British businesses


 * Ingredients benzisothiazolinone, phthalates and methylisothiazolinone are banned
 * Liquid dairy products are grass-fed and stored in glass
 * Butter is grass-fed
 * Fragrances are removed in all personal care products, laundry detergent and dryer sheets
 * Shower curtains removed from the market
 * Standard industrial bathroom hand-soaps removed from the market
 * Candles except beeswax removed from the market [beeswax benefits]
 * All carpets replaced with “Green-Label Plus” certified
 * Canned foods in metal cans mostly avoided
 * All seafood wild-caught from pristine waters [1, 2, 3]
 * All organic meats are grass-fed preferably wrapped in wax paper
 * All organic animal fats are grass-fed, with no plastic contacts
 * All chicken eggs are free-range
 * Charcoal-filtered water used for all drinking, cooking and showering
 * All coffee makers are from glass and/or stainless steel
 * Zinc Sunscreen will be estrogen free
 * Estrogen-free kid’s toys, especially chewable items
 * Estrogen-Free cleaning products
 * Eliminate soy and soy byproducts
 * Eliminate flax
 * Eliminate lavender products
 * Eliminate oral contraception
 * Eliminate plastic cups, sippies, or plastic-lined mugs
 * Eliminate artificial red food dyes, including finger paints
 * Eliminate microwaving food in plastics

Discount shop

 * All Intersport UK & Ireland shops sold to Fraser Group and rebranded SportsDirect
 * Aldi - Aldi Süd GmbH
 * ASDA - Kingfisher plc
 * Bargain Booze – Bestway
 * B&M - Private by themselves
 * British Home Stores (BHS) - Litecraft Group Limited
 * Costcutter – Owned by Colin Graves
 * Co-operative – The Co-operative Group (Consumers' co-operatives)
 * Evans Cycles - ECI Partners
 * Farmfoods – Privately held company
 * Harrods - Fraser Group
 * Home Bargains – TJ Morris
 * Iceland – Privately held company
 * Kwik Save
 * Jack Wills - Edinburgh Woollen Mill
 * Lidl - Schwarz Gruppe
 * Marks & Spencer - Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange
 * Morrisons - Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange
 * Nisa – Mutual organization
 * Poundland - Shop Direct
 * PizzaExpress - TDR Capital
 * Ocado
 * Tesco – Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange
 * Sainsbury's – J Sainsbury plc
 * Slazenger – Dunlop Group
 * SPAR – A. F. Blakemore
 * USC - Dundonald Holdings Ltd (owned by Sir Tom Hunter)
 * Umbro – Fraser Group
 * Waitrose - John Lewis Partnership
 * Woolworths – Kingfisher plc

Other

 * TalkTalk Group was acquired by Toscafund Asset Management in March 2021
 * ProCycling and CyclingNews.com stays with Immediate Media
 * TI Media with 41 brands including Decanter, Country Life, Wallpaper and Woman & Home stays
 * In November 2020, Future agreed a £594m takeover of GoCo plc, known for its Gocompare.com price comparison website
 * AA and AA Ireland is Acromas Holdings
 * Daily Mail and General Trust buys New Scientist magazine in £70m deal
 * Stobart Group changes name

Banks

 * Atom Bank - Public limited company
 * Alliance Trust
 * Arbuthnot Latham - Arbuthnot Banking Group (limited company)
 * Barclays - Listed on the London Stock Exchange
 * Bank of Scotland – HBOS
 * Bradford & Bingley – Listed on the London Stock Exchange
 * C. Hoare & Co
 * Clydesdale Bank - CYBG (listed on the London Stock Exchange)
 * Charter Cour – Public limited company
 * Crown Agents - Helios Investment Partners
 * Close Brothers - Public limited company
 * The Co-operative Bank – The Co-operative Banking Group (a consumer co-operative)
 * Duncan Lawrie - Camellia plc
 * J.P. Morgan
 * Halifax – HBOS
 * HSBC - HSBC Holdings
 * Isle of Man Bank - Royal Bank of Scotland Group
 * Kingdom Bank
 * Lloyds Bank – Lloyds Banking Group
 * Metro Bank - Public limited company
 * Monzo Bank -
 * M&S Bank - Marks and Spencer Group
 * National Westminster Bank (NatWest) - NatWest Group (listed on the London Stock Exchange)
 * OakNorth Bank
 * Paragon Bank - Paragon Banking Group
 * Raphaels Bank - Lenlyn Holdings plc
 * Rathbone Brothers
 * Reliance Bank
 * Royal Bank of Scotland -  The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (listed on the London Stock Exchange)
 * Santander - Santander Group
 * Sainsbury's Bank - J Sainsbury plc
 * Shared Interest
 * Secure Trust Bank -
 * Shawbrook Bank - Shawbrook Group plc
 * Smith & Williamson
 * Standard Chartered - Listed on the London Stock Exchange
 * Tandem Bank - Tandem Money
 * Tesco Bank – Tesco plc
 * TSB - Listed on the London Stock Exchange
 * Triodos Bank
 * Unity Trust Bank
 * Vanquis Bank - Provident Financial Group
 * Virgin Money - Virgin Group
 * Weatherbys Bank - Weatherbys
 * Wesleyan Assurance Society – Mutual orginzation
 * Williams & Glyn - NatWest Group (listed on the London Stock Exchange)
 * Yorkshire Bank – CYBG(listed on the London Stock Exchange)

