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The Shareholder Executive is the body within the British Government responsible for managing the government's financial interest in a range of public companies. Originally established within the Cabinet Office, it has since 2004 been part of the Department for Business
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is a Departments of the United Kingdom Government. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry ....
 (and its predecessor the Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Trade and Industry

The Department of Trade and Industry was a Departments of the United Kingdom Government which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on 28 June 2007....
). It is staffed by civil servants, many of whom are corporate finance professionals with private sector experience.

The Shareholder Executive currently manages a portfolio of 27 businesses, with a combined turnover of around £20 billion.






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The Shareholder Executive is the body within the British Government responsible for managing the government's financial interest in a range of public companies. Originally established within the Cabinet Office, it has since 2004 been part of the Department for Business
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform is a Departments of the United Kingdom Government. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry ....
 (and its predecessor the Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Trade and Industry

The Department of Trade and Industry was a Departments of the United Kingdom Government which was disbanded with the announcement of the creation of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on 28 June 2007....
). It is staffed by civil servants, many of whom are corporate finance professionals with private sector experience.

The Shareholder Executive currently manages a portfolio of 27 businesses, with a combined turnover of around £20 billion. It either advises Ministers directly (‘Directly managed’) or advises shareholder teams in shareholding Departments (‘Advisory’).

The National Audit Office (United Kingdom)
National Audit Office (United Kingdom)

The National Audit Office is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for Financial audit Departments of the United Kingdom Government, Executive Agency and non-departmental public body....
 in 2007 published a into the Shareholder Executive. This was broadly positive but had some misgivings about the location of the Executive in the Department for Trade and Industry.

The government's shares in UK banks are managed by UK Financial Investments Limited
UK Financial Investments Limited

UK Financial Investments Ltd is a Limited_company set up by Her Majesty's Government to manage its shareholding in banks subscribing to its recapitalisation fund....


Remitted companies


Directly managed

  • British Energy plc
    British Energy

    British Energy plc , is the UK's largest Electricity generation by volume. It is primarily an operator of formerly state-owned nuclear power stations, owning eight nuclear power stations and one coal fired power station....
  • BNFL plc
    BNFL

    British Nuclear Fuels plc or BNFL manufactures and transports nuclear fuel , runs reactors, generates and sells electricity, reprocesses and manages spent fuel , and decommissions nuclear plants and other similar facilities....
  • Export Credit Guarantee Department
  • Royal Mail Group plc
    Royal Mail

    Royal Mail is the national mail of the United Kingdom. Royal Mail Holdings plc owns Royal Mail Group Limited, which in turns operates the brands Royal Mail , Parcelforce and General Logistics Systems....
  • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority


In partnership with HM Treasury
HM Treasury

HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy....
 
  • Royal Mint
    Royal Mint

    The Royal Mint of the United Kingdom is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint , Coins of the pound sterling in the United Kingdom. The Mint originated over 1,100 years ago, but has functioned since 1975 as a Trading Fund, operating in much the same way as a government-owned company....


In partnership with the Department for Transport
Department for Transport

In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for the English transport network and transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are not devolved....
 
  • National Air Traffic Services Limited
    NATS

    Nats or NATS can refer to:* Nat , the unit of information* National Air Traffic Services, the United Kingdom's main Air Navigation Service Provider ...


In partnership with the Department for International Development
Department for International Development

The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department, the function of which is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty"....
 


Advisory


In partnership with the Home Office
Home Office

The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, United Kingdom Borders Agency and MI5....
 
  • Forensic Science Service
    Forensic Science Service

    The Forensic Science Service is a government-owned company in the United Kingdom which provides forensics services to the List of police forces in the United Kingdom and Politics of the United Kingdom agencies of England and Wales, as well as other countires....


In partnership with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • British Waterways Authority
    British Waterways

    British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by government. It is the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals of Great Britain, and also some rivers and docks....


In partnership with the Department for International Development
Department for International Development

The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department, the function of which is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty"....
 


In partnership with the Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
 
  • QinetiQ plc
    QinetiQ

    QinetiQ is an international Defense contractor, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency Defence Evaluation and Research Agency when it was split up in June 2001 ....
  • ABRO
    ABRO

    ABRO may refer to:* American Belarussian Relief Organization, an American non-profit organization* Army Base Repair Organisation, an executive agency...
  • Met Office
    Met Office

    The Met Office , is the United Kingdom's national weather service, and a subsidiary of the Ministry of Defence . Part of the Met Office headquarters at Exeter in Devon is the Met Office College, which handles the training for internal personnel and many forecasters from around the world....
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
    Dstl

    The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence . It operates as a Trading Fund, owned by the Secretary of State for Defence, John Hutton....


In partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for English culture and Sport in England in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, for example broadcasting....
 
  • Channel 4
    Channel 4

    Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
  • The Tote
    The Tote

    The Horserace Totalisator Board, more commonly known as The Tote, is a UK bookmaker with head offices in Wigan. Under the brand totesport the Tote has over 540 high street betting shops, outlets on Britain's 60 racecourses, as well as internet and call centre divisions....


In partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions

The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government Ministry in the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001, from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security....
 


In partnership with the Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government

The Department for Communities and Local Government or "DCLG" is the United Kingdom Departments of the United Kingdom Government for communities and local government since May 2006....
 
  • Ordnance Survey
    Ordnance Survey

    Ordnance Survey is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. It is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and one of the world's largest producers of maps....
  • Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
    Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

    The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre is a conference centre in the City of Westminster, London. It is located in the heart of the city, a minute's walk from the Palace of Westminster, seat of the United Kingdom's UK Parliament....


See Also

UK Financial Investments Limited
UK Financial Investments Limited

UK Financial Investments Ltd is a Limited_company set up by Her Majesty's Government to manage its shareholding in banks subscribing to its recapitalisation fund....


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