Fine, we can change the column heading from "County of Origin" to "Current location". 
As for the company links, what evidence do you have that people do not use them. Removal of the links firstly removes any proof of age that the company provides. Also anyone who uses the list for research or interest cannot get any information about a company since there would be no link to them and no wikipedia page. Lets stop trying to destroy a useful article, this page has over 600 hits a day.