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Welcome to the EDP Business
Guide 2007. It’s our third year
of producing the guide which offers an in depth
profile of the region’s economy. As in
previous years we look in detail at the main
sectors which define our economy. We have focused
on key industries such as tourism and financial
services, health and life sciences as well as
engineering and electronics.
We highlight many of the key players in each
area, some household names and some not so well
known.
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We examine the challenges the sectors face,
from international competition, to changes in
technology, and we examine how our companies are
meeting those issues.
One of the hottest topics has been energy, with
rising energy prices and awareness of climate
change moving the issue up the business agenda.
With energy such a key sector in the region, we
hosted a debate for some of the leading figures
in the industry to share their concerns and wishes
for the future.
At the heart of the guide once more is the Top
75 – the definitive league table of the
region’s biggest companies.
The Top 75, which is compiled with the considerable
assistance of accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers
and Mills & Reeve, ranks the 75 largest firms
in our area by turnover and details the number
of staff they employ.
As well as locally based companies it also includes
the subsidiaries of larger companies with significant
businesses in our area where possible.
This, we believe, gives the most accurate picture
of the largest companies in the region and the
crucial role they play in the region’s economy.
CHRIS STARKIE, EDP Business Editor |
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