| Company
profiles
As part of our research work at Corporate Watch,
we profile large companies, industry sectors and lobby groups. Company
profiles include details of a company's personnel, office locations,
industry areas, lobbying activities, corporate crimes and links
to further information.
We are always adding new profiles - check out
the latest ones below.
New
profiles include:
ASDA Wal-Mart
November 2004
Since 1999 Asda has been wholly owned by Wal-Mart - the largest
company and arguably 'the most ruthless employer' in the world.
Tesco
September 2004
Tesco, Britain's biggest and most profitable supermarket chain,
is the darling of the City. But behind the fascia of the 'under
one roof' out-of-town Tesco Extra, or the friendly high street Tesco
Metro, lies a ruthless billion pound operation.
News
Corporation May 2004
Murdoch's media empire revealed.
UK Construction Industry
Overview March 2004
Taking an industry overview looking at
the role of PFI and the sectors
economic importance. Profiling themajor players including Tarmac,
Carillion, Alfred McAlpine, AMEC and Balfour Beatty, as well as
government influence, trade bodies profiled and resources for taking
further action.
Sodexho
March 2004
War, prisons, anti-unionism and
oil - this company are involved in the lot. A specialist in outsourcing
and privatised utilities campaigners are most likely to associate
Sodexho with its ill-fated government contract to provide benefits
to asylum seekers in the form of vouchers. However, there's more
to them than that...
Microsoft
February 2004
Microsoft is ranked 15th in the world's top 500 companies and its
operating software has driven 93% of the world's desktop computers
since 1991. At its peak, the company had a market value roughly
equal to the gross domestic product of Spain. Its Office software,
encompassing a suite of e-mail, word-processing, spreadsheet and
presentation tools, dominates 90% of the market and bring in $9
billion annually, a third of the company's revenue.
Scotts
September 2003
Garden supply company involved in the widespread destruction of peat
bogs in the UK. The
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) September
2003
The ABPI is the UK pharmaceutical industry's main
industry body and lobby group. Members include seventy five companies
in the UK producing prescription medicines, supplying more than
90 per cent of the medicines prescribed through the National Health
Service (NHS).
National Farmers' Union (NFU)
July 2003
One of the most important bodies with influence over our food and
countryside the NFU has close links to government and business.
Halliburton July
2003
Now reconstructing a country near you in the new American Empire.
Armaments
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