Black Country Strategic Companies Barometer

2019

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Introduction Introduction

Our Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) identifies 12 strategic programmes aimed at enabling businesses across all sectors to grow and deliver our contribution to the implementation of the UK and WM Local Industrial Strategy (LIS). It is critical that the Black Country has the economic, social and physical infrastructure to enable those companies to grow. This report seeks to highlight the importance of the Strategic Companies in the Black Country to achieving the aims of the SEP and the LIS.

At the core of the strategy are seven priority propositions which are intended to focus action to enable growth in the Black Country and demonstrate our ambition and vision. A key feature of our approach is to focus our effort on 10 identified leading sectors that are crucial in securing economic growth, jobs and productivity in the Black Country.

There are a range of activities currently underway to deliver these programmes. Understanding the impact of current activity against our ambitions and identifying what additional activity is required is important to assessing for 2033 vision targets. Key to achieving the business aims of the SEP are the Black Country Strategic Companies. These companies are vital to creating economic growth and reducing the £11.6 billion productivity gap with the national economy and generating future growth.

1 Black Country Business Base

The Black Country is home to a diverse business base of 38,505 enterprises1. An enterprise can be thought of as the overall business, made up of all the individual sites or workplaces. It is defined as the smallest combination of legal units (generally based on VAT and/or PAYE records) that has a certain degree of autonomy within an enterprise group (ONS, 2019).

These firms have been categorised into five groups based on their turnover band in 20192:

1. There are 970 “High Achiever” companies, these firms have a turnover of more than £5 million a year and account for 2.9% of the business base.

2. “Growth Pioneers” are second-tier growth firms turning over £1m-£4.99m - 2,815 companies account for 8.4% of the business base.

3. The 6,880 “Potential Gazelles” companies turning over £250k to £999k account for 20.5% of the business base.

4. The 10,325 SMEs with a turnover between £100k to £249k are classified as “Solid Performers” account for 30.8% of the business base.

5. Firms turning over less than £100k are classed as “Lifestylers”, this includes micro enterprises - 12,565. This account for 37.4% of the total business base in 2019.

Black Country Business Base by Turnover Size Band

£0-£99,999 12,565 Lifestylers £100,000 - £249,999 10,325 Solid Performers £250,000 - £999,999 6,880 Potential Gazelles £1m - £4.99m 2,815 Growth Pioneers £5m+ 970 High Achievers

0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 Source: UK Business: activity, size and location, 2019

The following table displays the trend since 2014 in the number of enterprises in each turnover band. Each year there has been an increase in the number of enterprises with a turnover of over £1m and in 2019 reached a record high at 3,785, this is an increase of 13.7% from the 3,330 recorded in 2014.

Number of Enterprises 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 £5m+ 855 850 940 955 940 970 £1m - £4.99m 2,475 2,570 2,635 2,635 2,835 2,815 £250,000 - £999,999 5,650 6,250 6,350 6,545 6,695 6,880 £100,000 - £249,999 7,875 8,805 9,030 9,555 9,985 10,325 £0-£99,999 10,770 11,715 12,730 13,880 12,880 12,565 Total 27,625 30,190 31,685 33,570 33,335 33,555

1 Office for National Statistics (ONS), Business Demography, 2018 2 Currently the Business Demography dataset does not provide a breakdown by turnover of the 38,505 registered enterprises. However, this breakdown can be obtained via the UK Business Count Dataset, which is a snapshot (March 2019) of the Business Demography dataset. At the time of the snapshot there were 33,555 enterprises in the Black Country which has been used for the turnover analysis. 2 Defining a Strategic Company

A survey conducted in the Black Country identified that businesses with a turnover of more than £1m are significantly more likely to grow - the Black Country is home to 3,785 companies with turnover level of greater than £1m. In order to get a list of Black Country Strategic Companies a filtering process is applied to these High Turnover firms with information available via the Financial Analysis Made Easy (FAME)3 database. The following parameters are applied:

1. Turnover & Trading Address - Strategic companies should have a minimum estimated turnover of £1m a year and have a registered or trading office in the Black Country. 2. Parent Company - If a company has many subsidiaries the parent company is chosen for the Strategic Companies list. 3. Signs of Activity - Holding companies that don’t appear to trade are also excluded from the list based on the premise that they do not contribute to the productivity of the Black Country business base. 4. Private Sector - Many public sector establishments such as schools are identified through the initial strategic search but are subsequently excluded from the final Strategic Companies list which measures private sector productivity in the Black Country. 5. Partner Information - Local intelligence is also applied to the list and it is updated on an annual basis. Local intelligence can suggest the addition of firms that that don’t strictly qualify for one of the parameters listed above but are seen to make a significant contribution to growth in the sub-region.

From this process we have identified 1,769 companies that are included on the 2019 ‘Black Country Strategic Companies List’. This is a reduction on last year’s figure (2,160) as charities have now been completely removed and we have evolved the methodology further to be more robust and provide detail about companies that are not active locally or are just holding companies using FAME. We have also worked with local authorities to understand the companies they view as strategically significant. Please see appendix 1 for a full list of the strategic companies in the Black Country, their location, and sector.

Overall, our strategic companies are the bedrock to Black Country economy, leading on growth opportunities through exporting and supply chain opportunities for firms in the area. The London Stock Exchange’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2019’ features 18 Black Country firms, compared to 21 the previous year. There were 6 in Dudley, 2 in Sandwell, 4 in and 6 in Wolverhampton.

We have identified 1,769 strategic companies in the Black Country from the BvD FAME database in August 2019. This infographic illustrates the economic impact of the strategic companies.

While this report is focusing on the larger companies is it important to note 88.7% of businesses in the Black Country generate less than £1million turnover and 99.6% of businesses employ less than 250 employees4, further highlighting the need to support smaller as well as larger businesses. The third sector is also another key section and page 8 sets out an additional analysis of the top 100 charitable organisations across the Black Country.

3 FAME is a financial information database of 7 million companies in the UK and Rep. of Ireland updated daily, with up to 10 years of data. Detailed financial, descriptive and ownership information for these companies plus summary. The database allows users to search by a wide selection of criteria (name, code, location, size, and many others). 4 ONS, UK business: activity, size and location, 2019 3 Value to the Black Country Economy

Gross Value Added5 GVA Number of • These firms generate approximately £9.1bn Gross Value Added (GBP) Companies (GVA) both nationally and internationally, including GVA from > £500m 1 the 1,323 unknown companies. Jaguar Land Rover are in the £250-500m 5 >£500m bracket, and DPD, Homeserve, Marston’s PLC, Poundland and The Staffing Group are in the £250m-500m £100-250m 5 bracket. £50-100m 8 £20-50m 27 • Ensuring these companies remain in the Black Country and £15-20m 15 continue to grow is fundamental to the Sub-Region’s economy £10-15m 27 and addressing the £11.6 billion output gap. £5-10m 80 £1-5m 220 <£1m 58 Unknown 1,323

Turnover Turnover Number of • These 1,769 companies have a combined turnover of (GBP) Companies approximately £57.1bn. > £500m 10 £250-500m 6 • 0.9% of these strategic companies had a turnover of £250m £100-250m 30 or more. £50-100m 41 £20-50m 150 • 72% of these companies have an estimated turnover of less £15-20m 81 than £10m. £10-15m 171

£5-10m 393 £1-5m 717 Estimated £1m 170

Jobs Number of Number of • These 1,769 companies employ approximately 240,200 people. Employees Companies 500+ 50 • 68% employ between 10 and 250 people. 250-500 55 100-250 143 • 74% of these companies employ less than 50 people. 50-100 216 • 10-50 841 3% of these companies employ over 500 people.

1-10 464 • There are currently 450,000 employees in the Black Country.7

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5 Please note data on these companies needs to be interpreted with caution as not all of the economic benefits will be to the Black Country economy. The data is based on the full company which may have branches outside of the Black Country. 6 Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), 2019. 4 Sector Analysis

Transformational We have identified five priority sectors which will secure the most economic growth because of their export potential and supply chain opportunities.

Transformational sectors are: Advanced Manufacturing, Building Technologies, Transport Technologies, Business Services and Environmental Technologies.

These firms make up a large proportion of the strategic companies and make a large contribution to the Black Country. Sectoral analysis sets out the composition of jobs by sector and shows that there are currently 206,700 jobs7 in our transformational sectors and our ambition is to grow to 273,000 jobs by 2030. GVA growth is forecasted to increase from £13.2bn to £23.5bn in the same period.

Enabling Our five enabling sectors are crucial in terms of the wider economy and quality of life in the Black Country. The effectiveness of our programme to secure growth in the transformational sectors hinges in part on the performance of these sectors.

They are: Retail, Visitor Economy, Sports, Health and Public Sector (including Education and Skills).

There are 242,400 jobs8 in the enabling sectors. Our ambition is to grow jobs in these sectors to 325,000 jobs by 2030.

Sources: Oxford Economics, Black Country Economic Model Vision Scenario

7 Business Register and Employment Survey, 2019 8 Business Register and Employment Survey, 2019 5 Current GVA 45% Black Country 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10%

5% % of total GVA (£) GVA oftotal % 0% Advanced Building Business Environmental Transport Health Public Sector Retail Sports Visitor Manufacturing Technologies Services Technologies Technologies Economy

Transformational Sectors Enabling Sectors This graph demonstrates sectoral GVA in the Black Country compared to the national average. Advanced Manufacturing contributed 18% of total GVA compared to 12% nationally.

Current Jobs

30% Black Country England

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0% Advanced Building Business Environmental Transport Health Public Sector Retail Sports Visitor Manufacturing Technologies Services Technologies Technologies Economy

Transformational Sectors Enabling Sectors

This graph demonstrates the contribution of sectors in terms of employment in the Black Country compared to nationally. Advanced Manufacturing contributed 15% of total jobs compared to 11% nationally.

% of Strategic Companies in each Sector

6% 1% Advanced Manufacturing 0% Building Technologies 34.1% of strategic 34% Business Services companies are in the Environmental Technologies advanced manufacturing 32% Health sector, the highest proportion of all sectors, Public Sector closely followed by retail (31.5%). Retail

Sports 2% 7% Transport Technologies 1% 3% 14% Visitor Economy 6 Transformational Sectors

Priority No of Turnover Employees GVA • 1,134 (64%) of all strategic companies Sectors Companies (£bn) (£bn) are in one of the 5 transformational Advanced 601 7.7 39,728 1.1 sectors identified in the Black Country Manufacturing as shown. 630 (36%) firms are in the Building 124 3.2 18,211 0.8 enabling sectors. Technologies Business 251 31.7 95,097 5.1 • The strategic companies in Services transformational sectors generate the Environmental 46 0.3 1,440 0.04 highest proportion of GVA - £7.7bn. Technologies Transport 112 2.5 18,086 0.7 • A significant proportion of these Technologies strategic companies are based in the Total 1,134 45.6 172,562 7.7 advanced manufacturing sector - 601 companies, accounting for 15% of the Enabling Sectors GVA in the transformational sector.

Priority No of Turnover Employees GVA • Sectors Companies (£bn) (£bn) Amongst the Enabling Sectors, the Retail sector is also well represented Health 23 0.2 7,714 0.1 amongst these companies, accounting Public Sector 24 0.08 1,735 0.02 for 88% of all companies. Retail 556 9.5 44,856 0.8 Sports 5 0.2 643 0.1 Visitor 22 2.5 20,487 0.4 Economy Total 630 11.3 75,435 1.4

Sub-Sectors No of Sub- Sectors No of Businesses Businesses Agents involved in the sale of agricultural raw materials, live 1 Painting 1 animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods Agriculture, Horticulture & Livestock 1 Printing & Publishing 8 Banking, Insurance & Financial Services 7 Property Services 23 Business Services 223 Public Administration, Education, Health Social 25 Services Chemicals, Petroleum, Rubber & Plastic 50 Recovery of sorted materials 1 Collection of non-hazardous waste 1 Remediation activities and other waste 1 management services Communications 4 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment 1 and tangible goods n.e.c. Computer Software 11 Residential care activities for the elderly and 1 disabled Construction 122 Retail excluding wholesale 117 Food & Tobacco Manufacturing 25 Textiles & Clothing Manufacturing 18 Industrial, Electric & Electronic Machinery 75 Transport Manufacturing 16 Leather, Stone, Clay & Glass products 8 Transport, Freight & Storage 43 Licensed restaurants 1 Travel, Personal & Leisure 82 Machining 1 Utilities 3 Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of 1 Waste Management & Treatment 40 steel Metals & Metal Products 307 Wholesale 414 Mining & Extraction 2 Wood, Furniture & Paper Manufacturing 41 Miscellaneous Manufacturing 87 Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery 1 Other business support service activities n.e.c. 1 Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and 1 tobacco processing

Grand Total + 2 unknown 1765

7 Charitable Organisations

The below tables provide a breakdown of the top 100 companies registered as a charity across the Black Country by local authority and by major sector. Organisations in the top 100 include housing associations and visitor attractions. Please note that GVA is lower due to insufficient financial data available resulting in only GVA being calculated for 66 companies9. Please see appendix 2 for a full list of top 100 charitable organisations in the Black Country.

