UK business growth 'shows strong regional variation'
On Wednesday the Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his third Budget - and companies up and down the UK will be hoping that it will boost growth.
But new research for the BBC reveals big variations in business growth over the past 2 years.
Some areas have seen plenty of new start-ups, while others have experienced a sharp drop.
The BBC's chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym reports.
19 Mar 2012
- From the section Business