Chris Bulmer

Brambles is a provider of support services, operating in almost 50 countries across six continents. The group's major businesses are CHEP, Cleanaway, Recall and Brambles Industrial Services. Regional businesses include Interlake, TCR and Eurotainer. Brambles operates in a dual-listed companies structure, with Brambles Industries Limited listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and Brambles Industries plc listed on the London Stock Exchange. In total, the companies have some 100,000 private and institutional shareholders. Brambles Industries Limited and Brambles Industries plc operate as a single economic enterprise, with a single unified board and executive management team. Shareholders in Brambles Industries Limited hold approximately a 57 per cent economic interest in the combined group, and shareholders in Brambles Industries plc hold the remaining 43 per cent economic interest

Whitbread Group PLC operates hotels, restaurant, and coffee shops. The company was founded on July 25, 1889 and is headquartered in Dunstable, the United Kingdon.

Mars, Inc. engages in the production of confectionery and animal food products. Its brands include M&M?s, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Dove, Pedigree, Whiskas, Extra, Skittles, Uncle Ben's, and Cocoavia. The company was founded by Franklin Clarence Mars in 1911 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Brambles is a provider of support services. Its businesses are CHEP, Cleanaway, Recall and Brambles Industrial Services. Regional businesses include Interlake, TCR and Eurotainer. Brambles' global headquarter in Sydney, Australia.

Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd. is a soft drink manufacturing company. The company manufactures soft drinks with brands such as Tango, Robinsons and Pepsi. Britvic Soft Drinks was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, UK.

Britannia Soft Drinks Ltd. manufactures and markets bottled juices and carbonated and still drinks internationally. It sold more than 1.4 billion litres of soft drinks in hundreds of different flavours, shapes and sizes and delivers to over 4,000 customers and approximately 250,000 points of distribution. It is the UK licensee for PepsiCo and 7UP. PepsiCo has a minority stake in the company. Intercontinental Hotels Group owns nearly half the company; other investors include Allied Domecq and Whitbread (at about 25% each). PepsiCo International also has a minor stake in the company. The company is headquartered in Chelmsford, UK