Cinema

 * Cineworld - Cineworld Group plc (listed on the London Stock Exchange)
 * Curzon Cinemas - Private limited company
 * Everyman Cinemas
 * Empire Cinemas
 * Merlin Cinemas
 * Reel Cinemas
 * Odeon – The Rank Group
 * The Light Cinemas
 * Picturehouse Cinemas
 * Scott Cinemas
 * Vue – Doughty Hanson & Co

Telephone

 * Asda Phone – Asda (Kingfisher)
 * BT Mobile – BT Consumer
 * EE - Cable & Wireless Communications
 * KCOM - KCOM Group
 * Mobile by Sainsbury’s – J Sainsbury plc
 * O2 – Liberty Global
 * Orange - Orange S.A.
 * TalkTalk - TalkTalk Group
 * Tesco Mobile - Tesco
 * T-Mobile - Deutsche Telekom
 * The Phone Coop - Midcounties Co-operative
 * Three - CK Hutchison Holdings
 * Vodafone - Vodafone Group
 * Virgin Mobile – Virgin Group
 * The People's Operator (mobile virtual network operator)

Energy supplier

 * British Gas – Centrica
 * Bulb Energy - Privately held company
 * Co-op Energy – Midcounties Co-operative
 * Ecotricity – Limited company
 * E.ON UK – E.ON
 * Good Energy - Public limited company
 * Infralec - Hyder
 * Npower - RWE
 * Powergen – public limited company
 * Octopus Energy - Octopus Group
 * Opus Energy – Privately held company
 * OVO Energy
 * Our Power – Limited company
 * Telecom Plus – Traded on the London Stock Exchange
 * Scottish Power - Thus Ltd
 * SSE - Public limited company
 * SWALEC – SSE
 * Utilita Energy -
 * Virgin Energy - Virgin Group
 * Western Power Distribution

Train / rail

 * Arriva UK Trains – Arriva
 * Amey – Not-for-profit private limited company by guarantee
 * DCRail - Private limited company, it receives financial support from Cappagh Contractors Construction (London)
 * Ealing Community Transport – Social enterprise
 * Eurostar – Eurostar International Limited
 * FirstGroup – Public limited company
 * Heathrow Express - Heathrow Airport Holdings
 * GB Railways - Alternative Investment Market
 * Govia – Go Ahead Group
 * Go! Co-operative - Consumers' cooperative
 * Grand Union
 * Greater Manchester Metro Limited (operates in Greater Manchester) – Consortium (GEC Alsthom, John Mowlem and AMEC)
 * Great Western Holdings - Richard George, Brian Scott and some other British Rail managers (75.5%) and 3i (24.5%)
 * London Overground Rail Operations (operates the London Overground) - Privately held company
 * National Express – National Express Group
 * ScotRail
 * Sea Containers
 * Serco-Abellio - Joint venture between Serco and Abellio, each owning 50%
 * Stagecoach Group
 * Transport for Wales - Transport for Wales Group (Martin Holdings)
 * Veolia Transport - Veolia
 * Virgin Rail Group – Virgin Group

