List of Scottish companies

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List of Scottish companies is an incomplete list of companies with their corporate headquarters in Scotland, organised by industry sector.

Advertising

Construction

  • Cala Group
  • Miller Homes
  • Scotia Homes
  • Stewart Milne Group
  • Chap Construction

Exploration/Extraction

Food and Beverges

Financial services

Hotels

IT

  • Blue Square E-business - Web design and e-commerce specialists based in Aberdeen and Dundee
  • Glasgow Systems and Software Engineering Centre
  • Hillside Software Publishing Ltd - Information security and software quality management consultancy based in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire
  • Hostroute.com Ltd - Internet service provider: web hosting, domain name registration
  • Rockstar North (Formerly DMA Design) - A computer games developer, who are famous for their Grand Theft Auto series An autonomous division of Rockstar Games,
  • SalesAgility.com Ltd - Scotland's CRM & Sales Force Automation experts

Manufacturing

Media

Further information: Media in Scotland

Power

Public Relations/Public Affairs

  • Halogen Communications - Edinburgh/Washington DC based consultancy

Retail

  • Arnold Clark - New and used car dealerships, with over 135 locations throughout the UK
  • d2 - Clothing retailer
  • Edinburgh Woolen Mill
  • Farmfoods - Large frozen food retailer
  • Glenvarigill Group - Car dealerships
  • Jenners - Now a subsidiary of House of Fraser
  • John Clark - New and used car dealerships
  • Kwik Fit - Car repairs, mechanics
  • Lomo Watersport - Wetsuits, drysuits and other watersports equipment
  • Internacionale - Clothing and homeware retailer
  • Mackays Stores - Clothing and homeware retailer
  • Original Shoe Company - Footwear and clothing retailer
  • Peoples - Car dealerships
  • Reid Furniture - Furniture retailer, stores across Scotland and Ireland
  • Scotmid - Scotland-wide supermarket chain
  • Schuh - Footwear company, stores throughout UK and Ireland
  • Semi Chem - Nationwide pharmacy chain, owned by the Scotmid group
  • Sterling Furniture Group - Furniture and homeware retailer
  • USC - Fashion retailer

Restaurants

Semiconductors

Telecommunications

Transport

Further information: Transport in Scotland

Air and sea

Road and rail

Miscellaneous

  • Alliance Trust plc
  • Asco plc
  • City Refrigeration Holdings
  • CJ Lang & Son
  • Devro plc
  • Direct Holidays
  • Eastern Holdings
  • J & J Denholm
  • John Martin Holdings
  • Portman Holdings
  • Simclar Group
  • Strathclyde (Pharmaceuticals)
  • Turner & Co
  • Wood Group plc

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A company is a form of business organization.

Types

There are various types of company that can be formed in different jurisdictions, but the most common forms of company are:
  • a company limited by shares.

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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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The secondary sector of industry includes those economic sectors that create a finished, usable product: manufacturing and construction. This sector of industry generally takes the output of the primary sector and manufactures finished goods or products to a point where they are
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Dundee
Gaelic - Dùn Dèagh
Scots - Dundee
City of Discovery


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Glasgow
Gaelic - Glaschu
Scots - Glesca, Glesga


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Abbot Group plc is an oil contracting company based in Aberdeen, Scotland, chairmaned by Alasdair Locke. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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Cairn Energy plc

Public (LSE:  CNE )
Founded
Headquarters Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Key people Norman Murray, Chairman
Sir Bill Gammell, CEO
Industry Oil exploration
Revenue $263 million (2005)
Operating income $71 million (2005)
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A.G. Barr plc

Public (LSE:  BAG )
Founded 1875
Founder Robert Barr
Headquarters Cumbernauld, Scotland, UK

Key people Robin Barr, Chairman
Roger White, Chief Executive
Industry Beverages
Products Irn-Bru
Tizer
Red Kola
Barr Cola
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The term soft drink (more commonly known as soda, pop, or soda pop in parts of the United States and Canada, or fizzy drinks in the U.K.[1]) refers to carbonated drinks that do not contain alcohol.
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Irn-Bru (pronounced iron brew, IPA:[aɪɚn bɹu]) is a popular carbonated soft drink produced in Scotland. It is made by A.G. Barr plc, of Glasgow.
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Baxters

Private
Founded 1868
Headquarters Fochabers, Scotland, UK

Key people Audrey Baxter
Industry Food
Products Baxters
Garner's
Simple Delicious
PizzaExpress
Peppadew
Mary Berry
Website www.baxters.
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Soup is a liquid food that is made by combining ingredients, such as meat, vegetables or legumes in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth. Boiling was not a common cooking technique until the invention of waterproof containers (which probably came in
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Drambuie (pronounced IPA: /dræmˈbuːi, dræmˈbjuːi/) is a honey- and herb-flavoured golden scotch whisky liqueur made from aged malt whisky, heather honey and a secret blend of herbs and spices.
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Whisky (Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha), or whiskey (Irish: uisce beatha), refers to a broad category of alcoholic beverages that are distilled from fermented grain mash and aged in
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The Edrington Group Limited is a large Scottish distilling company. It produces several well-known whiskies, including The Famous Grouse, Macallan, Highland Park Single Malt, and Cutty Sark (whisky).
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Poultry is the category of domesticated birds kept for meat, eggs, and feathers. These most typically are members of the order Galliformes (which includes chickens and turkeys) and the family Anatidae (in order Anseriformes), commonly known as "waterfowl" (e.g.
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Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced in Kilmarnock, Scotland. It is the most widely distributed brand of Scotch whisky in the world, sold in almost every country and with yearly sales of over 120 million bottles.
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Diageo plc

Public (LSE:  DGE
NYSE:  DEO )
Founded 1997
Headquarters London, England, UK

Key people Chairman Lord Blyth of Rowington
CEO Paul Walsh
Industry Beverages
Products Alcoholic beverages: Beer, Wine, Whiskey
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Aberdeenshire
Siorrachd Obar Dheathain

Location

Geography

Area Ranked 4th
 - Total 6,313 km²
 - % Water ?
Admin HQ Aberdeen
GB-ABD
ONS code 00QB
Demographics

Population Ranked 6th
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confectionery refers to food items that are (or at least are perceived to be) rich in sugar. Different dialects of English also use regional terms for confections:
  • In Britain, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries, "sweets", or "sweeties

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Aberdeenshire
Siorrachd Obar Dheathain

Location

Geography

Area Ranked 4th
 - Total 6,313 km²
 - % Water ?
Admin HQ Aberdeen
GB-ABD
ONS code 00QB
Demographics

Population Ranked 6th
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Robert Wiseman Dairies is a large Scottish milk supplier and ditributor. They are now one of the largest dairy businesses in Great Britain. The company was founded in 1947 using a horse and cart for doorstep deliveries.
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Milk is an opaque white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals (including monotremes). Mammary glands are highly specialized sweat glands. The female ability to produce milk is one of the defining characteristics of mammals.
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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