Critical mass
Edinburgh City Region significantly punches
above its weight as a business location, with a powerful
concentration of private and public sector employers across a
relatively compact area, including the global headquarters of
several top 100 UK companies with listings on the London Stock
Exchange.
Some of the UK's top performing companies and
six of Scotland’s top ten are based here. Major PLC headquarters
include:
- Cairn Energy
- Forth Ports
- Standard Life
- RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland)
- Scottish & Newcastle
- John Menzies
- Johnston Press
- Aegon UK
- Lloyds TSB Scotland
- Scottish Widows
- HBOS (Halifax Bank of Scotland)
- Wolfson Microelectrnics
- Optos
- Invocas
- British Energy
- Ardana.
The Scottish Government, NHS Scotland and the
City of Edinburgh Council are among the largest public sector
employers. Some of Scotland's largest privately-owned companies are
also based in Edinburgh City Region, including Murray International
Holdings, CALA Group, Miller Group and Globespan Group. These add
weight to the thousands of successful small and medium-sized
businesses in the area, including high-growth start-ups driving
world-class innovation.