Local Authority Number of % of Turnover % of Employees % of GVA % of GVA Companies companies turnover employees

Dudley 22 22% £56,219 15% 1,200 18% £25,971 15% Sandwell 29 29% £86,269 23% 2,480 38% £38,589 22% Walsall 23 41% £154,272 42% 1,317 20% £72,037 41% Wolverhampton 26 23% £73,326 20% 1,509 23% £40,537 23% Total 100 100% £370,086 100% 6,506 100% £177,134 100%

Number of % Turnover % Employees % GVA % Charitable (million) Organisations Business Services 5 5% £35.9 10% 227 3% £10,330 6% Community Group 2 2% £5.6 1% 111 2% £0 0% Media & Broadcasting 3 3% £2.8 1% 71 1% £1,578 1% Metals & Metal Products 1 1% £8.6 2% 48 1% £2,360 1% Printing & Publishing 1 1% £1.8 0% 19 0% £554 0% Property Services 2 2% £106.7 29% 688 11% £66,289 37% Public Administration, 50 50% £126.3 34% 3,361 52% £66,921 38% Education, Health Social Services Religious Group 16 16% £20.6 6% 197 3% £0 0% Transport, Freight & Storage 1 1% £692 0% 39 1% £430 0% Travel, Personal & Leisure 19 19% £61.3 17% 1,745 27% £28,672 16% Total 100 100% £370.1 100% 6,506 100% £177,134 100%

As seen in the first table above, the largest proportion of the top 100 charitable companies are based within Walsall (41%) with the lowest in Dudley (22%). The majority operate within the Public Administration, Education, Health Social Services sector which includes organisations such as The Sandwell Community Caring Trust, Beacon Centre For The Blind (Dudley), County Air Ambulance Trust (Walsall) and Compton Care Group Limited (Wolverhampton). Overall, the top 100 charitable organisations are estimated to employ over 6,500 people and contribute over £370m in turnover, and over £170m in GVA.

Some extremely important non-profit organisations locally both in terms of jobs and GVA impact don’t feature on the above list for the public sector or charities, as they’re registered as societies. Companies House, the source of our company data via the FAME database, only hold the name and registration number of societies rather than full account details – therefore these societies, whatever their size and impact – are missing from our analysis.

Notable society organisations in the Black Country that are of significant size include:

• Accord Housing Association Limited • Dudley Building Society • Wolverhampton City Credit Union Limited • Bromford Housing Association Limited • Walsave Credit Union Limited • West Bromwich Building Society

9 Source: FAME BvD database, August 2019. Please note that for companies which turnover values and GVA values were unknown due to insufficient data from FAME an estimated £1m has been used for each company. 8 High Growth Companies

High growth is defined as annualised average growth in turnover of 20% or more over a three-year period (OECD definition). Of the 1,769 strategic companies in the Black Country, 6 are high growth companies. These high growth companies currently employ 21,209 people – 8.5% of people employed in all strategic companies. Total employment in these companies has increased by an average of 28% over the latest one-year period (+4,687 employees). The following table shows the majority of these companies are in the Business Services sector.

Company name BC Sector Transformational/Enabling Select Health Care Limited Health Enabling JG Foods Limited Retail Enabling Simcorp Coric Limited Business Services Transformational The Staffing Group Limited Business Services Transformational Fortel Limited Business Services Transformational Baldwins Holdings Limited Business Services Transformational

The London Stock Exchange’s ‘1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2019’ report highlights 1,000 of the fastest growing SMEs in the country. The selection criteria require companies to have shown not just growing revenue over the past four years but also to have outperformed their sector peers. The 1,000 companies highlighted in the report are growing at an average of 50% a year. In addition, because high growth companies’ success tends to be based on innovation, rather than the strict cost control typical of large cap, the jobs they create are usually higher skilled and higher paid. The top five industries represented by the 1,000 UK companies are Engineering & Construction, Retail, Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Healthcare, accounting for 44% of the overall list. The 1,000 companies in this year’s report together created 95,827 jobs over the past two-year period, a 39% increase compared to last year’s report.

The map above below how many companies from each region in the UK made it onto the ‘1,000 companies to inspire Britain’ list. Greater London had the biggest contribution at 288 companies, and the area with the fewest companies was Wales with 23 companies.

9 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2019: Black Country Companies (1.8% of all companies)

Company Name Local Authority Sector Turnover Employee Band Band

A&H Construction & Developments (Holdings) Ltd Dudley Building Technologies £100m-£250m 50-100 Absolute Apparel Ltd Wolverhampton Retail £20-£50m 50-100 Aib Foods Ltd Wolverhampton Retail £15m-£20m 50-100 Ash & Lacy Holdings Ltd Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing £20-£50m 250-500 Avanti Ltd Dudley Business Services £10m-£15m 100-250 Central Supplies (Brierley Hill) Ltd Dudley Retail £50m-£100m 100-250 Charter Court Financial Services Group Plc Wolverhampton Business Services £100m-£250m 500+ J. Hayward & Sons of Walsall Ltd Walsall Transport Technologies £15m-£20m 50-100 Jarell Ltd Walsall Business Services £20-£50m 500+ Jg Foods Ltd Dudley Retail £20-£50m 250-500 Mcauliffe Group Ltd Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies £20-£50m 50-100 Oliver Grace Ltd Walsall Environmental Technologies £20-£50m 50-100 Palman Ltd Wolverhampton Business Services £50m-£100m 100-250 Select Health Care Ltd Dudley Health £20-£50m 500+ Shaylor Holdings Ltd Walsall Business Services No Data No Data Task Consumer Products Ltd Wolverhampton Retail £20-£50m 50-100 Thomas Dudley Group Ltd Dudley Advanced Manufacturing £20-£50m 250-500 William King Ltd Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing £100m-£250m 250-500

1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2019: West Midlands Companies (8.5% of all companies)

Company A T Contracting & Plant Hire Ltd Gemini Repairs Ltd Packington Pork Ltd A. Edmonds & Co. Ltd Globe Locums Ltd Palletline Ltd A&H Construction & Developments (Holdings) Ltd Greenbrook Healthcare (Hounslow) Ltd Palman Ltd Absolute Apparel Ltd Grinsty Holdings Ltd Place Partnership Ltd Accomplish Group Hannafin Holdings Ltd Prospect Housing Ltd Adjustopen Ltd Haygrove Ltd Purplebricks Group Plc Afh Financial Group Plc Healthharmonie Ltd Repl Group Worldwide Ltd Aib Foods Ltd Hob Farms Ltd RS Connect Ash & Lacy Holdings Ltd International Energy Crops Ltd S & U Plc Aspens-Services Ltd J.Hayward & Sons of Walsall Ltd Sage Building Envelope Contractors Ltd Autins Group Plc Jarell Ltd Sandmaster (Uk) Holdings Ltd Avanti West Midlands Ltd Jewellery Quarter Bullion Ltd Select Health Care Ltd Avc (Stairbox) Ltd Jg Foods Ltd Shaylor Holdings Ltd Bps Warwick Ltd Kennet Equipment Leasing Ltd Shropshire Homes Holdings Ltd Bridgetown Holdings Ltd Lsdm Ltd Siamo Azzuri Ltd Caldwell Construction Ltd Luceco Plc Stoford Properties Ltd Central Supplies (Brierley Hill) Ltd Macc Care Ltd T H Baker Holdings Ltd Charter Court Financial Services Group Plc Mcauliffe Group Ltd Task Consumer Products Ltd Codemasters Group Holdings Plc Mec Com Ltd The Right Mortgage Ltd Curae Ltd Mercia Technologies Plc Thomas Dudley Group Ltd Dodd Group Holdings Ltd Metrasens Ltd View Automation Ltd Duo Equipment Ltd Midwinter Solutions Ltd W.H. Smith & Sons Holdings Ltd E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd Nd Support Services Ltd Webb Plant Group Ltd E-Ppl Holdings Ltd Nectere Ltd Wellhopped Ltd Facilities & Corporate Solutions Ltd Northwood Hygiene Products Ltd William King Ltd Fast Pressure I Ltd Now Education Ltd Willis Acorn Ltd Find Me A Gift Ltd Oliver Grace Ltd Willshees Waste & Recycling Ltd First Choice Group 1999 Ltd P D M Produce (U.K.) Ltd Winner Recruitment () Ltd

Y International (Uk) Ltd

10 Strategic Company Ownership

Global Ultimate Owner (GUO) details are available for 170 strategic companies; Great Britain accounts for 129 (76%) of the 170 companies with known Global Ultimate Ownership.

The graph below shows the ownership breakdown of the 41 foreign owned strategic companies – the majority (34%) are owned by USA, and Luxembourg (15%). In total 13 foreign countries are GUO’s of companies with a head office based in the Black Country. Black Country Strategic Companies - Foreign Owned Companies 16 14 14 12 10 8 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

Source: FAME, August 2019 Diversity

Out of a total of 2,075 companies in the Black Country10 operating with revenues over £1m yearly, there are 6,794 directors. Of these, 1,688 are female (25%), and 5,104 are male (75%). This female boardroom representation is lower than the current share within FTSE100 companies but higher than that of FTSE250 boards and the largest West Midlands firms. Women are now in 29% of directors’ seats on FTSE 100 boards, 23.7% on FTSE250, but as low as 13.1% in the West Midlands largest 1000 companies.11 % of Women on Company Boards/Directors 30.0% 29.0% 28.0% 26.0% 24.9% 23.7% 24.0% 22.0% 20.0% 18.0% 16.0% 14.0% 13.1% 12.0% 10.0% Black Country Strategic WM1000 FTSE250 FTSE100 Companies

10 2,075 is the first list that was downloaded from FAME, prior to cleansing (after which the number reached 1,769). 11 As reported in the WMCA Leadership Commission – ‘Leaders Like You’ (2018) 11 Out of the 8 listed strategic companies in the Black Country, 4 have male-only boards. Average board reperesentation is 84% male, and 16% female. Listed Black Country Companies Board Membership

100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 88% 90% 80% 70% 70% 70% 63% 60% 50% 38% 40% 30% 30% 30% 20% 13% 10% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% ANDREWS CASTINGS CHAMBERLIN CHARTER HOMESERVE MARSTON'S ROTALA PLC INTU SYKES GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED PLC COURT PLC PLC PROPERTIES PLC COMPANY FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP PLC % of Male % of Female

Out of the top 100 strategic companies12 in the Black Country, 81% of directors are male, compared to 13% which are female. In total there are 523 board members on the top 100 companies, of which 46 genders are unknown.

Top 100 Companies Board Membership

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Males Females Unknown

The average age of board members is 53, the youngest board member is 22 and the oldest is 99.

Please see appendix 3 for a full list of the top 100 strategic companies, and the gender breakdown of their board membership.

12 The top 100 companies from the first list with the highest turnover in the last available year. 12 77% of directors out of the 2,075 companies are aged between 41-70. There was 1 director aged between 10- 20, and 17 aged between 91-100.

Source: FAME, August 2019

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0 10-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100 There are 6,740 directors which are from the UK, this equates to 93% of the total. The remaining 7% who are not from the UK, are mainly from the USA (16%), India (12%), France (10%) and Germany (10%). Country of Nationality of Director

United States of America Ukraine Turkey Thailand Taiwan Switzerland Sweden Sri Lanka Spain South Africa Saudi Arabia Republic of Korea Portugal Poland Pakistan Norway No data fulfill your filter criteria Nigeria New Zealand Netherlands Mauritius Malaysia Lebanon Japan Italy Israel Islamic Republic of Iran Ireland India Greece Ghana Germany France Denmark Cyprus China Canada Belgium Austria Australia 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Count of Directors Source: FAME, August 2019

13 The map shows the current trade deals (as at 14/10/2019) the UK has with countries around the world.

Source: The European Comission

14 Exports

Export demand is holding up well across the Black Country despite the uncertainty around Brexit with 81% of businesses reporting an increase or constant rate of domestic sales in Q2 of the Black Country Chambers of Commorce Quarterly Economic Survey (down from 88% in Q2 2018) and 84% reported the same for export orders (down from 95% in Q2 2018). Black Country Trade in Goods 2,500

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Source: HMRC, Regional Trade in Goods Statistics dis-aggregated by smaller geographical areas, 2018

50.4% of the £3.1bn total value of Black Country exports were to the EU (£1.6bn). The remaining 49.6% were non-EU exports valued at £1.5bn.13 Flow EU/Non-EU Value (£m) Local Authority Exp EU 320 Dudley Exp Non-EU 238 Dudley Imp EU 419 Dudley Imp Non-EU 481 Dudley Total £1,458 Exp EU 505 Sandwell Exp Non-EU 334 Sandwell Imp EU 761 Sandwell Imp Non-EU 764 Sandwell Total £2,364 Exp EU 401 Walsall Exp Non-EU 274 Walsall Imp EU 452 Walsall Imp Non-EU 432 Walsall Total £1,559 Exp EU 332 Wolverhampton Exp Non-EU 685 Wolverhampton Imp EU 395 Wolverhampton Imp Non-EU 614 Wolverhampton Total £2,026

13 HMRC: Regional Trade in Goods Statistics dis-aggregated by smaller geographical areas, 2018

15 Location

The spread of companies is fairly even across the Black Country, 30% of firms are located in Dudley, 25% in Sandwell, 29% in Walsall and 17% in Wolverhampton. Sector clusters are most notable in the advanced manufacturing, transport technologies and building technologies sectors.