Airport

 * Aberdeen Airport - AGS Airports
 * Anglesey Airport - RAF Valley
 * Birmingham Airport – Employee owned
 * Bristol Airport - ?
 * Campbeltown Airport - Machrihanish Airbase Community Company
 * Doncaster Sheffield Airport - The Peel Group
 * Dundee Airport - Highlands and Islands Airports
 * East Midlands Airport - Manchester Airport Holdings
 * Exeter Airport - Rigby Group
 * Edinburgh Airport - Heathrow Airport Holdings
 * Gatwick Airport - Gatwick Airport Limited
 * Glasgow International Airport - AGS Airports
 * Glasgow Prestwick Airport - Prestwick Aviation Holdings Ltd
 * Inverness Airport - Highlands and Islands Airports
 * Kent International Airport - RiverOak Strategic Partners Limited
 * Kirkwall Airport - Highlands and Islands Airports
 * Heathrow Airport - Heathrow Airport Holdings
 * Humberside Airport - Bristow Group
 * Land End’s Airport – Cornwall Airport Ltd.
 * Leeds Bradford International Airport - Heathrow Airport Holdings
 * Liverpool John Lennon Airport - The Peel Group
 * Luton Airport - Luton Airport Ltd
 * Manchester Airport - Manchester Airport Holdings
 * Newquay Airport - Cornwall Airport Ltd.
 * Newcastle International Airport - Newcastle Airport Local Authority Holding Company Ltd (51%) and AMP Capital (49%)
 * Norwich Airport - Rigby Group
 * Stansted Airport - Manchester Airport Holdings
 * Southend Airport - Southend Airport Company Ltd.
 * Southampton Airport - AGS Airports
 * Sumburgh Airport - Highlands and Islands Airports
 * St Mary's Airport, Isles of Scilly - Isles of Scilly Steamship Company
 * Stornoway Airport - Highlands and Islands Airports
 * Swansea Airport - Swansea Airport Ltd.
 * Teesside International Airport - Stobart Group

Postal service

 * DHL - Deutsche Post
 * DPD - La Poste
 * DX - Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM
 * FedEx - Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange
 * Hermes - Otto Group
 * Parcelforce – Private limited company
 * Post Office – Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange
 * PostNL - Publicly traded on the Euronext Amsterdam
 * Royal Mail - Royal Mail Group (Martin Holdings)
 * TNT Express
 * UK Mail – Publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange
 * United Parcel Service (UPS) – Public company
 * Whistl – Privately held company
 * Yodel - Shop Direct Group

Whitbread

 * Beefeater – A chain of over 140 pub restaurants
 * Brewers Fayre – A licensed pub restaurant chain of 130 locations across the UK, serving traditional British pub food and Sunday Carvery
 * Costa Coffee – A coffeehouse which has 2,121 UK restaurants, over 6,000 Costa Express vending facilities and a further 1,280 outlets overseas (including 460 in China)
 * Marriott Hotels & Resort UK and Ireland
 * Pizza Hut UK and Ireland – American restaurant chain and international franchise, known for its Italian American cuisine menu, including pizza and pasta, as well as side dishes and desserts. Pizza Hut has 18,431 restaurants worldwide
 * Premier Inn – Largest budget hotel chain with over 750 hotels
 * Table Table
 * Taybarns – An all-you-can-eat American buffet-style restaurant with 245 locations
 * TGI Fridays UK and Ireland – Held the UK franchise rights to American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining

Kingfisher plc

 * ASDA – Supermarket retailer with 642 locations
 * B&Q – Multinational DIY and home improvement retailer with 320 locations
 * Brico Dépôt; in France, Spain, Portugal and Romania
 * Castorama; in France, Poland and Russia
 * Koçtaş; 50% joint venture in Turkey
 * Screwfix – Multi-channel retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products with over 550 stores
 * Superdrug –  Health and beauty retailer. It trades in nearly 900 shops across the UK and Ireland. Superdrug employs over 14,000 people. Besides health and beauty products, the company also has pharmacies with consultation rooms in over 220 shops, and a further 19 contain nurse clinics

Virgin Group

 * Virgin Active
 * Virgin Atlantic - cut 3,000 jobs and quit Gatwick
 * Virgin Books
 * Virgin Care
 * Virgin Express
 * Virgin Galactic
 * Virgin Holidays
 * Virgin Hotels
 * Virgin Limited Edition - still owns Kensington Roof Gardens
 * Virgin Media
 * Virgin Media Television Ireland
 * Virgin Mobile
 * Virgin Money - Does not own Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank
 * Virgin Pulse
 * Virgin Racing (E Formula)
 * Virgin Rail Group
 * Virgin Energy - Replaces EDF Energy
 * Virgin Vacations
 * Virgin Voyages
 * V Festival - televised on Channel 5

Britvic plc

 * 7 UP (in Great Britain and Ireland)
 * Gatorade (in Great Britain and Ireland)
 * Lipton Ice Tea
 * Mountain Dew Energy (in Great Britain and Ireland)
 * J2O
 * Robinsons
 * Tango
 * Teisseire
 * R. White's Lemonade
 * Pepsi (in Great Britain and Ireland)
 * Purdey's

C&C Group

 * Club
 * Cidona
 * Clonmel, the home of Bulmers Irish Cider, and main cider production facility.
 * Energise Sport
 * MiWadi
 * Wellpark Brewery Glasgow, the historic home of Tennent's lager, acquired in August 2009 from InBev.

