Britain's Most Admired Companies (BMAC)

BSI is delighted to be supporting Management Today as the new sponsor of its flagship awards programme, Britain’s Most Admired Companies (BMAC).

This new partnership reflects the common thread between the renowned awards programme and our corporate ethos of helping customers embed excellence within their operations. 

2012 sees the launch of a new award category for Britain’s Most Admired Companies - the BSI Award for Continual Excellence. This award recognizes the most consistent performer in Britain’s Most Admired Companies top 10 over the last five years.

Top Awards:

• Britain’s Most Admired Company – Diageo
• Britain’s Most Admired Leader – Martin Sorrell
• BSI Award for Continual Excellence – Rolls Royce

2012’s Top 10: 

BSI knows from experience that the interpretation of excellence will depend on the individual organisation, but for each it will require the systematic use of best practice principles and tools, in many cases these are standards.

For many excellence will epitomise strong commercial performance; for some it will denote effective management and mitigation of business risk; for others it will involve delivering sustainable growth; for many a combination of the above.

Those who understand BSI know that standards deliver tangible business benefits. Driven by industry requirements and market need, and designed by consensus from experts in the field, standards provide the fundamental architecture for growth and innovation, propelling organisations forward through best practice approaches.

What BSI can do for you

Become excellent – let BSI help your business evolve, however much you understand or don’t about standards.

Whether you want to get involved in the development of standards; wish to purchase a standard or group of standards; want to learn how to get the most from standards; obtain independent assessment of your organization or product[s] to prove your compliance; or simply just need someone to talk to about standards; BSI can assist you on your journey to becoming one of Britain’s Most Admired Companies.

Now in its 22nd year, MT's ‘Britain's Most Admired Companies’ awards offer a unique insight into the real factors behind corporate reputation. Winners are identified by peer review: Britain's top companies and their bosses are asked to assess their rivals, a revealing exercise that really gets to the heart of what makes businesses succeed. Britain's Most Admired Companies awards celebrate that vital ingredient: what it takes to be admired by your closest rivals.

To learn more visit: http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/go/bmac/

What are the Britain’s Most Admired Companies Awards?

The awards are a peer review of corporate reputation. Canvassing the opinions of 200 of the UK’s largest companies, they are the only awards of their type in the UK.

Methodology

In conjunction with Birmingham City Business School, MT asked Britain’s largest public companies in 25 sectors to evaluate their peers. Each sector comprises a maximum of 10 companies. Using nine criteria, participants rated their sector rivals on a scale of 0 to 10 (0 = poor, 5 = average, 10 = excellent). Analysts at leading City investment firms were also polled. On the basis of these scores, three rankings were arrived at: all 238 companies; top 10 overall on each criterion; and league tables in each sector. In sectors where there are insufficient qualifying listed UK companies, selected privately owned firms, international businesses with significant presence in the UK, and publically or employee-owned organisations were included. Respondents were also asked to name their most-admired leader (PDF). Research by Professor Michael Brown, Birmingham City Business School, and Stuart Laverick.

Past winners include:

2010 Unilever
2009 BSkyB
2008 Diageo
2007 Marks & Spencer
2006 Tesco
2005 Tesco
2004 Cadbury Schweppes
2003 Tesco
2002 BP
2001 Shell Transport & Trading
2000 GlaxoSmithKline

Coverage of BMAC has appeared in:

The Daily Telegraph
Evening Standard
Financial Times
The Guardian
The Guardian Jobs & Money
The Times
Various regional press