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17 Appendix

Appendix 1: Strategic Companies List

Company LA Sector 1ST ACCESS GROUP LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing 21STCENTURY DRINKS LIMITED Walsall Retail 360 - DMG LTD Walsall Environmental Technologies 65BIT SOFTWARE LIMITED Dudley Business Services 77 GLB LIMITED Walsall Business Services 8P.M. CHEMIST LIMITED Walsall Retail A & A WALTERS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services A & B RICHARDSON ENGINEERING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing A & D JOINERY & INTERIORS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing A & M EDM LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing A & R VEHICLE SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Retail A & T ENCLOSURES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing A & T STORAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Walsall Retail A C STEELS LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing A J S METALS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing A P B PAINTING SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies A THOMPSON MOTOR BODIES LIMITED Sandwell Retail A&H CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED #N/A Building Technologies A&T CHATHA LTD. Walsall Building Technologies A. & P.J. STEELS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing A. HINGLEY TRANSPORT (BRIERLEY HILL) LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies A. MIR & CO. LIMITED Sandwell Retail A. W. BAXTER LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies A. W. STOKES & SON (DRUMS) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing A.B.S. (BURTON) LIMITED Walsall Retail A.CLARKE & CO.(SMETHWICK)LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies A.E.CHAPMAN & CO.,(OLD HILL)LIMITED Sandwell Retail A.E.POXON & SONS LIMITED Walsall Retail A.F.BLAKEMORE AND SON LIMITED Walsall Retail A.J. BAKER (GRINDING) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing A.J. METAL PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing A.K. INTERNATIONAL (IMPORTS & EXPORTS) LIMITED Dudley Retail A.K.HUGHES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing A.P.D. TRUCK MIXER REPAIRS LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing A.S. RUBBER & PLASTICS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing A.S.H. PLASTICS (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing A.T.B. SYSTEMS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ABA CRANE HIRE LIMITED Dudley Business Services ABACUS BUILDERS MERCHANTS (WALSALL) LIMITED Walsall Retail ABBEY SPUNCAST LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ABC EARLY LEARNING & CHILDCARE CENTRE UK LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services ABCO KOVEX (UK) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ABSOLUTE APPAREL LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail

18 Company LA Sector ACCESS PRODUCTS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ACCESS STAFF LTD Walsall Business Services ACCUMIX CONCRETE LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ACCURA ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies ACCURATE LASER CUTTING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ACCURATE SECTION BENDERS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ACENTA STEEL LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ACERINOX (U.K.) LIMITED Walsall Retail ACME SPRING CO. LIMITED(THE) Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ACRE PHARMA LIMITED Walsall Retail ACTON BANKS LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services ADAM JONES INVESTMENTS LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies ADAMS ENCLOSURES LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ADASTRA ACCESS LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies ADI TREATMENTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ADMIRAL SELF STORAGE LTD Walsall Business Services ADROIT ACCESSORIES LIMITED Walsall Retail ADVANCED DIRECT MAIL LIMITED Dudley Business Services ADVANCED SEALS AND GASKETS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ADVANCED SERVICES (WEST MIDLANDS) LIMITED Sandwell Business Services ADVANCEL LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies ADWIN SPRING COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing AEROPLAS (U.K.) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing AEROTECH INSPECTION & NDT LIMITED Sandwell Business Services AIB FOODS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail AIR SEATING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing AJS PROFILES LIMITED Sandwell Business Services AJT SUPPLIES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ALAMGEER FOODS LIMITED Walsall Retail ALAN WARWICK LIMITED Walsall Retail ALANTO LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ALBERT JAGGER HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Retail ALBION LEASING (WEST MIDLANDS) LIMITED Dudley Business Services ALBION SECTIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ALCOMET LIMITED Dudley Retail ALDRIDGE TRIMMING LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail ALEXANDER AND JAMES LIMITED Dudley Retail ALEXANDER COMLEY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ALEXARA LIMITED Sandwell Retail ALL ALLOY SLITTING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ALL CLEAR SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies ALL SEASONS CONTRACTING CO. LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies ALLENS CRANKSHAFTS LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing ALLIANCE IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED Dudley Visitor Economy ALLIANCE OPTICAL CO. (HARBORNE) LIMITED Walsall Retail ALLIED INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED Sandwell Health

19 Company LA Sector ALLIED MACHINE & ENGINEERING CO. (EUROPE) LTD. Dudley Retail ALLOY WIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Business Services ALM DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Dudley Retail ALPHA DESIGNS UPHOLSTERY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing ALPHA DRIVE (WEST MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Business Services ALPHA-ROWEN LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ALPHONSUS SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Business Services ALTERNATIVE TRADING 2014 LTD Walsall Environmental Technologies ALTO HANDLING LIMITED Walsall Retail ALTODIGITAL NETWORKS LIMITED Dudley Business Services ALUCAST LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ALUMINIUM SPECIAL PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ALUTRADE LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies ALWIN LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies AMA GRUPA LIMITED Dudley Retail AMARI METALS LIMITED Walsall Business Services AMBER SHEARING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing AMBERTEX LIMITED Sandwell Retail AMG GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services AMLIN MOTORS LIMITED Dudley Retail AMOJESS LIMITED Sandwell Retail AMPHION CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies AMPLE LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing AMPTEAM LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ANCA INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Retail ANCOL PET PRODUCTS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ANDIAN SPECIALIST FABRICATIONS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC Wolverhampton Business Services ANDYFREIGHT HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies ANGEL REMY LTD Walsall Retail ANGEL SPRINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Visitor Economy ANGLE RING HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ANOCHROME TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing ANSALDO NUCLEAR LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies ANSELL JONES LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies ANTHONY C. RICKARDS LIMITED Walsall Retail ANVIL STEELS (SANDWELL) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing AP LIFTING GEAR COMPANY LTD. Dudley Retail APEX MACHINING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing APIC UK LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing APOLLO FLOW MEASUREMENT LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies APPLIED COATING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Sandwell Business Services APPROVED DESIGN LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies APSS LIMITED Sandwell Public Sector APTON PARTITIONING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing

20 Company LA Sector ARCARE (WEST MIDLANDS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services ARCC COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies ARCELORMITTAL DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED Walsall Retail ARCELORMITTAL TAILORED BLANKS BIRMINGHAM LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies ARDEL OEM LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail ARFORD STEEL PROFILES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ARGUS FIRE PROTECTION COMPANY LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies ARLEC FABRICATIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ARMOLOY (U.K.) LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing ASC UK, LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ASH & LACY HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ASHIK CHICKEN KEBABS LIMITED Sandwell Retail ASHLEY MANOR UPHOLSTERY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ASHMORE PROPERTIES LIMITED Sandwell Business Services ASHMORES PRESS BRAKE TOOLING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ASHWOOD NURSERIES LIMITED Dudley Retail ASHWORTH EUROPE LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies ASSA ABLOY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ASSET ALLIANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services ASSURED SAFETY RECRUITMENT LIMITED Walsall Business Services A-STAT OFFICE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing ASTEC EUROPE LIMITED Dudley Retail ASTRAD LIMITED Wolverhampton Visitor Economy ATB SPECIAL PRODUCTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ATLAS BALL AND BEARING CO. LIMITED Walsall Retail ATOTECH UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail AUM CONSTRUCTION LTD Walsall Building Technologies AUM HEALTHCARE LIMITED Walsall Retail AURUBIS UK LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing AUTO STYLING TRUCKMAN GROUP LIMITED Dudley Retail Autoneum #N/A Transport Technologies AUTOSALES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail AUTOSHOP LIMITED Walsall Retail AVANTI WEST MIDLANDS LIMITED Dudley Business Services AXIOM BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies B & J DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Walsall Retail B D HEALTHCARE LIMITED Walsall Retail B. & G. TRANSPORT (DUDLEY) LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies B. E. BARKER LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies B. M. I. FOUNDRY SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Retail B. SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY LIMITED Dudley Retail B.& G.LOCK & TOOL CO.LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing B.B. PRICE LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing B.E. WEDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing B.E.S. LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail B.G.N. BOARDS COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Retail

21 Company LA Sector B.M.I. ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing B.S. ASHLEY LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies B.S.T. SUPPLIES & CO LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing B.T.C. ACTIVEWEAR LIMITED Walsall Retail BABY TRAVEL U.K. LTD Wolverhampton Retail BACHE PALLETS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BAG IT UP LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies BAHIA SUPERSTORES LIMITED Walsall Retail BAKER BOYS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BALDWINS HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Business Services BANNISTEEL LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BARHALE HOLDINGS PLC Walsall Building Technologies BARLOW MOTORS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail BARNFATHER HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing BARR & GROSVENOR LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing BARTON STORAGE SYSTEMS LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services BATHROOM BUBBLES LIMITED Sandwell Retail BATTERY SERVICES LTD Dudley Retail BAYDONIAN LIMITED Walsall Retail BAYLIS AUTOMOTIVE (SMETHWICK) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BAYLISS TRUST LIMITED(THE) Wolverhampton Business Services BD PROFILES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BEACONSFIELD PRODUCTS (HALESOWEN) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BEARWOOD BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. (SMETHWICK) LIMITED Sandwell Retail BECK PROSPER LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BECKETT ABRASIVES LIMITED Walsall Retail BECK'S BUTCHERS LIMITED Walsall Retail BEESWIFT LIMITED Sandwell Retail BELTRAMI UK LIMITED Dudley Retail BENBOW STEELS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BENNETT WILLIAMS PARTNERSHIP (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BERNSTEIN LTD Walsall Retail BESPOKE GLOBAL RESOURCING LTD Wolverhampton Business Services BESWICK RESOURCES LTD Dudley Health BETA HEAT TREATMENT LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BEVAN GROUP LTD Walsall Transport Technologies BF ENTRON LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BIASI UK LIMITED Walsall Retail BIG BEAR PLASTIC PRODUCTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing BIG TIME SOFT DRINKS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing BILLINGHAM & KITE LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies BILLS GROUP LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies BILSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED Walsall Business Services BIP (OLDBURY) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BIRCHFIELD ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BIRCHILLS AUTOMOTIVE (PRESSWORK) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing

22 Company LA Sector BIRFORD CABLE & HARNESS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing BIRMINGHAM GARAGE & INDUSTRIAL DOORS LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies BIRMINGHAM PLATING COMPANY LTD. Sandwell Building Technologies BIRMINGHAM SEALS COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Retail BISHOPRISE LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing BJ CHEESE PACKAGING LTD Sandwell Retail BJS DISTRIBUTION STORAGE AND COURIERS LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies BKB MEDIA LIMITED Walsall Business Services BLACK COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY Wolverhampton Business Services BLACK COUNTRY COMMERCIALS LTD Dudley Retail BLACK COUNTRY CONSORTIUM LIMITED Dudley Public Sector BLACK COUNTRY PALLETS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services BLACK COUNTRY PRESSINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing BLACKACRES LIMITED Dudley Business Services BLACKBROOK ESTATES LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies BLACKHEATH GROUP LIMITED Dudley Business Services BLACKPRINT LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BLACKS VETS LIMITED Dudley Health BLITZ RECYCLING LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies BLOOMFIELD PACKAGING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BLOOM'S (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail BLUE SKY COMMERCIAL LIMITED Dudley Business Services BOB RICHARDSON TOOLS & FASTENERS LIMITED Dudley Retail BODY SHOCK LIMITED Walsall Retail BOLLHOFF FASTENINGS LIMITED Walsall Retail BOLTFAST LIMITED Walsall Retail BOLTIGHT LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing BONNER STUDS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing BORDESLEY GREEN GARAGE (BILSTON) LIMITED Walsall Retail BORO FOUNDRY LIMITED(THE) Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BOSS DESIGN LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BOSWELL & CO. (STEELS) LIMITED Dudley Retail BOWMAN STOR LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing BRANDED HOUSEWARES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail BRANDENBURG HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BRAVE GB LIMITED Walsall Retail BREEZE RECRUITMENT DRIVEFORCE LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services BRIERLEY LIFTING TACKLE COMPANY LIMITED Dudley Retail BRIGGS AMASCO LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies BRIGHTON-BEST INTERNATIONAL, (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Retail BRIGSTOCK DAIRIES LIMITED Dudley Retail BRI-MAC ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BRINDLEY ASPHALT LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies BROADWAY KITCHENS & BEDROOMS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing BROCKMOOR FOUNDRY COMPANY LIMITED(THE) Dudley Advanced Manufacturing BROMFORD HOUSING GROUP LIMITED Wolverhampton #N/A

