Hi Ian. I do not know much about products in the UK except
Sainsbury's pork pies which I always liked when I spent a few summers in Sussex many years ago. Here in the US, nothing is what it seems to be. Toyota began as a Japanese car and now they are being made in the US with more American parts than say Ford or Chevy.
Maytag took over so many companies such as Norge, Admiral, Amana, Hoover, etc. In my opinion, after so many years of corporate greed and mismanagment, and operating at a deficit, Whirlpool came and gobbled up Maytag. It is the same here with banks and many other companies. Alot of competition is disappearing.
Ross