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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

Innovation active

57

58

58

57

55

55

57

60

57

57

56

56

57

Product innovator

25

24

25

27

24

26

27

28

25

24

22

21

25

of which, new to market

57

51

54

57

56

65

63

62

63

56

65

57

59

Process innovator

16

15

15

16

16

17

17

16

16

16

16

19

16

of which, new to industry

38

26

35

24

29

22

35

30

33

28

30

32

30

Innovation-related expenditure

54

55

56

53

53

52

53

56

55

55

53

54

54

Training

39

37

38

37

35

36

36

37

36

36

40

36

37

Either product or process innovators

30

28

30

32

30

31

33

32

30

28

28

30

30

Both product and process innovators

12

11

10

11

10

12

11

11

11

12

10

10

11

Source: DTI (2006), UK Community Innovation Survey

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