Current companies Alvis (no longer makes cars) Ariel BAE SYSTEMS (merger of Marconi Electronic Systems and British Aerospace) BP (Amoco) Barclays Bank BOC (formerly Brin Oxygen Company, British Oxygen Company) British Airways British Rail Cameron Balloons Civil_Aviation_Authority Easyjet GlaxoSmithKline Go Fly Limited HSBC ICI Jardine Matheson J Sainsbury (formally J Sainsbury and Son) Kangol Laura Ashley Lloyds TSB plc Marconi plc (formerly The General Electric Company plc) Marks and Spencer plc MG Rover Group Orange Railtrack Rolls Royce Royal Bank of Scotland Save a Cup Recycling Company Shell Oil (Anglo-Dutch) Tate & Lyle Tesco Triumph Motor Company Unilever (Anglo-Dutch) Vestey Group Virgin Atlantic Airways Vodafone W H Smith (formally W H Smith and Son) Woolworths Former companies, including acquired and merged ones Acorn, Ltd, acquired by Olivetti Austin Blue Star Line British Aerospace East India Company British Leyland Motor Corporation British Motor Corporation British Motor Holdings BSA Daimler Great Western Railway Hawker Siddeley Company Lanchester Leyland Motors (commercial vehicles) London, Midland and Scottish Railway MG Morris Motor Company Nuffield Organisation Riley Rover South Sea Company Standard Standard Triumph Vanden Plas Wolseley See Also UK topics