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Investment from UK-owned companies, 1998 and 2004

Source: BERR

2003-4 data were unavailable for London and the West Midlands at the time of publication.

Investment from foreign-owned companies, 1998 and 2004

Source: BERR

2003-4 data were unavailable for London and the West Midlands at the time of publication.

Excluding London and the West Midlands, for which data were unavailable, the North West had the highest level of regional investment from UK-owned companies in 2004 (7.3 per cent of regional GVA), closely followed by Yorkshire and the Humber.
The lowest level was in the North East (5.1 per cent), whilst the average across the country was 5.9 per cent.
Investment from UK-owned companies as a percentage of regional GVA decreased in all regions between 1998 and 2004, the North East seeing the largest drop at over 5 percentage points.

Excluding London and the West Midlands, for which data were unavailable, as a percentage of regional Gross Value Added (GVA, a measure of the economic contribution), the North East had the highest level of investment from foreign-owned companies in 2004, at 3.1 per cent, followed by the South East (1.9 per cent).
The remaining five regions all had foreign-owned investment levels between 1.2 per cent and 1.5 per cent of their regional GVA, and the England average was 1.4 per cent.

Updated: 31 January 2008