McDonald’s Restaurants UK has topped the Restaurant & Pubs sector of Management Today (MT) magazine’s annual Britain’s Most Admired Companies (BMAC) awards. The BMAC awards are one of the key industry barometers of British business success and confidence.
In addition to coming top of their sector,McDonald’sclimbed 32 places to number ten this year in the overall BMAC rankings. The company, which opened its first UK restaurant in 1974, was praised for its financial soundness as well as its ability to attract, develop and retain top talent.
Take away and delivery service Domino’s Pizza came second in the Restaurants & Pubs sector, and was rated highly for its quality of marketing and its value as a long term investment. British pub chain JD Wetherspoon came in third place.
The Restaurants & Pubs sector came fourth in the BMAC sector totals, beating Retailers (6th), Beverages (9th) and Food Producers (12th). This year’s BMAC sector totals were topped by Chemicals (611.5), beating Construction (Heavy) (595.9), with third place going to Transport (583.3).
Most Admired Companies in the Restaurants & Pubs sector:
| Sector rank | Company | Total | Overall rank for BMAC out of 236 companies |
| 1 | McDonald’s Restaurants UK | 68.1 | 10 |
| 2 | Domino’s Pizza (UK) | 64.8 | 22 |
| 3 | Wetherspoon (JD) | 64.5 | 23 |
| 4 | Restaurant Group | 61.1 | 54 |
| 5 | Greene King | 60.6 | 61 |
| 6 | Marston’s | 56.7 | 105 |
| 7 | Gondola Group | 54.9 | 133 |
| 8 | Mitchells & Butlers | 54.0 | 147 |
| 9 | Spirit Pub Co. | 53.8 | 149 |
| 10 | Enterprise Inns | 44.8 | 221 |
Professor Mike Brown of Birmingham City Business School, the author of the Most Admired research, said, “As the economic outlook continues to improve slowly, it’s a year of cautious optimism. Firms know it’s not all Shangri-La and that there are still plenty of bumps in the road, but they are tentatively looking for growth opportunities all the same.”
Overall Top 10
The chemicals company and catalyst king Johnson Matthey has topped the BMAC awards for the first time.
Following closely behind in second place is fashion retailer Next, up an impressive 30 places from 32nd position in 2013. Next is also the winner of the overall awards for Quality of Management and Use of Corporate Assets. Budget airline easyJet is in third place, with Dublin-based bookmakers Paddy Power in fourth, its best ever BMAC performance. John Lewis Partnership remains in the top five, down one place from 2013’s fourth place.
MT’s Britain’s Most Admired Companies 2014: Overall Top 10
| Position | Organisation | Total Score |
| 1 | Johnson Matthey | 72.93 |
| 2 | Next | 72.29 |
| 3 | easyJet | 71.17 |
| 4 | Paddy Power | 71.06 |
| 5 | John Lewis Partnership | 70.57 |
| 6 | Kier Group | 69.88 |
| 7 | Rotork | 68.63 |
| 8 | Croda International | 68.20 |
| 9 | Derwent London | 68.12 |
| 10 | McDonald’s Restaurants UK | 68.07 |
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