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How many UK companies are actually foreign-owned?

11 Sep 2014:
Angela Monaghan: Five key points from ONS analysis of companies outside financial sector with non-UK owners
UK downturn less deep than thought

3 Sep 2014: ONS revises fall in GDP from 7.2% to 6% at height of downturn but recession remains 'deepest since 1948' and recovery 'unusually slow'
UK bonuses rise 5% to above £40bn

29 Aug 2014:
Proportion of bonuses in pay packages is biggest since before the downturn, but two-track economy accompanies falling wages
10,000 deaths a year from natural causes 'need examining by coroners'

27 Aug 2014: Pathologists want reform of death certification after plan for external medical examiners delayed
RBS failed in mortgage business basics and is lucky the fine was just £14.5m

27 Aug 2014: Bank hit with its sixth penalty in four years, showing it is still far from being in proper shape to return to the private sector
Food spending falls for first time as stores compete and real wages drop

21 Aug 2014: Britain's food bill drops for first time as supermarkets wage price wars and consumers fail to feel effects of economic recovery
Supermarket price wars prompt first fall in value of food sales

21 Aug 2014: The amount British consumers spent on food fell by 1.3% in July, the first annual drop since records began in 1989
Government posts surprise deficit in July after borrowing £239m

21 Aug 2014: Economists had expected £50m surplus but ONS data shows 2014 borrowing so far is £9.4bn higher than at same point in 2013
Self-employment in UK at highest level since records began

20 Aug 2014:
Critics say fact that 15% of workforce is self-employed is driving lower pay and retirement income and eroding job security and tax revenue
Why is UK self-employment at a record high?

20 Aug 2014: This year there were 4.6m people who were self-employed in their main job, with the rises over the past few years having a big effect on the overall employment numbers
Inflation: what does it mean for you?

19 Aug 2014: Confused by the news that inflation has slowed? We run through why this is important and what it actually is
David Cameron rebuked over jobs claim

18 Aug 2014: PM claimed majority of new jobs created last year were taken by UK nationals, but no official figures for new jobs are collected
What’s the story behind your name?

15 Aug 2014: Open thread: Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad are the inspiration for some of the more unusual names on the ONS’s list of baby names. We want your naming stories
Cancer patients dying early because of postcode lottery

15 Aug 2014:
Delays mean that in some areas of England cancer patients have up to a 61% higher risk of dying within a year of diagnosis
Record number of tourists come to UK, but they are spending less

14 Aug 2014: The number of overseas visitors to Britain was up by 8% in the first half of 2014, but their average spend was down on last year