23 Company LA Sector BRONX ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies BROOKS ENGLAND LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BROOKS FORGINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing BROYCE CONTROL LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing BRYLAND FIRE PROTECTION LIMITED Dudley Retail BSB AUTO PARTS PTY LTD Sandwell Retail BSC DIECASTING & FINISHING LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing BUCKLESCALE LIMITED Dudley Retail BUCKNALL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Business Services BURCAS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing BURKE BROS WOLVERHAMPTON LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies BURROWS GROUP LIMITED Wolverhampton Public Sector BUSE GASES LIMITED Sandwell Business Services BUSINESS SUPPLIES LIMITED Walsall Retail BUTTERFLY EMBROIDERY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing C BROWN SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing C J TOOL AND MOULDINGS LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies C R F SECTIONS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing C&F GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing C. ADAMS & SONS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Retail C. FULLARD (METALS) LIMITED Walsall Retail C. HEARN & SONS (DARLASTON) LIMITED Walsall Retail C.& S.STEELS(WOLVERHAMPTON)LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing C.7.CONTRACTORS LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies C.A.B. JOINERY SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies C.A.CLEMSON & SONS LIMITED Dudley Retail C.BEECH & SONS (NETHERTON) LIMITED Dudley Retail C.C. CONTRACTING LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies C.G.MURRAY & SON LIMITED Dudley Retail C.L.A FABRICATIONS LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing C.M. ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LIMITED Sandwell Retail C/L REFURBISHMENTS LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CAB AUTOMOTIVE LTD. Sandwell Transport Technologies CABLE & ALLOYS (WILLENHALL) LIMITED Walsall Retail CABLES BRITAIN LIMITED Sandwell Retail CANNON TOOLS LIMITED Sandwell Retail CAPITAL ALUMINIUM EXTRUSIONS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CAPITAL APPLIANCE CENTRE LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail CAPRILLO LTD Walsall Retail CAR PARTS INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies CARAM LIMITED Wolverhampton Health CARD PARTY LIMITED Walsall Retail CAREERLINK LIMITED Dudley Business Services CAREY HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing CARLTON CARE HOMES LTD Dudley Health CARLYLE BUS & COACH LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies

24 Company LA Sector CARPET ELITE LIMITED Walsall Retail CARRS TOOL STEELS LIMITED Sandwell Retail CARVER (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies CARVER GROUP LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies CASINO 36 LIMITED Wolverhampton Visitor Economy CASPER STORES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CASTLE CARBIDE LIMITED Dudley Retail CASTLE TAPES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Walsall Business Services CELLTEX LIMITED Walsall Retail CEMINERAL LIMITED Dudley Retail CENTRAL EXTRUSIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing CENTRAL PATTERNMAKING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CENTRAL PLATE SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CENTRAL PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies CENTRAL RPL LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies CENTRAL SUPPLIES (BRIERLEY HILL) LTD Dudley Retail CENTRAL WASTE OIL COLLECTIONS LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies CHALLENGE POWER TRANSMISSION LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing CHAMBERLIN PLC Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CHANCO (GARAGES) LIMITED Sandwell Retail CHAPEL TYRES LIMITED Sandwell Retail CHARLES CLARK MOTORS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail CHARLES FELLOWS SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Retail CHARLIE BROWN LIMITED Sandwell Retail CHARLTON WHITEHOUSE FUELS LIMITED Sandwell Retail CHARNAT CARE LIMITED Walsall Business Services CHARTER COURT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP PLC Wolverhampton Business Services CHARTWAY INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Business Services CHAS.B.PUGH(WALSALL),LIMITED Walsall Retail CHASE EQUIPMENT LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies CHASE PLANT HIRE LIMITED Walsall Business Services CHATSWORTH UK LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing CHEMEX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Sandwell Retail CHEMIQUE UK LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CHEMVIRON CARBON LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing CHICKEN JOES LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CHINA INDUSTRIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing CHRYSALIS KEY2KEY LIMITED Sandwell Business Services CLAMASON GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Business Services CLARK FIXINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CLARKWOOD ENGINEERING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing CLASSIC DOORS AND WINDOWS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CLASSIC ENTERPRISES (UK) LIMITED Dudley Retail CLAVERLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Business Services CLEAN IMAGE (UK) LIMITED Dudley Public Sector

25 Company LA Sector CLINPHARM PLUS LTD Dudley Retail CMS (TIPTON) LIMITED Sandwell Business Services CMT ENGINEERING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing COBCO 840 LIMITED Walsall Business Services CODEX LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail COGNITIVE NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED Dudley Business Services COIL PROCESSING SUPPLIES LIMITED Sandwell Retail COIN-A-DRINK LIMITED Walsall Visitor Economy COLLIER METALS LIMITED Walsall Retail COLLINS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Walsall Business Services COLSON UK LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing COLTER STEELS LIMITED Walsall Business Services COMAR ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies COMBAT HEATING SOLUTIONS LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies COMFORT BEDS COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Retail COMMERCIAL TRADE VEHICLES (UK) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail COMPASS F.M.B. LIMITED Dudley Public Sector COMPLEX COLD FORMING LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies COMPONENT SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing CONCEPT STAINLESS LIMITED Sandwell Retail CONCORDE COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CONNECT ADVERTISING & MARKETING LLP Walsall Business Services CONSOLIDATED STEEL PRODUCTS LTD. Dudley Business Services CONSTRUCTION FASTENER TECHNIQUES LIMITED Dudley Business Services CONWAY PACKING SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services COOL-THERM (GROUP) LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies COOPER & JACKSON LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing COOPER COATED COIL LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing CO-ORDSPORT LIMITED Dudley Retail COPE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing COPPER & AUTOMOTIVE WASHER COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CORBETTS DUDLEY LTD Dudley Retail CORDWELL ESTATES LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies CORNWALLIS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing CORRUGATED BOX SUPPLIES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing CORTLAND U.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing COSMIC JEANS LIMITED Sandwell Retail COTDEAN NURSING HOMES LIMITED Dudley Health COUGAR MONITORING LTD. Sandwell Public Sector COUNTRYWIDE INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SERVICES LTD Wolverhampton Public Sector COUNTY SADDLERY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing COUSINS FURNITURE STORES LIMITED Sandwell Retail COX AND PLANT LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing COX HIRE LIMITED Dudley Business Services COZENS & COLE LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail CR PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Retail

26 Company LA Sector CRADDOCK HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CRADLEY HEATH MOTOR CO.LTD Sandwell Retail CRAIG & DERRICOTT HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Business Services CRE (W.MIDS) LIMITED Sandwell Business Services CREATIVITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dudley Business Services CROFT ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing CROSBY MANAGEMENT TRAINING LTD Wolverhampton Business Services CROSLAND CUTTERS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing CROWN CIVIL ENGINEERING (UK) LTD Sandwell Building Technologies CROWN POLISHING AND PLATING COMPANY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing CROWN SCREW LIMITED Sandwell Retail CST HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED Walsall Retail CTS INVESTMENTS WORCESTER LIMITED Dudley Retail CUBE PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing CURRALL LEWIS & MARTIN (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies CUSTOM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED Dudley Public Sector CUSTOMARK LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing CUXSON GERRARD & COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing D A PROFILES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing D.& J.BAILEY(FLOORING)LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies D.G.S. (GRINDING WHEELS & MACHINES) LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing D.K. REWINDS LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies D.P. FORREST LIMITED Dudley Retail D.S. WILLETTS (STAINLESS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing DAILY IRISH SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies DAKRO ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED Sandwell Public Sector DALAIR LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing DALE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing DANCING LEOPARD CLOTHING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing DANEWAYS LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies DANIEL BATHAM & SON LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing DANLEE UPHOLSTERY DESIGNS LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing DARCAST CRANKSHAFTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing DART PRODUCTS EUROPE LTD. Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing DARTMOUTH GLOBAL TRADING CO. LIMITED Dudley Business Services DATA HOUSEWARES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail DATA MODUL LIMITED Walsall Retail DATA SYSTEMS INTERFACE LTD Walsall Business Services DAVICON MEZZANINE FLOORS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing DAVID MANNERS LIMITED Sandwell Retail DAVIES WOVEN WIRE LIMITED Dudley Business Services DAVRO STEEL LIMITED Dudley Retail DAVROY CONTRACTS LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies DAWSON BROS.(TIMBER)LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing DCB ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED Dudley Business Services DDL RECRUITMENT LIMITED Sandwell Business Services

27 Company LA Sector DEEPDALE ENGINEERING CO. LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing DEHAL MEAT & POULTRY LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail DELIGO LIMITED Dudley Retail DELL FACTOR LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail DE-MET LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing DENICE MASTERSONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies DENWIRE LIMITED Dudley Retail DESIGNER 12 LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail DEWSBURY & PROUD LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies DIAMOND BOX LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing DIAMOND COATINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing DIBDALE AUTOS LIMITED Dudley Retail DIESEL TECHNIC UK & IRELAND LTD. Dudley Retail DIGBY TRADING LIMITED Dudley Retail DIGITAL OFFICE LIMITED Dudley Business Services DIGITAL-ASH LIMITED Walsall Visitor Economy DING DANG DO LIMITED Sandwell Business Services DINO'S BUILDING LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies DINSMORES LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing DIRECT 2 PUBLIK LIMITED Sandwell Retail DIRECT CHANNEL SUPPORT SYSTEMS LIMITED Dudley Business Services DIRECT CORPORATE CLOTHING PLC Sandwell Retail DIRECT HEALTHCARE LIMITED Sandwell Retail DIRECT PERSONNEL MIDLANDS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services DIRECT SECURITY SYSTEMS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies DISCOUNT CARS (DUDLEY) LIMITED Dudley Retail DLF DEVELOPMENTS LTD Walsall Building Technologies DMG WHOLESALE LIMITED Walsall Retail DMIR SOLUTIONS LIMITED Dudley Business Services DOM-UK LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing DONGHUA LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail DOOCEY HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies DOVECOTES TENANT MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION LIMITED Wolverhampton NA DPDGROUP UK LTD Sandwell Transport Technologies DRUMCARE LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies DRYWALL STEEL SECTIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing DRYWITE LIMITED Dudley Retail DS BROOKES LTD Dudley Transport Technologies DUDLEY CANAL TRUST (TRIPS) LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies DUDLEY CLINICAL SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Health DUDLEY WASTE SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Business Services DUNNS IMAGING GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Business Services DUNWOOD TRAVEL LIMITED Dudley Business Services DURIGHT ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing DURWEN (UK) LIMITED Walsall Retail DUSTAIR LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies

28 Company LA Sector DUTCH GARDEN SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Retail E & S MOTORS LIMITED Walsall Retail E W TURNER AND COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing E. HULME & SON LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing EARNEST MACHINE PRODUCTS COMPANY LTD Wolverhampton Retail EASIFLO INVESTMENTS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing EAST END FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail EASTGATE COMMERCIAL LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services EASYGATES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing EBC GROUP (UK) LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ECCLES (UK FOUNDRIES FE) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ECIGRUK LTD Sandwell Retail ECLIPSE SPRAYERS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ECO-1 ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LTD Walsall Building Technologies EDGE VIEW HOMES LIMITED Sandwell Health EDMUND HOWDLE (BUTCHERS) LIMITED Walsall Retail EDWIN HOLDEN'S BOTTLING COMPANY LIMITED Dudley Business Services EFB HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Retail EFD INDUCTION LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing EHRCO LIMITED Dudley Retail EK AUTOMATION SYSTEMS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing EL MARSH CARE HOME LTD Sandwell Health ELECTRIXS INSTALLATIONS LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies ELECTRO DISCHARGE LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ELECTROLYTIC PLATING COMPANY LIMITED(THE) Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ELG CARBON FIBRE LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies ELITE ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ELITE FASTENERS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ELIZA TINSLEY LIMITED Walsall Retail ELTA GROUP LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing EMBANKMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Health EMERALD VEHICLE SALES LTD Walsall Retail EMMAT MEDICAL LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail EMPIRE SHEDS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ENABLELINK LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies ENERGY SAVING GLASS LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ENERGY TUBES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ENGINEERS MATE LTD Dudley Retail ENSCO 535 LIMITED Sandwell Retail ENSEN LIMITED Dudley Retail ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTS LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS LIMITED Dudley Business Services ENVIROTREAT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ERIKS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies ERODEX GRAPHITE SYSTEMS LIMITED Dudley Business Services

