A global company which has kept more than 100 East Anglian workers in limbo over their jobs for more than two months has topped a list of Britain's most admired firms.
Consumer goods giant Unilever – owner of Colman's Mustard – moved up one place on last year to take the top spot in the rankings, calculated by Management Today.
Since October, 113 workers at its Norwich factory have been fearing for their jobs after Unilever said it was reviewing its future at the site because of neighbour Britvic's decision to close its bottling plant.
Britvic is also included in the list, in 75th position, having moved up from 107th last year, despite its decision to put 242 jobs at risk in Norwich in the search for savings.
The list is dominated by corporates and multinationals, but among the other entries with East Anglian presences are British Sugar owner Associated British Foods (28), Cranswick (80), Aviva (=117), BT (138), Greene King (180), 2 Sisters Food Group (225) and KCom (231).
The list is compiled by asking Britain's largest public companies in 24 sectors to evaluate their peers using 12 measures of success, including quality of management, community responsibility, financial soundness and value as a long-term investment.
Britain's Most Admired Companies 2017 – Top 25
1. Unilever
2. Berkeley Group
3. Spirax-Sarco Engineering
4. Bet365
5. Great Portland Estates
6. Rightmove
7. Diageo
8. Royal Dutch Shell
9. Rotork
10. Prudential
11. Derwent London
12. Hiscox
13. Hargreaves Lansdown
14. Fever-Tree
15. RELX Group
16. Croda International
17. GlaxoSmithKline
18. InterContinental Hotels Group
19. AstraZeneca
20. Workspace Group
21. Kerry Group
22. Land Securities
23. Coca-Cola Enterprises
24. RB
25. Next
The full list of Britain's most admired companies is available here.
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