2006 The top 800 UK & 1250 Global companies by R&D investment

Index for ranking the top 800 UK companiesIndex for ranking the top 800 UK companiesRankwithinCompany Rank Industry Industry Sector2 ergo 765 4 Mobile telecommunications600 Group 02/04/2005 622 16 General industrials888 244 2 Travel & leisureABB ** 318 26 Electronic & electrical equipmentAbbott ** 266 7 Health care equipment & servicesAbcam 693 10 General retailersAcacia Biopharma ** 635 89 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAcambis 71 12 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAccantia 651 6 Personal goodsAcetate Products ** 31/12/2004 569 41 ChemicalsAdeptra 31/12/2004 710 11 General retailersAdvanced Medical Solutions 583 25 Health care equipment & servicesADVFN 522 7 General financialAEA Technology 364 10 Support servicesAegis 396 7 MediaAeroBox 782 60 ChemicalsAfton Chemical ** 179 9 ChemicalsAga Foodservice 322 7 Household goodsAGCO International ** 102 4 Industrial engineeringAgilent Technologies ** 69 5 Electronic & electrical equipmentAirbus ** 9 3 Aerospace & defenceAIT (now Portrait Software) 356 43 Software & computer servicesAkcros Chemicals ** 31/12/2004 769 58 ChemicalsAkzo Nobel Decorative Coatings ** 412 31 ChemicalsAkzo Nobel Nippon Paint ** 479 34 ChemicalsAkzo Nobel Powder Coatings ** 31/12/2004 528 36 ChemicalsAlbion Automotive ** 734 23 Automobiles & partsAlcan ** 782 19 General industrialsAlcoa ** 528 3 Industrial metalsAlizyme 130 19 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAllergy Therapeutics 265 49 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAlliance & Leicester 159 5 BanksAlliance Pharma † 452 73 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAlliance UniChem (now part of Alliance Boots) 185 3 Food & drug retailersAllied Domecq (now part of Pernod Ricard, France) 31/08/2004 626 7 BeveragesAlphameric 406 46 Software & computer servicesAlstom ** 87 9 Electronic & electrical equipmentAlstom Controls ** 484 36 Electronic & electrical equipmentALTANA Pharma ** 569 84 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAlterian 458 57 Software & computer servicesAlumasc 710 18 Construction & materialsAmarin 297 55 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAmdocs 34 3 Software & computer servicesAmerican Home Products ** 73 13 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAmersham (now GE Healthcare) ** † 33 1 Health care equipment & servicesAmino Technologies 411 34 Technology hardware & equipmentAMS (now BAE Systems Integrated System) ** 31/12/2004 138 11 Aerospace & defenceAmstrad 427 9 Leisure goodsAmtico 753 18 Household goodsAnglo American 101 1 MiningAnite 30/04/2005 182 20 Software & computer servicesAnt 474 63 Software & computer servicesAntonov 31/12/2004 454 21 Automobiles & partsAorTech International 718 100 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAPI 607 23 Support servicesAppian Technology 790 64 Electronic & electrical equipmentApplied Optical 605 22 Support servicesAppSense 582 85 Software & computer servicesArakis 31/12/2004 196 34 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyARC International 246 23 Technology hardware & equipmentArdagh Glass * 31/12/2004 700 17 Construction & materialsArdana 31/03/2005 329 59 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyArgo Interactive 30/09/2004 579 83 Software & computer servicesArjo Wiggins ** 31/12/2004 745 2 Forestry & paperRankwithinCompany Rank Industry Industry SectorArk Therapeutics 144 26 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyARM 36 3 Technology hardware & equipmentArup 276 5 Support servicesArval PHH ** 248 3 Industrial transportationAscribe 629 95 Software & computer servicesASITE 520 75 Software & computer servicesASTEC ** 710 56 Electronic & electrical equipmentAstex Therapeutics 153 27 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAstraZeneca 2 2 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAutomotive Holdings ** 39 4 Automobiles & partsAutonomy 149 15 Software & computer servicesAvaya ** 172 19 Technology hardware & equipmentAvecia * 31/12/2004 59 4 ChemicalsAvery Weigh-Tronix 368 8 Household goodsAVEVA 143 13 Software & computer servicesAviagen ** 31/12/2004 168 7 Food producersAvon Rubber 195 10 Automobiles & partsAVX ** 359 27 Electronic & electrical equipmentAWG 592 8 Gas, water & multiutilitiesAxeon 731 46 Technology hardware & equipmentAxis-Shield 198 35 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyAzzurri Communications 734 47 Technology hardware & equipmentB Elliott 512 29 Industrial engineeringBAA (now part of Airport Development and Investment) 88 1 Industrial transportationBAE Systems 3 1 Aerospace & defenceBaker Hughes ** 190 1 Oil equipment, services & distributionBalfour Beatty 330 5 Construction & materialsBarclays 40 3 BanksBarloworld ** 355 8 General industrialsBASF ** 395 30 ChemicalsBAT 42 1 TobaccoBaxi 163 3 Construction & materialsBayer Agriculture ** 498 6 General financialBayer CropScience ** 236 14 ChemicalsBBA 169 2 Industrial transportationBBC 125 3 MediaBeazley 357 3 Nonlife insurancebede 433 36 Technology hardware & equipmentBeesail (aka Chubb) ** 311 8 General retailersBernard Matthews 420 16 Food producersBespak 30/04/2005 386 12 Health care equipment & servicesBETonSports 424 4 Travel & leisureBG 234 4 Oil & gas producersBHP Billiton 114 2 MiningBiocompatibles International 226 5 Health care equipment & servicesBioFocus † 31/03/2005 450 72 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyBioProgress 481 76 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyBioquell 572 24 Health care equipment & servicesBiotica Technology 497 78 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyBiotrace International 546 20 Health care equipment & servicesBirchfield Interactive 30/09/2004 742 112 Software & computer servicesBlock Shield † 525 40 Electronic & electrical equipmentBMW Manufacturing ** 31/12/2004 384 18 Automobiles & partsBOC 62 5 ChemicalsBody Shop International (now part of L'Oreal) 26/02/2005 305 7 General retailersBoehringer Ingelheim ** 134 22 Pharmaceuticals & biotechnologyBoltblue 793 119 Software & computer servicesBombardier Transportation ** 213 9 Industrial engineeringBond International Software 470 61 Software & computer servicesBoots (now Alliance Boots) 127 3 General retailersBorden International ** 586 43 ChemicalsBP 12 2 Oil & gas producersBPB (now part of Saint-Gobain, France) ** 31/03/2005 279 4 Construction & materialsBright Things † 31/03/2005 568 14 Leisure goods70 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 71