29 Company LA Sector EROLLINGBIKES LTD Sandwell Retail ESPRIT GROUP UK LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ESSENTIA PROTEIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing EURO ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LIMITED Walsall Retail EURO BEER DISTRIBUTION LTD Wolverhampton Retail EURO PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing EURO STOCK TRADERS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail EURO TRIMMINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail EUROCRAFT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing EUROFINS FOOD TESTING UK LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing EUROHIRE VEHICLE RENTALS (OLDBURY) LIMITED Sandwell Business Services EUROLEC COMPONENTS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Dudley Retail EUROPEAN AFRICAN TRADING CO. LTD Sandwell Business Services EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL GROUP LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing EUROSAT DISTRIBUTION (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Retail EUROWIRE CONTAINERS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing EVOCA UK LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail EXALLOT LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing EXCELSIOR PANELLING SYSTEMS LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing EXPRESS BONDING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing F & J EXPORTS LIMITED Dudley Retail F.A.GILL.LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing F.P. GAUNT & SONS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services FABLINK LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing FABWELL LTD Dudley Transport Technologies FACEPUNCH GROUP LIMITED Walsall Business Services FAIRFAX SADDLES LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing FAIRLAWNS HOTEL LIMITED(THE) Walsall Visitor Economy FARCROFT RESTORATIONS LTD Walsall Business Services FARRELLYS METAL POLISHERS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing FASTAUTO LIMITED Dudley Retail FASTENER NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing FASTENRIGHT LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail FASTLINE STEEL SERVICES UK LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing FBC MANBY BOWDLER LLP Wolverhampton Business Services FCL HEALTH SOLUTIONS LTD Sandwell Business Services FELLOWS & FULLWOOD LIMITED Dudley Retail FENCING AND GARDEN PRODUCTS LTD Sandwell Retail FENIX FREIGHT LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies FERDOTTI MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Retail FERIDAX GROUP LIMITED Dudley Retail FERN PLASTIC PRODUCTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing FIELDHOUSE RIDING EQUIPMENT LIMITED Walsall Retail FINCH HOUSE PROPERTIES LIMITED Walsall Business Services FIRE & ACOUSTIC SEALS LIMITED Sandwell Retail FIRE GLASS UK LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies

30 Company LA Sector FIRECRACKER LIMITED Sandwell Retail FIREGUARD GLOBAL LIMITED Walsall Retail FIRST CARE SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Health FIRST COMPONENTS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing FIRST FOR EDUCATION LIMITED Dudley Business Services FIRST NATIONAL VEHICLES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing FIRSTMARK CONSULTANCY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing FISHER ALVIN LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing FIVES BRONX LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies FLAMEKUT PROFILES (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing FLEET EXPRESS & LOGISTICS LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies FLEETLINE TYRE SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Retail FLINT & PARTNERS EYECARE LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail FLINT INK (U.K.) LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing FLOORS 4 YOU LTD Dudley Retail FM PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Retail FOLEY STEELS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail FOLKES FORGINGS ACQUISITION LIMITED Dudley Business Services FOLKES PROPERTIES LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies FONTANA FASTENERS UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail FONTUS HEALTH LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing Footman James #N/A Business Services FORESIGHT RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED Dudley Business Services FORGECO LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing FORKERS LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies FORMATION BUSINESS LTD Sandwell Environmental Technologies FORMBEND LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing FORMRITE PRECISION LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies FORT JASON LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies FORTEL CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED Walsall Business Services FORTEL LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services FORTON SUPPLIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail FORTRESS INTERLOCKS LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies FRANCIS CATERING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Dudley Retail FRANKLEY PACKAGING CO. LIMITED Dudley Retail FREEFLOW PIPESYSTEMS LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing FREEMANS CONFECTIONERY SUPPLIES LIMITED Walsall Retail FULLARD BROS (2006) LIMITED Walsall Retail FUN & FRIES LTD Dudley Visitor Economy FUNDAMENTAL FASHIONS LIMITED Dudley Retail FURMANAC LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing FURNOTEL LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies FUTURE GARMENTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing G & D SUPPLIES LIMITED Walsall Retail G B TYRES (UK) LTD Sandwell Retail G E P SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail

31 Company LA Sector G F LASER LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing G F S A LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing G I SYKES HOLDING LIMITED Dudley Business Services G J F FABRICATIONS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing G M TREBLE HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail G. JOHN POWER LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing G. SIMMONS & SONS LTD. Walsall Advanced Manufacturing G.C. RICKARDS (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies G.C. RICKARDS LIMITED Walsall Retail G.E. STARR LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing G.H.STAFFORD & SON LIMITED Walsall Retail G.J.N. SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Retail G.N. GROSVENOR LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail GALLOP EQUESTRIAN LIMITED Sandwell Retail GARLAND PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Retail GAS & INDUSTRIAL FAN SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing GELDBACH (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Retail GENERAL TRADE WHOLESALE LIMITED Sandwell Retail GENERATION (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Business Services GENERIC PUNCHING SYSTEMS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing GENIUS FACADES LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing GENWORK LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing GEO. JOHNSON (METALS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail GEOFF PERRY ASSOCIATES LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing GEORGE GRIFFITHS (SPRINGS) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing GEORGE TAYLOR & CO. LIFTING GEAR (EUROPE) LIMITED Walsall Business Services GIFFORDS EQUIPMENT LIMITED Sandwell Business Services GILMORE BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail GIOMANI DESIGNS LTD Walsall Retail GITTINS LIMITED Walsall Business Services GLASS MERCHANTS UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail GLASSCOAT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing GLASSWORKS EQUIPMENT LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing GLAZE AUTO PARTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail GLENBETH TOOL & GAUGE CO. LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing GLENDALE ARCHITECTURAL METALWORK (UK) LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing GLENLAKE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing GLOBAL METAL FINISHERS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing GOLDRING INDUSTRIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing GOODS WHOLESALE LTD Sandwell Retail GOODWIN & PRICE LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies GOOLD ESTATES LIMITED Sandwell Business Services GORGE FABRICATIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing GOUGH GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies GRANLYN SPECIALIST COATINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail GRASAM SAMSON LIMITED Sandwell Retail

32 Company LA Sector GRAYBUILD LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies GREEN FIRE ENGINEERING LTD Dudley Retail GREEN WORLD RECYCLING LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies GREENWAYS CONTEMPORARY LIMITED Dudley Retail GREETINGS HOUSE LTD Walsall Retail GREYFRIAR ESTATES LTD Walsall Public Sector GREYSTONE CONSTRUCTION LTD Sandwell Building Technologies GRIFF CHAINS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing GROSVENOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE LIMITED Wolverhampton Health GROUP GEAR LIMITED Dudley Retail GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD Wolverhampton Retail GSM. TRADERS LIMITED Sandwell Retail GUARDIAN LOCK AND ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing GUARDRAIL ENGINEERING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing GUEST MOTORS LIMITED Sandwell Retail GUNNEBO UK LIMITED Wolverhampton Public Sector GURDAL LTD Sandwell Retail GUYMARK UK LIMITED Dudley Retail H & H ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS LIMITED Sandwell Retail H F CONTRACT FURNITURE LIMITED Sandwell Retail H GOODWIN (CASTINGS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing H&R CHEMPHARM (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing H. & J. SPEAKE LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing H. DAVENPORT & SONS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing H. POWELL LIMITED Sandwell Retail H.C.R. CASKETS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing H.GEDDES & SONS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing H.I. ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies H.L.THORNE & CO.LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing H.P. CHEMIE PELZER (U.K.) LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies H.V.C. SUPPLIES (STOURBRIDGE) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HADEN DESIGN (KITCHEN & BEDROOMS) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HADLEY INDUSTRIES PLC Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing HADLINGTON BROTHERS LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies HAEMMERLIN LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing HAGUE FASTENERS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing HALCON PROPERTIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services HALESOWEN WINDOWS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HALLEN ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing HALLMARKET LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies HAMMOND CHEMICALS LIMITED Dudley Retail HAMMOND PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY CONSULTANTS LTD Wolverhampton Business Services HAMMOND'S FLEET CARE LIMITED Dudley Retail HANDICARE HOLDING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HANDLING EQUIPMENT UK LIMITED Dudley Retail HANFORD WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Business Services

33 Company LA Sector HAPPYGRID LIMITED Walsall Visitor Economy HARBAY LIMITED Sandwell Business Services HARKER HOMES NO 1 LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies HAROLD L. SMITH (TRANSMISSIONS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail HARPER GROUP MANAGEMENT LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies HARRIS (STEELS) LIMITED Dudley Retail HARRIS PIPEWORK FABRICATIONS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing HARRIS-WALTON LIFTING GEAR LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HASCO-THERMIC LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies HAYES (LEISURE) LIMITED Walsall Retail HAYLEY 247 ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies HAYLEY GROUP HOLDING LIMITED Dudley Business Services HAZ INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Business Services HBS FOODS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HE KNOWLES (MANUFACTURING) LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HEADSTOCK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HEARTLANDS FURNITURE (WHOLESALE) LIMITED Sandwell Retail HEATCO MIDLANDS LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies HEATH SERVICE STATION (GAJJAR) LIMITED Walsall Retail HEINRICH GEORG (U.K.) LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies HELEN E HAIR AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Retail HELIX TRADING LIMITED Dudley Retail HENRY NEWTON CARE LIMITED Wolverhampton Health HENRY SQUIRE & SONS HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing HEWIGO (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing HEWITTS OF STOURBRIDGE LIMITED Dudley Retail HGB ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HICKMAN & LOVE (TIPTON) LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing HICKMAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HIGH SPEED LASERS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HIGH TENSILE BOLTS LIMITED Walsall Retail HIGHLEY STEEL LIMITED Dudley Retail HIGHLINE CARS FINANCE AND LEASING LTD Dudley Retail HILLS COACHES LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies HILTON MAIN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies HINTON PERRY & DAVENHILL LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HISON HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Business Services HOBBIES LIMITED Sandwell Retail HOBUT LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing HOCKLEY PATTERN & TOOL CO LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HOLDENS BREWERY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing HOLLOWAY PLASTICS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing HOMECARE4U LIMITED Dudley Business Services HOMESCAPES GLOBAL LTD Sandwell Retail HOMESERVE FURNITURE REPAIRS LTD Dudley Business Services HOMESERVE PLC Walsall Building Technologies

34 Company LA Sector HORGAN HOMES AND DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies HORIZON SOFT DRINKS LIMITED Walsall Retail HOROBIN,LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services HOUSE OF LANCASTER LIMITED Walsall Retail HOVI DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies HOWARD LEE & SON LIMITED Sandwell Retail HS MARSTON AEROSPACE LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing HT 2000 LIMITED Sandwell Business Services HUDSONS OF DUDLEY LIMITED Dudley Retail HULBERT PROPERTIES LIMITED Dudley Business Services HYDRATIGHT LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies HYDRAULIC SUPPLIES LIMITED Walsall Retail I.B. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies I.C.S. DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing IAN MCARDLE LIMITED Dudley Retail IAN SMITH GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Retail IBEX WORLDWIDE LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies IBP GLOBAL TRADING LIMITED Dudley Business Services ICONICS U.K. LIMITED Dudley Business Services IDEAL & W R S COMPANY LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing IDEAL EMPLOYMENT LIMITED Sandwell Business Services IMPACTA LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing IMPALLOY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing IN TOUCH GAMES LIMITED Dudley Visitor Economy INDENTEC HARDNESS TESTING MACHINES LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies INDUSTRIAL BRAKES LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing INDUSTRIAL DIELECTRICS (U.K.) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing INDUSTRIAL POWER UNITS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing INGOSPEC COMPANY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing INNOVISE LIMITED Dudley Business Services INOCHI PROJECT PLC Dudley Business Services INSIGHT ENTERPRISES LIMITED Dudley Public Sector INTEGRATED TANKER SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Business Services INTELLIGENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD Wolverhampton Business Services INTERACTIVE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services INTER-BOLD LIMITED Walsall Business Services INTERFIT PHOTOGRAPHIC LIMITED Sandwell Retail INTERNATIONAL DOOR CONTROLS LIMITED Dudley Retail INTERNATIONAL EYEWEAR LIMITED Dudley Retail INTERNATIONAL INSIGNIA LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PRINTERS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing INTERNATIONAL TYRES & TRADING LIMITED Sandwell Retail INTERPLAS COATINGS LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies INTERPOWER INDUCTION LTD Walsall Transport Technologies INTRALOX LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing INTU PROPERTIES PLC Dudley Business Services

