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Britain's brightest businesses named in Queen's Awards

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    #21
    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Congrats.

    How many of this lot are still around?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Qu...hnology)_(1988)
    Interesting how the vast majority of those were in manufacturing/engineering.
    I feel old when I remember that I went to a residential interview at GEC for a graduate job - didn't get it, drank too much of the free beer at the evening reception dinner
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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      #22
      Originally posted by zeitghost
      Aye, them were the days.
      All gone now of course: the huge industrial British corporations: GEC, ICI, Marconi.
      The Germans, by and large, managed to keep theirs
      Hard Brexit now!
      #prayfornodeal

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        #23
        Well done AtW!

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          #24
          Bloody immigrants stealing our awards
          Originally posted by MaryPoppins
          I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
          Originally posted by vetran
          Urine is quite nourishing

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            #25
            Well done sir!
            Beer
            is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
            Benjamin Franklin

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