fstranger6:

WHo produce Jaguar and Aston Martin?

Jaguar is located in England but it's an Indian company. This is the first time i'm hearing of Aston Martin.

Haba, how una go dey talk like this? Britiains 'riches' did not start today na. The British people started plundering the world many years ago, by their exploration and travelling the whole world. That is why they were able to colonise many parts of the world and stamp their 'ownership' on those parts, even till today.
Secondly, Britain does have lots and lots of multinationals, some of which have been sold in the last few years. Companies like Shell, BP, BAT, BT, AstraZeneca are scattered around the world, still 'plundering' poor third world countries of their resources. Other companies like the Jagua, Rover, MG, Triumph etc were all renowned british companies which in recent times, have been sold to indians and the chinese. Still some other companies such as BAe are a weapons manufacturing company, selling arms to countries all over the world.
Most of all, like others have already mentioned the British people have (or used to have) KNOWLEDGE. They dont even have to do much, except sit back and collect royalties and 'taxes' from countries all over the world.

Meanwhile, take a look at this link,

http://www.top500.de/g0031200.htm

@ Ephiphany
All those companies you named are not even known in this parts. You can't compare those automobiles to Mercedes, Ford, BMW, Toyota etc.

afam4eva:

Jaguar is located in England but it's an Indian company. This is the first time i'm hearing of Aston Martin.

Jaguar only in the last few years became an indian company. It has always been known as a British Brand. Aston Martin na big car o, they are wholly in the luxury segment of the car market. If you have seen Casino Royale, the new Bond film, that is the sports car car that Daniel Craig was driving

Epiphany:

Jaguar only in the last few years became an indian company. It has always been known as a British Brand. Aston Martin na big car o, they are wholly in the luxury segment of the car market. If you have seen Casino Royale, the new Bond film, that is the sports car car that Daniel Craig was driving

Luxury cars cannot give a country that kind of wealth. The people that buy them are not many especially when compared to other luxury cars of german and American descent.

afam4eva:

Luxury cars cannot give a country that kind of wealth. The people that buy them are not many especially when compared to other luxury cars of german and American descent.

I agree they cannot give a country that kind of wealth, but it is a collection of so many companies that can do such. British companies, along with American and other European companies used to lead the world in so many sectors before the advent of the Asians

Afam, Its sad but our govt ran by the people are intellectually lazy. Too lazy that oil is all they know. Don't u find it funny how people in oil producing states taunt other with no oil yet they have nothing to show for their oil or how Nigerians always say "hey you ppl can't breakaway and survive bcoz u have no oil"? Intellectual laziness and lack of knowledge.

Epiphany:

I agree they cannot give a country that kind of wealth, but it is a collection of so many companies that can do such. British companies, along with American and other European companies used to lead the world in so many sectors before the advent of the Asians

The advent of the Asians have not stopped American and German companies from flourishing. Has it? British companies are not just in the race.

UK have oil and gas reserves, and have been in production for a long time

The UK have strong companies like BAE, the defence & industrial company that supplies one of the most sophisticated engineering components of many modern military aircraft with parts, from US to China, Rolls Royce, with more than 50% of aircrafts flying using their engines, EPL (generating £12billion pounds of revenue curtesy of suckers all over the world), the shipyard in Glasgow- home to many ships and submarines in the international waters, Cholchester Machines, the manufacturers of machines tools (lathe machines, milling machines, drilling machines etc) and owners of the patent. So any machine part produced everywhere in the world, from US to China, pays some licencess fees to the company.

The UK sell mostly advance technologies to industrial power houses, not to individual, that is why we don't see their products in the market.

Tsiya:

UK have oil and gas reserves, and have been in production for a long time

The UK have strong companies like BAE, the defence & industrial company that supplies one of the most sophisticated engineering components of many modern military aircraft with parts, from US to China, Rolls Royce, with more than 50% of aircrafts flying using their engines, EPL (generating £12billion pounds of revenue curtesy of suckers all over the world), the shipyard in Glasgow- home to many ships and submarines in the international waters, Cholchester Machines, the manufacturers of machines tools (lathe machines, milling machines, drilling machines etc) and owners of the patent. So any machine part produced everywhere in the world, from US to China, pays some licencess fees to the company.

The UK sell mostly advance technologies to industrial power houses, not to individual, that is why we don't see their products in the market.

That explains it.

GSK (GlaxoSmithkline) is also UK company. One of the biggest drugs company in the world

Tsiya:

GSK (GlaxoSmithkline) is also UK company. One of the biggest drugs company in the world

This has to be the most popular.