35 Company LA Sector IRPEN (UK) LIMITED Walsall Retail IRVON LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing ISAAC H. GRAINGER & SON LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ISER LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ITALTRUCK LTD Dudley Retail IWIS DRIVE SYSTEMS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing J & N SUPERFOODS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail J & R INVESTMENTS UK LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services J B CONSTRUCTION 1 LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies J C PAYNE (UK) LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies J J & J ENTERPRISES LIMITED Walsall Retail J KIRKHAM LIMITED Dudley Retail J L F MANUFACTURING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing J P L PRINT & DESIGN LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing J S CONVENIENCE STORES LIMITED Sandwell Retail J T B PRESSINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing J T W METALS LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies J&C SCAFFOLDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies J. & P. LEWIS(METALS)LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies J. B. PRODUCTS (DUDLEY) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing J. BARNSLEY CRANES LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies J. C. (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies J. DOCTER LIMITED Sandwell Retail J. GUEST LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies J. H. LAVENDER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing J. SMITH METALS LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies J.& P.SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Retail J.D. ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies J.HAYWARD & SONS OF WALSALL LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies J.L. COX (CRANES) LIMITED Sandwell Business Services J.N. DAIRIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail J.P. POLYMER SHEETINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail J.VERNON KENDRICK LIMITED Dudley Business Services JAARC LTD Wolverhampton Retail JACK MOODY'S LIMITED Sandwell Retail JACK SHARKEY & COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Retail JACKDAW TOOLS LIMITED Walsall Retail JACKSONS PHARMA LTD Sandwell Retail JACOPA LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies JACTONE PRODUCTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing JAGUAR LAND ROVER AUTOMOTIVE PLC Walsall Business Services JAMES LISTER HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail JAMES W. SHENTON LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing JANAN MEAT LIMITED Dudley Retail JANSER UK LIMITED Dudley Retail JARELL LIMITED Dudley Business Services

36 Company LA Sector JAY ALLIED ASSETS LIMITED Dudley Business Services JAYS SOURCING GROUP LIMITED Dudley Retail JBR RECOVERY LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies JBS INDUSTRIES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing JDP HOTELS LTD Walsall Visitor Economy JEENASHIRE LIMITED Walsall Retail JEI BRANDS LIMITED Dudley Retail JENKINS & RYAN (STEELS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail JENNICS LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies JERSEYTEX LTD. Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing JET COX LTD. Walsall Advanced Manufacturing JG FOODS LIMITED Dudley Retail JHOOTS HEALTHCARE LIMITED Walsall Retail JHOOTS PHARMACY LIMITED Walsall Retail JIGSAW JOINERY LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing JLE GROUP LTD Walsall Business Services JMP WILCOX & CO LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail JOBSWORTH RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED Dudley Business Services JOE AND S. LUNT MOTOR HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Retail JOHAL DAIRIES HOLDING CO LIMITED Walsall Retail JOHN BUCKLEY(DUDLEY)LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing JOHN GRIMES FENCING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing JOHN HARRHY & SONS LIMITED Walsall Sports JOHN HICKEN (MIDLANDS) LTD. Sandwell Building Technologies JOHN LEASON LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail JOHN STOKES (HARD CHROME PLATING & GRINDING) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing JOHN WARD & SONS (GROUP) LIMITED Dudley Business Services JOHNSON TEST PAPERS LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing JOINERY SPECIALISTS LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies JOINPOINT LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies JONATHAN LEE CONTRACTS LIMITED Dudley Business Services JONES & WILKINSON LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing JONES SKIP HIRE (WOLVERHAMPTON) LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies JORDHAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing JOSEPH AND JESSE SIDDONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing JOSEPH BEASLEY & SONS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing JOSEPH HOLLOWAY LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies JUBILEE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing JUNCTION 2 INTERIORS LIMITED Sandwell Retail JUPITER PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED Dudley Business Services JUST STEEL LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing K D EXPRESS LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies K J V FURNITURE INDUSTRIES LIMITED Sandwell Retail K.C. GLASS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail K.ENGINEERING COMPANY (WEST BROMWICH) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing K.R. HARDY (BUILDERS) LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies

37 Company LA Sector K.R.P. SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Retail K.T.C. (EDIBLES) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing K2 SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Public Sector KALU LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing KEBRELL NUTS AND BOLTS LIMITED Walsall Retail KEE SAFETY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing KEITH BRYAN SADDLERY CO. LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing KELTIC LIMITED Walsall Retail KELTRUCK LIMITED Sandwell Retail KENNAMETAL UK LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing KENT GROUP SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies KEPSTON HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing KERRY COLLINS RECRUITMENT LIMITED Dudley Business Services KESPAR ENGINEERING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing KETO PLASTICS LTD Walsall Retail KEYS GROUP LIMITED Dudley Business Services KEYTRACKER LIMITED Sandwell Retail KILO LIMITED Dudley Retail KIMBER DROP FORGINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing KINDBURLY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing KINGSTON PARTNERS LLP Sandwell #N/A KIRKPATRICK LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing KOMFORT PARTITIONING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing KRAC VAMOOSE LIMITED Walsall Visitor Economy KROTHSCO FINANCE LIMITED Walsall Retail KUHN RIKON (U.K.) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail KUKA ROBOTICS UK LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing KUKA SYSTEMS UK LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies L & S ENGINEERS LIMITED Walsall Business Services L. S. MANUFACTURING U.K. LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing L.M. PRODUCTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing L.T.C. TYRES AND EXHAUSTS LIMITED Dudley Retail LAD CHEMIST LIMITED Dudley Retail LAIDLAW LIMITED Walsall Retail LAIDLER STEELS LIMITED Dudley Retail LANDYWOOD CONCRETE PRODUCTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing LANGLEY BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED Sandwell Retail LAVEROCK SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Retail LAXMI JEWELLERS UK LIMITED Walsall Retail LAY'S WHOLESALE MEATS LIMITED Walsall Retail LAYSTALL ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing LB TRADING UK LTD Dudley Business Services LEAMORE INTERNET LIMITED Walsall Business Services LEAMORE WINDOWS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing LEVI WALTERS METAL MERCHANTS LIMITED Dudley Business Services LEVINE BROTHERS (HOME FURNISHINGS) LIMITED Sandwell Retail

38 Company LA Sector LGX ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION LTD Dudley Building Technologies LICHTGITTER (U.K.) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing LIFT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies LIGHTHOUSE VENDING LIMITED Dudley Visitor Economy LIGHTING AND MOBILE ACCESSORIES LTD Sandwell Retail LINAK-UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail LISEGA LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing LISTER GASES LIMITED Walsall Retail LITE-MART LIMITED Walsall Retail LJM HOMECARE LTD Dudley Health LODAR LIMITED Walsall Retail LODENT PRECISION LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies LODGE COTTRELL LTD. Dudley Transport Technologies LODI UK LTD Dudley Retail LOGISTIC ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD Dudley Building Technologies LONDON & CAMBRIDGE PROPERTIES LIMITED Dudley Business Services LONDON SCREW CO.LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing LONES (UK) LIMITED Walsall Retail LONGFORD GROUP LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing LONGWEAR ALLOYS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing LOVATO ELECTRIC LIMITED Dudley Retail LOVELL TRUCKS LIMITED Walsall Retail LOWES TRANSPORT (BIRMINGHAM) LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies LPW (EUROPE) LTD Sandwell Public Sector LSP HOLDING (UK) LTD Walsall Business Services LUDLOW TAVERNS SPRINGHILL LIMITED Wolverhampton Visitor Economy LYDONFORD LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail M & E JAMES ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing M & MJS LTD Walsall Retail M & S METALS LIMITED Dudley Retail M D TRADING U K LIMITED Dudley Retail M G SHOPFRONTS LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies M J C MOTORS LTD Sandwell Retail M. & J. DRILLING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies M. BARNWELL SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Retail M. BILLINGHAM & CO. LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing M. GOLUNSKI & CO., LIMITED Dudley Retail M. GREENAWAY & SON LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing M. PITCHFORD HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing M.B. DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies M.B.H. BUILDERS LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies M.C.H. ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing M.G.B. PRESS BRAKE SECTIONS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing M.J. SECTIONS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing M.K.G. HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Retail MAC GROUP EUROPE LTD Wolverhampton Retail

39 Company LA Sector MAC SURFACING LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies MACHINE TECH ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing MAELOR FOODS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing MAGNUM VENUS PRODUCTS EUROPE LIMITED Dudley Retail MAGRINI LIMITED Walsall Retail MAIN MAN SUPPLIES LIMITED Sandwell Retail MAINLINE HAULAGE LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies MAINSTAY RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD Walsall Business Services MAJORFAX LIMITED Walsall Retail MAJORSELL LIMITED Sandwell Retail MAKRO LABELLING UK LIMITED Dudley Retail MALCOLM ENAMELLERS ACP LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing MALTHOUSE INDUSTRIES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing MANOR OPTICAL CO. LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MAPEI (UK) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MAPLEWOOD HOMES (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies MARCEGAGLIA (UK) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MARCUS GEAR LTD. Walsall Retail MARQUIN ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing MARSTON'S PLC Wolverhampton Visitor Economy MARTIN MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Retail MARTYN PRICE (BOLTS & NUTS) LIMITED Dudley Retail MA-SHELL (MOTOR CYCLES) LIMITED Dudley Retail MASON METALS LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies MASSTEMPS LIMITED Walsall Business Services MASTERTRADE SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MATERIALS ENHANCEMENT LTD Wolverhampton Public Sector MATRIX PRIMARY HEALTHCARE LTD Walsall Retail MAUDESPORT LIMITED Walsall Retail MAYFIELDS DEVELOPMENT LTD Wolverhampton Building Technologies MAYTHORN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing MAZCARE LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail MBH BUILDERS (CN) LTD Dudley Environmental Technologies MCAULIFFE GROUP LTD Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies MCDOWALL HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Business Services MCGEAN-ROHCO (U.K.) LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing MECHATHERM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies MEDIA BASED ATTRACTIONS LIMITED Dudley Business Services MEDICAL WORLD LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies MEDISTOP LIMITED Walsall Retail MEGADYNE UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail MEHTA HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services MEMSAAB (UK) LIMITED Walsall Retail MENFOR SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Business Services MERCIAN WELDCRAFT LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing MERIDIAN METAL TRADING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing

40 Company LA Sector MERSONA LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MES ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies MET RECRUITMENT UK LTD Walsall Business Services METAFIN GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing METAL ASSEMBLIES LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing METAL PROCESSES HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing METAL SPRAYING (UK) LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing METALFORMS ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing METALLISATION HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies METALLTECHNIK (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Retail METALS AND CATALYSTS RECYCLING LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies METALS AND CATALYSTS RECYCLING LIMITED #N/A #N/A METELEC LIMITED Walsall Retail METEOR DEVELOPMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies METPRO LIMITED Sandwell Retail METRO ALLOYS & RESIDUES LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies METZPRO LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing MFS SEAFOODS LIMITED Walsall Retail MFT COMMERCIAL LTD Walsall Transport Technologies MI GLASS GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing MIBSONS (WEST BROMWICH) LIMITED Sandwell Retail MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES LIMITED Sandwell Retail MICRON ALLOY CASTINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MIDDLETON FOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED Walsall Retail MIDDLETON PAPER COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing MIDLAND BEARINGS LIMITED Dudley Retail MIDLAND BRIGHT STEELS LIMITED Dudley Retail MIDLAND BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing MIDLAND DEBURR & FINISH LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MIDLAND FUNERAL SUPPLIES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing MIDLAND INDUSTRIAL METALS LIMITED Sandwell Retail MIDLAND LAMPS AND PANELS LIMITED Sandwell Retail MIDLAND MACHINERY (HEAVY LIFT) LIMITED Walsall Business Services MIDLAND OIL REFINERY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MIDLAND POLISHING & PLATING CO LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies MIDLAND PROPERTIES (WEST MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies MIDLAND STRUCTURES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MIDLAND SUPERCREAM (BRIERLEY HILL) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MIDLAND TOOL AND DESIGN LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing MIDLAND TYRE CONTROL LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies MIDLAND WASTE TREATMENT LTD Sandwell Environmental Technologies MIDLANDS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies MIDLANDS WAREHOUSING LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies MIDSTEEL FLANGES AND FITTINGS LIMITED Dudley Retail MIDSTEEL NORTHERN LIMITED Dudley Retail MIDTHERM FLUE SYSTEMS LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing

