North West is host to 105 public listed companies with total revenues exceeding £52 billion, of which, £35 billion is generated by regions biggest company Unilever. 3 more companies generate over £1 billion from the rest of the 104 companies, these being Amec, United Utilities and now Lookers.
4 companies feature between £500 m and £1bn, these being PZ Cussons, JD Sports Fashion, N Brown Group and Findel.
13 companies feature in the £100m to £500m revenues range, which includes two tech companies, at No. 27 Moneysupermarket.com and at No. 28 Daisy Group Plc
Other tech companies in the order of revenues:
39 – Exapnsys – £50m
42 – NCC Group – £47m
45 – K3 Business Technology Group – £37m
51 – 2 ergo – £23m
52 – GB Group – £22m
54 – Service Power Technologies – £18m
58 – ANS Group – £13m
61 – Robotic Technology Systems – £12m
67 – Accumuli (formerly NetServices) – £6m
85 – Daily Internet – £800k
86 – Devil Fish Gaming – £700k
105 – FreshTL – listed this week on plus market, Daresbury SIC company
Total market consisting of 14 tech companies, a long way to go in realising my dream of turning north west into a tech hub.
On 8th Nov, we plan to stimulate the community to once again discuss listing as an option for improving capital