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This publication sets out financial and contact details for the UK's 5,000 largest companies ranked by turnover, based on the most recently reported information. The full listing includes sales, profit, assets, equity, employees with comparisons to last year, where appropriate, for each company. It also includes a list of the 250 most profitable companies, 250 biggest money losers and the 250 largest companies; an alphabetical index with full contact details; and an extensive Trade Index based on International Standard Business Codes with lists of the top UK companies in a wide range of industry sectors relating to: banking, mining and agriculture; construction; manufacturing; food and tobacco; chemicals and pharmaceuticals; energy and utilities; wholesaling; Retailing; transportation and oil; media and telecommunications; hotels, restaurants and leisure.