Business that in real life are not owned by British businesses

 * Angel Delight - Alfred Bird and Sons
 * Bird's Custard - Alfred Bird and Sons
 * Boots - Alliance Boots
 * Burton's Biscuit Company - Associated British Foods
 * Cadbury – Cadbury Group (owns Mondelez International and Schweppes)
 * Dulux - Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) (AkzoNobel do not own them)
 * Fox's Biscuits - Northern Foods
 * Land Rover - Jaguar Land Rover
 * Lea & Perris Worcestershire Sauce - HP Foods (Imperial Brands)
 * Jaguar - Jaguar Land Rover
 * Jaffa Cakes - McVitie's (Pladis Global – who acquired Turkish company Yıldız Holding)
 * KitKat - Rowntree's
 * Mr Kipling - Ranks Hovis McDougall
 * Harrods - Harrods Group
 * Hamleys - The Very Group
 * Harvey Nichols - Arcadia Group
 * Hartley's – Premier Foods
 * HMV Group - EMI Group Ltd
 * Innocent - Jamjar Investments (80%) and Coca-Cola Company (20%)
 * Rolls-Royce Holdings plc – On the London Stock Exchange
 * Sarson’s Vinegar - Princes Group
 * Tetley’s - The Tetley Group (they acquired Pernod Ricard)
 * Terry's Chocolate Orange - Terry's of York
 * Typhoo Tea - Premier Foods
 * Walkers - The Smith's Snackfood Company (not owned by Pepsi)
 * Waterstones - EMI Group Ltd

NOTE: Arcadia Group have not gone out of business

The Rank Group

 * Butlins
 * Deluxe Entertainment Services Group
 * Gaumont Film Company
 * Odeon Cinema
 * The Rank Prize Funds
 * Rank Film Distributions
 * Rank Hovis McDougall
 * Xerox Holdings Corporation
 * Top Rank Boxing

Other

 * Centre Parcs (both in British Isles and Continental Europe) – Pierre & Vacances (Adagio was sold to AccorHotels)
 * David Lloyd Leisure - London & Regional Properties
 * Haven Holidays - Bourne Leisure
 * Warner Leisure Hotels
 * It was announced that the all GAME physical stores will close permanently and cease trading following COVID-19 and the digitalization of video games.
 * British companies disestablished in 2018 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_companies_disestablished_in_2018) never happened, except for Cambridge Analytica.
 * British companies disestablished in 2019 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_companies_disestablished_in_2019) never happened, except for Electric Traction Limited
 * Deliveroo was liquated after the company lost millions of pounds.
 * Thomas Cook Group Airlines sold Condor and Thomas Cook Aviation to Polish Aviation Group. Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and Ving Group was sold to Petter Stordalen and Strawberry Group rebranded the company as Sunclass Airlines. Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics was sold to Panaf Holdings. Thomas Cook China was sold to Fosun Tourism. Intourist (in Russia), Neckermann Reisen (in Austria & Switzerland) and Öger Tours (in Germany) was sold to Anex Tours
 * Toys "R" Us UK & Ireland was purchased by the Fraser Group. Toys "R" Us South Korea was purchased by Lotte Mart, Toys "R" Us India was purchased by Lulu Hypermarket, both becoming a store-within-a-store. Toys "R" Us in UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar is owned by Al-Futtaim Group. Toys "R" Us in Isreal is owned by Fisherman Retail Group. Toys "R" Us in Saudi Arabia is owned by MSCPO (Tasweeq). Toys "R" Us Germany, Austria and Switzerland were purchased by Smyths Toys Superstores in 2018, all stores are converted into Smyths. Toys "R" Us Netherlands purchased by Intertoys in 2017 and all stores are converted into Intertoys. Toys "R" Us France was purchased by Jellej Jouets in October 2018, who merged the business with PicWic toys owner Luderix International in April 2019 to form PicWicToys; which all Toys "R" Us and Picwic stores were re-branded into in July 2019 under Lunderix's ownership. Toys "R" Us rest of the world was liquidate and closed all of its stores.
 * intu Xanadú sold to Northwood. intu Trafford Centre sold to The Peel Group and renamed The Trafford Centre. intu Merry Hill sold to Ellandi and renamed Merry Hill Shopping Centre. intu Milton Keynes sold to Ellandi and renamed Centre:MK. intu Watford sold to Global Mutal and renamed The Harlequin. intu Eldon Square sold to MAPP and renamed Eldon Square. St. David's sold all their stake to Land Securities Group giving them 100% stake. The Mall at Cribbs Causeway sold all their stake to Prudential giving them 100% stake. Manchester Arndale Centre sold all their stake to M&G Real Estate. Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City both sold to intu. Renamed intu White City and intu Stratford City respectively