41 Company LA Sector MIDTHERM LASER LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MIDWEST ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies MIF FILTER SYSTEMS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLIES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing MILLSTOCK STAINLESS LIMITED Walsall Retail MITEK INDUSTRIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MKG (UK) LTD Walsall Visitor Economy MMS RECOVERY LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail MOBILE EXTRA LTD Sandwell Retail MONARCH EQUESTRIAN LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing MONARCH-ELS LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies MONKS & CRANE INDUSTRIAL GROUP LIMITED Walsall Retail MONMORE CONFECTIONERY (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail MONMORE RECYCLING LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies MONT EVEREST INTERNATIONAL LTD Walsall Business Services MOOG WOLVERHAMPTON LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies MOOI FOODS LIMITED Walsall Visitor Economy MOORE MARINE LIMITED Walsall Sports MORELOCK SIGNS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing MOSELEY BROTHERS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MOTOR LAND 2008 LIMITED Walsall Retail MOTOR MARKET LTD Sandwell Retail MPS NETWORKS PLC Dudley Business Services MPT PHARMA LIMITED Walsall Business Services MS (MIDLANDS) LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing MTB (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies MTI WELDING TECHNOLOGIES LTD Dudley Transport Technologies MTM HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services MUCKLOW HILL INTERIORS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing MUELLER EUROPE LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing MUKESH AGGARWAL LIMITED Walsall Retail MULTISTAFF RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED Dudley Business Services MULTI-STROKE LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing MY POLICY LIMITED Dudley Business Services N D B ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing N.D. CHEMISTS LIMITED Walsall Retail N.D. JIG AND GAUGE COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing N.E. FASTENERS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing N.G. LIMITED Sandwell Retail N.SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing N4 CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD Walsall Building Technologies NACB HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing NARROW AISLE LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies NATIONWIDE FIRE & SECURITY (UK) LTD Sandwell Public Sector NATIONWIDE SIGNS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing NATIONWORLD LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies

42 Company LA Sector NCH (UK) LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing NCP HUMPHRIES DEMOLITION LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies NEC GRAPH - FIX LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing NECESSARY MANUFACTURING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing NEO GRANITE LTD Sandwell Retail NEONICKEL LIMITED Dudley Retail NEPRON LTD Walsall Retail NERO PIPELINE CONNECTIONS LIMITED Sandwell Retail NETWORK (CATERING ENGINEERS) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing NETWORK CABLE & PIPE SUPPORTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing NETWORK PACKAGING LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies NEW COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Business Services NEW GENERATION COURIER LOGISTICS LTD Sandwell Transport Technologies NEW ROSE LIMITED Sandwell Business Services NEWBREL HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing NEWBY HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing NEWELL PALMER GROUP HOLDINGS LTD Wolverhampton Business Services NEWFORM DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Dudley Retail NEWG420 LTD Dudley Retail NEXT CAR & VAN RENTAL LIMITED Sandwell Business Services NGENERATION LIMITED Dudley Business Services NICHOLAS PACKAGING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing NICKOLLS & PERKS LIMITED Dudley Retail NIKAL STEELS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing NORTHERN GAS HEATING LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies NOVA DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing NU-WELD ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing O & P FASHION FABRICS LIMITED Sandwell Retail OAKHAM SHEET METAL COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing OBSAN LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail OCEAN SWIMMING POOLS LIMITED Dudley Business Services OCEANIC SAUNAS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail OCEANLIGHT LIMITED Sandwell Retail OCKER HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Health ODDGUIDE LIMITED Dudley Retail OFFICE FURNITURE NEW & USED (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Dudley Retail OFFICE OPTIONS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing OFFSHORE STAINLESS SUPPLIES HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Business Services OFFSPRING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dudley Retail OGLAEND SYSTEM (UK) LIMITED Walsall Retail OLD PARK ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies OLDBURY GARAGE LIMITED Dudley Business Services OLYMPIAN SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Public Sector OLYMPUS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Sandwell Retail OMEGA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies ONBOARD CORRUGATED LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing

43 Company LA Sector ONE STOP STORES LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies ONE-LUX LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ONLINE POUNDSHOP LIMITED Walsall Retail OOSHA LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail OPENTHORPE ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing OPTIMAL UK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Dudley Retail OPTIPRODUCTS LIMITED Walsall Retail ORAPI APPLIED LIMITED Sandwell Retail ORBIK ELECTRONICS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ORBIT INTERNATIONAL PLC Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ORCHID JET J G. SHEPHERD LIMITED Dudley Retail ORIGINAL STEEL SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ORWELL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Retail OTIS VEHICLE RENTALS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services OVAKO LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing OVIVO UK LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies OWEN PAYNE RECRUITMENT SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services P & P NON-FERROUS (STOCKISTS) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing P & R ENGINEERING (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies P & R MORSON & COMPANY LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies P & R PROJECTS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies P J COMMERCIALS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail P S MOTORS MIDLANDS LIMITED Walsall Business Services P. MCCANN LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing P.B.R.ABRASIVES(WOLVERHAMPTON)LIMITED Walsall Retail P.K. ENGINEERING (WEST BROMWICH) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing P8 LIMITED Walsall Business Services PAHAL JEWELLERS LTD Sandwell Retail PAL GROUP LIMITED Walsall Business Services PALACE FURNITURE LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PALMAN LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services PALMER TIMBER HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services PALZIV UK LIMITED Dudley Retail PAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PARAGON ENGINEERING & LOGISTICS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing PARGAT & CO LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing PARK HALL HOTEL (HOLDINGS) LTD Wolverhampton Business Services PARKER PRECISION LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies PARKFIELD PHARMACY LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail PARKROW ALLOYS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail PARMELEE LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing PAROH LTD Sandwell Retail PARRY PEOPLE MOVERS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services PASAB LIMITED Walsall Retail PASSENGER LIFT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies PAVILION DISTRIBUTION LTD Wolverhampton Retail

44 Company LA Sector PAYCARE Wolverhampton Business Services PCES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail PDS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies PEDLEY STEELS LIMITED Dudley Retail PENCOM ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PENDEFORD METAL SPINNINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing PENN COMMERCIALS LIMITED Sandwell Retail PENTAX DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies PEOPLE SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED Dudley Business Services PEOPLELINE LIMITED Dudley Business Services PERFECTION FOODS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing PERRY & CO LIMITED Sandwell Business Services PETER MADDOX & ASSOCIATES LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services PETFORD TOOLS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PGO (TRADE) UK LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail PHILIP HAND LIMITED Walsall Retail PHILMAR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing PHOENIX 1872 LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing PHOENIX BRANDS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing PHOENIX DISPENSED DRINKS LIMITED Dudley Retail PHOENIX MATERIALS TESTING LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PHOENIX SEATING LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies PHOENIX STEEL STRUCTURES LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services PIPEWORK ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PIQUANT LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing PITFORD LTD. Walsall Retail PIXAPRO LIMITED Sandwell Retail PLASTIC BOTTLE SUPPLIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing PLASTIC COATINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PLASTICS PLUS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail PM PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing POLISH BAKERY MAZOWSZE LTD. Walsall Advanced Manufacturing POLYDRAIN CIVILS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing POLYMER LOGISTICS (UK) LIMITED Dudley Business Services POLYPACK POLYTHENE LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing POMMIER FURGOCAR UK LIMITED Walsall Retail PORTER & WOODMAN GIFTS LIMITED Dudley Retail POST 'N' PACKAGES LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies POTTERS PORK PRODUCTS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing POUNDLAND LIMITED Walsall Retail POWER UTILITIES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing POWERPRO (UK) LIMITED Walsall Business Services POWERSTREAM SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Business Services PRECISION CHAINS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PREMIER FOODS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing PREMIER FR. LTD Walsall Retail

45 Company LA Sector PREMIUM CHOICE LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services PRENTEX LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail PRESS BOND FABRICATIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing PRESS LEAKAGE CONTROL SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies PRESS METAL UK LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail PRESTIGE TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies PRIORY STEEL HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail PRIORY WOODFIELD ENGINEERING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing PROCESS CONTROL PANELS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing PROCESS FLOW COMPONENTS LIMITED Dudley Retail PROCESS STEELS LIMITED Walsall Retail PRO-CLEAN INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Public Sector PROFAB HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PROFESSIONAL PIZZA COMPANY LIMITED Wolverhampton Visitor Economy PROFESSIONAL POLISHING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing PROFILE TECHNIQUES LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing PROGRESS CHILDREN'S SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Health PROPERTY HOLDINGS & RENTAL SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Business Services PROPLAS 2008 LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing PROTECH COMPUTER SYSTEMS LIMITED Walsall Business Services PROVINCIAL SAFETY SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Retail PSU DESIGNS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing PTV (UK) LIMITED Dudley Business Services PURITY SOFT DRINKS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing Q.A.ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing QUALFAB LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing QUALITY BITES LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing QUALITY METAL PRODUCTS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing QUALITY OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services QUASARTRONICS LIMITED Dudley Business Services QUEEN ANNE TABLEWARE LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing QUEST 4 ALLOYS LIMITED Walsall Retail QUEST RETAIL LIMITED Walsall Retail QUEST SEARCH AND SELECTION LIMITED Walsall Business Services R AND J MESH LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing R K TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies R S MILLER ROOFING LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies R V ASTLEY LTD Walsall Retail R&R (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing R. DAVIES METALS AND SONS LIMITED Dudley Retail R.D.S. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies R.F. HOLDINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing R.J.H. ECCLES HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing R.M.P. PRODUCTS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing R.S. RECOVERY LIMITED Sandwell Business Services R.T. BEARINGS LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies

46 Company LA Sector R.W. BADLAND LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing R82 UK LIMITED Dudley Health RAC GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Walsall Business Services RACE TRANSMISSION (PRODUCTS) LIMITED Dudley Retail RAINBOW UPHOLSTERY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing RALPH MARTINDALE AND COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing RAMFOAM INTERNATIONAL LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing RAMSDEN AND WHALE LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies RAMUS PORSCHA LIMITED Sandwell Retail RAPID INDUSTRIAL FASTENERS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing RAPIDSPEED LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing RAVEL ELECTRONICS LTD Walsall Retail RAYBURN PLASTICS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing RAYTON ELECTRICAL WHOLESALE LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail RCF BOLT & NUT CO (TIPTON) LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing RE-CARB ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing RECA-UK LTD Sandwell Retail RECYCLED PLASTICS (UK) LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies RED DIAMOND DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Walsall Business Services REDD INVESTMENTS LIMITED Dudley Business Services REEL (UK) LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies REEVE METAL FINISHING CO. LIMITED(THE) Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing REGAL MOTORS (BILSTON) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail REGENCY HOMES (BRIERLEY HILL) LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies REGENT ENGINEERING CO (WALSALL) LIMITED(THE) Walsall Advanced Manufacturing REHABILITY GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Business Services RELIABLE SPRING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED(THE) Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing RELOAD SYSTEMS LIMITED Dudley Retail REPOSE FURNITURE LIMITED Dudley Retail REVELAN HOLDINGS LTD Dudley Business Services RICAL LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing RICHARDS AND JERROM LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing RICHARDS CUSTOMER CARE LIMITED Walsall Public Sector RICHMOND COURT NURSING HOME LIMITED Sandwell Health RILEY INDUSTRIES LIMITED Walsall Retail RIMSTOCK HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services RIO STAINLESS ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing RIPLEY EUROPE LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing RKP INVESTMENTS LIMITED Sandwell Business Services RMD KWIKFORM LIMITED Walsall Business Services RMIG AUTOMOTIVE LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing ROADLINK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Walsall Retail ROBERT HOLDCROFT LIMITED Dudley Visitor Economy ROBERT HOPKINS AND SON LIMITED Sandwell Environmental Technologies ROBERT LICKLEY REFRACTORIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing ROBIN REED INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Sandwell Retail

