Business sold off over the years !!!

-- British Telecom (1984, 1991, 1993)
-- Sealink (1984)
-- Jaguar (1984)
-- Trustee Savings Bank (1985)
-- British Shipbuilders (1985-1989
-- British Airways Helicopters (1986)
-- British Gas (1986)
-- National Bus Company (1986)

-- Rolls-Royce (1987)
-- Royal Ordnance (1987)
-- British Airports Authority (1987)
-- Heathrow/Gatwick/Stansted/Glasgow/Edinburgh/Aberdeen/Prestwick Airports
-- Leyland Bus (1987)
-- British Airways (1987)
-- British Leyland (1987)
-- Leyland Trucks (1987)
-- Unipart (1987)

-- Rover Group (1988)
-- National Express (1988)
-- Municipal bus companies (1988–present - sold off individually)
-- British Steel (1988)
-- Travellers Fare (1988)
-- British Rail Engineering Limited (1989)
-- Harland and Wolff (1989)
-- Vale of Rheidol Railway (1989)

-- Water companies
-- Anglian Water (1989)
-- North West Water (1989)
-- Northumbrian Water (1989)
-- Severn Trent (1989)
-- South West Water (1989)
-- Southern Water (1989)
-- Thames Water (1989)
-- Welsh Water (1989)
-- Wessex Water (1989)
-- Yorkshire Water (1989)

-- National Grid (1990)
-- Regional electricity companies
-- East Midlands Electricity (1990)
-- Eastern Electricity (1990)
-- London Electricity (1990)
-- MANWEB (1990)
-- Midlands Electricity (1990)
-- Northern Electric (1990)
-- NORWEB (1990)
-- SEEBOARD (1990)

-- Southern Electric (1990)
-- SWALEC (1990)
-- SWEB Energy (1990)
-- Yorkshire Electricity (1990)
-- Girobank (1990)
-- Liverpool Airport (1990)
-- Independent Broadcasting Authority (1990)
-- Scottish Bus Group (1991)
-- National Power (1991, 1995)
-- Powergen (1991, 1995)

-- Scottish Hydro-Electric (1991)
-- Scottish Power (1991)
-- Severn Bridge (1992)
-- British Technology Group (1992)
-- Trust Ports (1992–1997 sold off individually)
-- East Midlands Airport (1993)
-- London Southend Airport (1993)
-- Birmingham Airport (1993 - 51%)

-- Northern Ireland Electricity (1993)
-- Atomic Weapons Establishment (1993)
-- Belfast International Airport (1994)
-- British Coal (1994)
-- London Buses (1994 - sold off individually)
-- Property Services Agency (1994)
-- British Rail (1994-97)
-- 3 rolling stock companies:

-- Angel Trains (1996)
-- Eversholt Leasing (1996)
-- Porterbrook (1996)
-- 6 design office units (1995-1997)
-- EWS (1996)
-- Freightliner (1996)
-- 6 track renewal units (1995 - 1997)
-- 7 infrastructure maintenance units (1995 - 1997)
-- 25 train operating companies (1996)

-- British Rail Research (1996)
-- British Rail Telecommunications (1995)
-- European Passenger Services (1996)
-- Railtrack (1996)
-- Red Star Parcels (1995)
-- Union Railways (1996)
-- Cardiff Airport (1995)
-- Bournemouth Airport (1995)
-- National Engineering Laboratory (1995

-- MoD housing portfolio (1996)
-- AEA Technology (1996)
-- British Energy (1996)
-- Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) (1996)
-- Laboratory of the Government Chemist (1996)
-- Chessington Computer Centre (1996)
-- Natural Resources Institute (1996)

-- Building Research Establishment (1997)
-- BBC Transmission (1997 - now Arqiva)
-- Actis (2010 - 40%)
-- High Speed 1 (2010)
-- 75% of English secondary schools + thousands of primaries (2010- present)
-- BBC Audiobooks (2010)
-- BBC Magazines (2011)

-- Forensic Science Service (2011)
-- HMP Birmingham (2011)
-- The Tote (2011)
-- Northern Rock (2012)
-- British Waterways (2012)
-- Interpreter and Translation Services (2012)
-- Remploy (2012, 2013, 2015 sold off individually)
-- Air Sea Rescue (2013)

-- Blood Plasma Service (2013)
-- Fire Service College (2013)
-- Royal Mail (2013, 2015)
-- Bio Products Laboratory (2013 - 80%)
-- Manchester Airports Group (2013 - 35%)
-- Student loans portfolios (2013 onward, numerous tranches)
-- Lloyds Banking Group (2013, 2014, 2015)

-- Behavioural Insights Team (2014 - 67%)
-- Constructionline (2015)
-- Defence Support Group (2015)
-- National Probation Service (2015)
-- Food and Environment Research Agency (2015 - 75%)
-- Dr Foster Intelligence (2015)
-- Royal Bank of Scotland Group (2015)

-- East Coast Trains (2015)
-- NEC Group (2015)
-- Government Pipelines and Storage System (2015)
-- UK stake in Eurostar International Limited (2015)
-- Green Investment Bank (2017)
-- National Lottery