For 2008 we have also joined in partnership with business information suppliers Bureau van Dijk to increase the amount of information available to include turnover figures, a synopsis of the corporate history and details of their main product line. This information is sourced from Fame a comprehensive database of company accounts, activities, ownership and management structures of 2.6 million UK and Irish companies.
Leisure and entertainment
Leisure and entertainment companies continue to transmogrifed by the rise of the internet. Media is being utterly changed as firms push to cut costs, reduce dependency on print and digitise; advertising and broadcast firms are being hurt by the macro economy; but new betting firms are enjoying success in taking share from the traditional high-street bookies.
24. TUI Travel plc
TUI was formed from the merger of Thomson Holidays and First Choice and remains one of the key players in both the UK and European holiday markets alongside stalwarts Thomas Cook.
36. McDonald’s Restaurants
Founder Ray Krok used the phrase "grinding it out" to describe the Golden Arches company's ethos and, in recent years, elements of the company's business have indeed been a grind.
37. Daily Mail and General Trust
A major reorganisation of the IT divisions at Daily Mail publishers DMGT has helped push the publishing company towards a profitable 2009.
42. Compass Group
Compass Group finished the financial year at the end of September 2009 strongly with the catering giant showing improved margins after a period of cost cutting.
78. BSkyB
Broadcasting and in particular satellite broadcasting is a technology dependent sector. BSkyB as the dominant paid TV supplier due to its iron grip on the nation's football coverage remains a key investor and user of technology.
79. Virgin Media
Throughout 2009 Virgin Media invested in technology for its customers, as a supplier of technology based communications and entertainment services, as well as its internal technology.
88. BBC
The year of 2009 saw significant management change at the BBC with CIO Keith Little departing for a business transformation consultancy and Tiffany Hall taking on the role.
97. Whitbread
Whitbread, the hotel and restaurant chain; bucked the down turn largely with its Premier Inn hotel chain increasing its number of business users and its Costa Coffee chain increasing sales.
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