Region makes third biggest economic contribution
Date added:
11/12/2014 01:00:00
THE North West had one of the largest increases in economic output of any part of of the UK last year. According to data from the Office for National Statistics gross value added (GVA) per head increased by 3.4%. This was matched only by Wales which was also up by 3.4%. According to the figures the North West accounted for 9.3% of the UK's GVA, higher than Scotland (7.7%), Northern Ireland (2.2%) and Wales (3.4%), as well as other English regions such as Yorkshire (6.7%), the West Midlands (7.2%), the South West (7.5%) and the East o....
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