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Table 2.8: Innovation active firms in the UK by region and activity, 2002-2004
Percent of all respondents |
| North East | North West | Yorks & the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | Eastern | London | South East | South West | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | UK Total |
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Innovation active | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 57 |
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Product innovator | 25 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 25 |
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of which, new to market | 57 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 56 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 56 | 65 | 57 | 59 |
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Process innovator | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 |
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of which, new to industry | 38 | 26 | 35 | 24 | 29 | 22 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 30 |
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Innovation-related expenditure | 54 | 55 | 56 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 56 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 54 |
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Training | 39 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 36 | 37 |
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Either product or process innovators | 30 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 |
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Both product and process innovators | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
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Source: DTI (2006), UK Community Innovation Survey
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