Today marks the culmination of our annual rundown of the Top 500 companies in the East Midlands with the publication of our Top 20 list. Between them those companies – a combination of retailers, car dealers, builders, digger builders, engineering giants, sandwich makers, recruitment companies and car manufacturers – had combined annual revenues of £43.6 billion.
Because the stats used are based on Companies House accounts covering July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, that overall figure is a direct reflection of the impact of Covid-19 on the UK economy. The previous year’s overall revenues for the Top 20, by comparison, were £50 billion.
For the fourth year, Nottingham’s Boots UK is the number one company in the East Midlands – but saw its turnover fell to £7.8 billion in the year to August 31, 2020 from £8.7 billion the year before.