But when still compared to other industralised countries they don't measure up.

Tsiya:

UK have oil and gas reserves, and have been in production for a long time

The UK have strong companies like BAE, the defence & industrial company that supplies one of the most sophisticated engineering components of many modern military aircraft with parts, from US to China, Rolls Royce, with more than 50% of aircrafts flying using their engines, EPL (generating[b] £12billion pounds of revenue curtesy of suckers all over the world[/b]), the shipyard in Glasgow- home to many ships and submarines in the international waters, Cholchester Machines, the manufacturers of machines tools (lathe machines, milling machines, drilling machines etc) and owners of the patent. So any machine part produced everywhere in the world, from US to China, pays some licencess fees to the company.

The UK sell mostly advance technologies to industrial power houses, not to individual, that is why we don't see their products in the market.

Do you know that Glaxo is owned by an American?

They measure up. Don't look at it from petty cash perspective.

For example, Weir Pumps, owns the patents for Pumps design and manufacturing. Therefore every industry, from Oil and gas, to water plants, power plants, chemical plants, refineries in the world, uses pumps, and they have to buy their pumps.

Some UK companies specialises in producing power plants equipments. Example, is DPS, the sell coal power plant boilers, they alone have more than 150,000 MW installed power plants all over the world. The also carryout maintenance of these power plants.

Another company, is the Howdens, the produce industrial fans and blowers, and they own the patents, every industry that uses fans/blowers (nearly all) have to buy from them, or from their licencees because they own the patent

Rolls Royce owns the patent to Gas turbines. Apart from selling the turbines, they are the licensors to Siemens, GE, Alstom. So basically any gas turbine in this world have uk money in it.

afam4eva:

Do you know that Glaxo is owned by an American?

GlaxoSmithkline - The Glaxo was American, but the merge with Smithkline, which is the bigger of the two and based their operations in UK.

I personally know 4 GSK plants in UK.

Tsiya:

GlaxoSmithkline - The Glaxo was American, but the merge with Smithkline, which is the bigger of the two and based their operations in UK.

I personally know 4 GSK plants in UK.

Even smithkline is owned by a New zealander. How come most of these companies are owned by outsiders.

afam4eva:

Even smithkline is owned by a New zealander. How come most of these companies are owned by outsiders.

can you give the link please? But I will make research later

Tsiya:

can you give the link please? But I will make research later

Here's the link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaxosmithkline

Did u read the link very well. Glaxo was started in Newzealand, SK in the UK

They make loads of revenue from Tourism. People come in from all walks of life to take pictures and spend their hard earned income here.

denzel2009:

They make loads of revenue from Tourism. People come in from all walks of life to take pictures and spend their hard earned income here.

Those connectin flights in Heathrow. They make kills from there too

denzel2009:

They make loads of revenue from Tourism. People come in from all walks of life to take pictures and spend their hard earned income here.

That's true but compare them to the US and Australia tourism wise.

Tsiya:

Did u read the link very well. Glaxo was started in Newzealand, SK in the UK

Yeah i got confused. But it's still not owned by a Briton. It's American owned.

afam4eva:

That's true but compare them to the US and Australia tourism wise.

Do you know that they produce oil and gas?

UK is an example of the sayin that knowlegde is power unlike africans that keep boasting of oil and natural resources yet nothing to show for it. by 2025 the world will move beyond the dependence on oil and we will maintain our usual last position

bashr4:

UK is an example of the sayin that knowlegde is power unlike africans that keep boasting of oil and natural resources yet nothing to show for it. by 2025 the world will move beyond the dependence on oil and we will maintain our usual last position  

afam4eva:

Yeah i got confused. But it's still not owned by a Briton. It's American owned.

These are multinational companies. They are not owned by an individual but by shareholders. The company is quoted in London Stock Exchange. It pays its taxes to UK. Which is the most important thing as far as a government is concerned

afam4eva:

That's true but compare them to the US and Australia tourism wise.

Who goes to Australia? Its too far I guess. Considering the fact that Lagos-London  is British Airways most profitable route and thats just people from Nigeria.

Tsiya:

Do you know that they produce oil and gas?

Yes, but in small quantity.

denzel2009:

Who goes to Australia? Its too far I guess. Considering the fact that Lagos-London  is British Airways most profitable route and thats just people from Nigeria.

So because Australia is far people will rather go to Cotonou that's close abi?