicle insurance company, and also includes insurance for breakdown cover and legal expenses. It is head-quartered in Cardiff, Wales, and sells insurance directly to the public...

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC [BSY], otherwise known simply as “Sky” or sometimes BSkyB, is a satellite broadcasting company serving the UK and Ireland. This is a relatively new industry, and BSkyB is at the...

British Land Company PLC [BLND] is a large property development and investment company, headquartered in London. It was originally founded in 1856, and started as a freehold land company facilitating the sale of lands to the...

Spread Betting BG Group The BG Group [BG.] has only been in existence since 1997, but is a major company, the eighth largest company on the FTSE, with a capitalization of nearly £50 billion. It came from British Gas, but its...

British American Tobacco [BATS] in some senses is an anachronistic company. For decades there has been opposition to smoking, with proven health issues, and yet BAT has continued to find ways in which to operate. Here is a chart...

BAE Systems is an international defence, security, and aerospace company head-quartered in London. It is the second-largest military contractor in the world based on revenue. It employs nearly 100,000 people, and has annual...

Spread Betting ARM Holdings UK chip microprocessor architecture design champion ARM Holdings [ARM] is a multinational technology company headquartered in Cambridge, and its products are being put to noteworthy use, giving it good...

If you want to spread bet on a company that you are familiar with, you might well consider betting on the shares of BT Group. This company and its predecessors has been around since 1846, when it started a commercial telegraph...

Spread Bet Bunzl plc Bunzl plc [BNZL] as a company was incorporated in 1940, and went on to the London Stock Exchange in 1957. However, it traces its roots back to 1854 when the original Bunzl opened his shop in Bratislava...