Warren Buffett's UK investments

Warren Buffett, the legendary US investor whose personal fortune is valued at almost $50 billion, doesn't often venture outside his home territory to make investments -- the vast majority of the holdings in his Berkshire Hathaway investment vehicle are US-based businesses.

But Berkshire does have a select few investments in the UK, which we might do well to give consideration to given the Sage of Omaha's habitual backyard bias. So, which UK companies have tempted Buffett out of his US comfort zone?%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%