part of the industry was hived off to private ownership
1Privatisation of British Rail — The privatisation of British Rail was the result of the Railways Act 1993 introduced by John Major s Conservative government. The operations of the British Railways Board (BRB) were broken up and sold off. Some non core parts of the BRB s… …
2United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
3BT Group — Infobox Company company name = BT Group plc company company type = Public (lse|BT.A NYSE|BT) foundation = 1 October 1981 (as British Telecommunications) location = London, England, UK key people = Sir Michael Rake, Chairman Ian Livingston, Chief… …
4Daimler Motor Company — This article is about the Daimler brand and its owner the British automobile manufacturer Daimler Motor Company. See Daimler for other uses derived from the German engineer and inventor Gottlieb Daimler. For the two direct descendants of Daimler… …
