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The aerospace industry of the UK is the second largest aerospace industry in the world (after the United States) and the largest in Europe. [154] [155] The industry employs around 113,000 people directly and around 276,000 indirectly and has an annual turnover of around £20 billion.
Its pharmaceutical industry is the tenth-largest in the world. [17] Of the world's 500 largest companies, 26 are headquartered in the UK. [18] The economy is boosted by North Sea oil and gas production; its reserves were estimated at 2.8 billion barrels in 2016, [19] although it has been a net importer of oil since 2005. [20]
This list displays all British companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023/24. Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company. [1]
A range of international companies like Alstom, Siemens, Hitachi and CAF manufacture railway locomotives and other related components. Associated with this sector are the defence and aerospace industries. As of 2022, the UK aerospace industry was the second largest in the world behind that of the United States, [15] with a turnover of over $34. ...
In 2008, Sheffield ranked among the top 10 cities in the UK as a business location, [229] and aims to regenerate itself as a modern technology and sports based city. Sheffield was the first National City of Sport, with a range of high quality facilities. [230] Sheffield has an international reputation for metallurgy and steel-making.
The following is a list of the world's largest manufacturing companies, ordered by revenue in millions of U.S. dollars according to the Fortune Global 500. Currently the 50 biggest companies by revenue are included.
Below are the 100 largest companies by revenue in 2024 (mostly for fiscal year 2023), according to the Fortune 500 list. [2] Note that this list mostly includes public companies. Many private companies like Lidl (Schwarz Gruppe) or Aldi, to give just two examples, are hence missing.
The oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom produced 1.42 million BOE per day [4] in 2014, of which 59% [4] was oil/liquids. In 2013 the UK consumed 1.508 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 2.735 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, [5] so is now an importer of hydrocarbons having been a significant exporter in the 1980s and 1990s.