71.   The first four sales involved indebted companies in the steel, petrochemical and public transport sectors.

72.   There are three million companies in Britain of Which only a thousand employ more than a thousand employees.

73.   Corporation tax is the tax paid by all companies in the UK if they have sufficient taxable earnings.

74.   This involved designing a questionnaire and applying it to quantitative observations of a sample of companies in the same type of industry in each country.

75.   He attempted to subcontract in Switzerland but the manufacturers were not interested and he had to start a company in the UK for the purpose.

76.   This was demonstrated not least in the constructive relationship between our two companies in the sensitive area relating to the disposal of a controlling block of shares.

77.   The actions we have taken with our poor performing businesses over the last three years have protected the company in a difficult economic climate.

78.   Historically, Johnson Matthey has operated in continental Europe through a network of selling companies in each of the major markets.

79.   This found that in UK manufacturing industry, only one company in ten currently regards research as a high priority.

80.   This Programme aims to establish new, quality companies in Glasgow.