MORE than one in ten of the country's most successful companies is based in the North West.
Statistics compiled by Dun & Bradstreet found 11.6 per cent of firms boasting sales of more than £10 million are in the region. The South East has 41 per cent followed by the Midlands on 15 per cent and then the North West. Scotland has 6.9 per cent and Wales 2.8 per cent.
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