47 Company LA Sector ROBINSON BROTHERS (RYDERS GREEN) LIMITED Sandwell Business Services ROJAC URETHANE LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ROMA FITTINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail ROMAN ROADS LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies ROTAHURST (MANAGEMENT SERVICES) LTD Walsall Retail ROTALA PLC Sandwell Transport Technologies ROTHLEY LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies ROTOMETRICS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ROYAL BRUSH MANUFACTURING (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Retail RP TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing RSS EDGE SHOES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail RUNFLAT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing RUSKIN PROPERTIES LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies S & B INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies S & R CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies S JONES CONTAINERS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing S.B.S. LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies S.J. DIXON & SON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services S.T.B. FOODS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail S.WEBB & SON LIMITED Walsall Business Services SADDLERS COURT MFG LTD Walsall Advanced Manufacturing SANDLAND PACKAGING HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing SANDVIK LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SANDWELL CAR SALES LTD Sandwell Retail SANT PRODUCTS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SAPPHIRE STEELS LIMITED Sandwell Retail SAW MART LIMITED Dudley Retail SAWCRAFT UK LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SCHEFF FOODS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Retail SCHULER PRESSES UK LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing SCIENTIFIC AND CHEMICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail SCOT YOUNG RESEARCH LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SDF AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing SEAGULL FITTINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail SEALCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dudley Retail SECURE HEALTHCARE LTD Wolverhampton Business Services SECURENETT SECURITY SYSTEMS LTD Sandwell Business Services SECURICLEAR ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SELECT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies SELECT HARDWARE LIMITED Dudley Retail SELECT HEALTH CARE LIMITED Dudley Health SELECT LIFESTYLES LIMITED Sandwell Health SEP PROPERTIES LIMITED Walsall Business Services SERENE FURNISHINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail SFC (EUROPE) LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing

48 Company LA Sector SHAKESPEARE FORGINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SHARPS BILSTON LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services SHEARLINE STEEL STRIP LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SHECO ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies SHELDON CLAYTON HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies SHERBORNE PAPER LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services SHERWOOD STAINLESS AND ALUMINIUM LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing SHERWOOD TRUCK AND VAN LTD Sandwell Retail SHINGERS LIMITED Walsall Retail SHIPLEY INVESTMENTS LIMITED Walsall Visitor Economy SHIVA JEWELLERS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SHOWELL PACKING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing SIDHU FASHIONS (WALSALL) LIMITED Walsall Retail SIDHU'S LIMITED Sandwell Retail SIEVERT UK LIMITED Walsall Retail SIGNOPRINT LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SILVERTHORNE ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SIMCO EXTERNAL FRAMING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing SIMCORP CORIC LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services SIMONSWERK UK LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SIMPLY FOAM PRODUCTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing SIRUS AUTOMOTIVE LTD Dudley Building Technologies SLEEP DESIGN LTD Walsall Retail SMART PLASTIC CARDS LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing SMESTOW PATTERN & TOOL COMPANY LIMITED Dudley Business Services SMETHWICK MAINTENANCE COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SMI (UK & IRELAND) LIMITED Dudley Retail SMITHPACK LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SOLID SWIVEL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) Sandwell Transport Technologies SOLUTIONS ACRYLIC AND DISPLAY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SOUTH PLC Walsall Business Services SOVEREIGN BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED Dudley Retail SPEARS WORLDWIDE SECURITY LIMITED Dudley Business Services SPECIALIST JOINERY PRODUCTS LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies SPECIALIST METALLIC COATINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing SPG PACKAGING UK LTD Walsall Retail SPICE HAWK STEEL SECTIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing SPIRE GROUP LIMITED Walsall Business Services SPIRE MANUFACTURING LIMITED Sandwell Business Services SPONMECH SAFETY SYSTEMS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SPRITE ALLOYS LIMITED Dudley Retail SPV ROAD CARPET LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies SPV SHOPFITTING AND BUILDING LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies SSAB SWEDISH STEEL LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing STACKIA LIMITED Wolverhampton Transport Technologies STAFF SELECT LTD Walsall Public Sector

49 Company LA Sector STAINLESS HANDRAIL SYSTEMS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing STAINLESS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail STANFORD INDUSTRIAL CONCRETE FLOORING LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies STANLEY HORNE & SONS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing STAR SCAFFOLDING LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies STARCHEM LIMITED Walsall Retail STARDOM LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies STAVE-CON HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services STEAM PLANT ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing STEBRO FLOORING COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies STEEL & ALLOY HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing STEEL & SITE LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies STEEL EXPRESS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail STEEL SECTIONS (WARLEY) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing STEELSTRIP SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing STEELWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing STELSTOCKS LIMITED Dudley Retail STEPHENS GASKETS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing STEPHENS PLASTIC MOULDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing STEPHENSON HOUSE LIMITED Walsall Business Services STERLING TEXTILES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail STEVEN WALKER & SONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing STEVETONE (UK) LIMITED Dudley Retail STEWARDSON DEVELOPMENTS LTD Dudley Business Services STILL WATERS PROPERTIES LIMITED Walsall Retail STILTZ GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Business Services STOKES GROUP LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing STOPEM LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing STOURBRIDGE TURNING & GRINDING LIMITED Dudley Business Services STRAND HARDWARE LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies STREETLY FURNISHINGS LIMITED Walsall Retail STRIMECH ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing STRUCTAL (UK) LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies STRUCTURAL STAIRWAYS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing STRUCTURAL STEELWORK LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing STRUT DIRECT LIMITED Walsall Retail STURGE INDUSTRIES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SULO UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail SUMMERCLIFF LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SUNNY SHOWERS LTD Sandwell Retail SUNRISE BAG CO. LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail SUNRISE MEDICAL LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing SUPER SMART SERVICE LTD Walsall Transport Technologies SURESPAN LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies SURFACE PROCESSING LIMITED Dudley Public Sector SUTTON COLDFIELD CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies

50 Company LA Sector SWATKINS GROUP LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing SWEET CAUSES LIMITED Walsall Retail SWIFT AND WHITMORE LIMITED Dudley Retail SWIFT PACKAGING SUPPLIES LIMITED Dudley Business Services SWIFT PERSONNEL LIMITED Walsall Business Services SYNERGY BIOLOGICS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing SYSCOM GROUP LIMITED Dudley Business Services T J METALS LIMITED Walsall Retail T L C FORD LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail T T C (LIFTING GEAR) LIMITED Sandwell Retail T. H. BAKER GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Retail T.A.HENN AND SON LIMITED Walsall Retail T.BAKER & SONS(TRANSPORT)LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies T.C. HAYES LIMITED Sandwell Retail T.C.MORRIS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing T.D.R. TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies T.G.S. LIMITED Walsall Retail T.L. HARVEY LIMITED Walsall Retail T.M. ENGINEERS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing TALBOTS LAW LTD Dudley Business Services TANSUN LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing TARDIS ENVIRONMENTAL UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies TARMAC BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing TASK CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail TASMAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED Dudley Retail TATTON HALL HOMES LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies TAXRALE ELECTRICS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing TCL STRUCTURES (UK) LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies TECHFRONT UK LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services TECHNO KOLOR LIMITED Dudley Retail TECHNOLOGY FINANCE (UK) LIMITED Walsall Business Services TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services TECHWORX LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing TEEPEE ELECTRICAL LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing TEEPEE MATERIALS HANDLING LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies TELE PROSPECTS LIMITED Dudley Business Services TELLDEAL LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies TENNALS GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Business Services TENTEC LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing THE ACE OF VAPEZ WHOLESALE LIMITED Walsall Retail THE ALAN NUTTALL PARTNERSHIP LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing THE BREWERS WHOLESALE LIMITED Dudley Retail THE CUBRA CASTING COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing THE DERITEND GROUP LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing THE FLAME LILY HEALTHCARE LTD Wolverhampton Business Services THE GENERAL ASPHALTE COMPANY LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies

51 Company LA Sector THE INDEPENDENT COATINGS GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Retail THE KGJ INSURANCE SERVICES GROUP LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services THE LABEL CENTRE LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing THE LAW PRACTICE (UK) LIMITED Walsall Business Services THE LEE INTERNATIONAL TRADING COMPANY LTD Sandwell Retail THE LINDUM SNACK COMPANY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing THE PHOENIX PATTERN AND TOOL COMPANY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing THE POLISH SHOP CASH AND CARRY LTD Sandwell Retail THE POPLARS CARE & SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Health THE STAFFING GROUP LIMITED Dudley Business Services THE STAFFING NETWORK LIMITED Dudley Business Services THE WALSALL AND DISTRICT PROPERTY AND INVESTMENT COMPANY, Dudley Business Services LIMITED THE WALSALL WHEELBARROW COMPANY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing THE WASHER FACTORY LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing THEOS FOOD CO. LIMITED Walsall Retail THERMETAL LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies THL (UK) HOLDINGS LTD Dudley Retail THOMAS DUDLEY GROUP LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing THOMAS HOWSE,LIMITED Dudley Retail THOMAS PARISH & SON(HALESOWEN)LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing THORNE INTERNATIONAL BOILER SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing THREE HAMMERS BAR & BISTRO LIMITED Dudley Visitor Economy THREE PEARS HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail THREE PINES BUILDING CO. LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies THREEWAY PRESSINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing THYSSENKRUPP MATERIALS (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Retail TIGER STATIONERY LIMITED Sandwell Retail TIKOM PLASTICS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing TILE CHOICE LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail TIMKEN UK LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing TIMMINS WASTE SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Environmental Technologies TITAN RECRUITMENT LIMITED Dudley Business Services TITANIUM METALS UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail TITGEMEYER (U.K.) LIMITED Sandwell Retail TOKAI CARBON EUROPE LIMITED. Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing TOKYO FABRIC INT LIMITED Walsall Retail TOM CARRINGTON & CO.LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing TONBRIE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies TOOLSAVE LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail TOP GEAR DRIVEFORCE LIMITED Dudley Business Services TOP TUBES LIMITED Walsall Business Services TOTAL CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail TOTAL POWER GROUP LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing TOTAL SHOP-FIT COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing TOTALKARE HEAVY DUTY WORKSHOP SOLUTIONS LTD Dudley Advanced Manufacturing TOWERGLENS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing

52 Company LA Sector TRAC LIMITED Dudley Business Services TRAC TOOLING LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies TRACTOR SPARES,LIMITED Walsall Retail TRADETRUX LTD Dudley Retail TRANSERVICE EXPRESS TRANSPORT LIMITED Sandwell Retail TRAVELSTAR EUROPEAN LTD Walsall Transport Technologies TREDAMEGA LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing TRENCH LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing TRIBULO LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing TRIDENT SECTIONS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing TRIFLOW CONCEPTS LIMITED Dudley Retail TRIMAT LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing TRIMSELTER LIMITED Walsall Business Services TRINITY CARPETS LIMITED Sandwell Retail TRINITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED Sandwell Business Services TRINITY PERSONNEL LIMITED Dudley Business Services TRIPLE R SOLUTIONS LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies TRIPLE WARM SEALED UNITS LTD Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing TROPHY DISTRIBUTORS UK LIMITED Dudley Retail TRUCK ENGINEERING LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies TRUCK TYRE SOLUTIONS LTD Sandwell Retail TRUCK-LITE CO. LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies TRUCKS DIRECT UK LIMITED Walsall Retail TRUDUCT PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Retail TRUST GROUP UK LIMITED Dudley Retail TRUST HYGIENE SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Environmental Technologies TUDOR EMPLOYMENT AGENCY LIMITED Dudley Business Services TUNKERS-EXPERT UK LIMITED Dudley Retail TURF WORLD LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail TURFORD BROS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing TURNOCK LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing TWD LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail TWENTE EXPRESS LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies TYLERS OF BILSTON LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail UCONTROL LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing UK ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies UK DOORSETS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ULTIMATE CLEANERS (INDUSTRIAL) LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail ULTRA-MATION LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing UNION FASTENERS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing UNION STEEL TUBES LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail UNISTRUT LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing UNITED AEROSOL MANUFACTURING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing UNITED GLASS GROUP LTD Walsall Business Services UNITED INDUSTRIAL CONVERTERS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing UNITED SLITTING SERVICES LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing

53 Company LA Sector UNITED STEELS HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED Dudley Business Services UNIVERSAL BOLTFORGERS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing UNIVERSAL STEEL PROFILES LIMITED Dudley Environmental Technologies UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Public Sector UTOPIA BATHROOM GROUP LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing V4 CARE LTD Dudley Health V4 CARE LTD #N/A #N/A VACUUM FURNACE ENGINEERING LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies VALBRUNA UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail VALE BROTHERS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing VALEN FITTINGS LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing VALENT APPLICATIONS LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services VALGRAM LIMITED Sandwell Retail VALGROVE LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing VAN LEEUWEN LIMITED Dudley Retail VANGUARD FOUNDRY LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing VARLOWE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies VENDAID LIMITED Walsall Retail VENTILATION & ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPLIES PLC Dudley Retail VIADUCT STOURBRIDGE LIMITED Dudley Retail VICTORIA HEALTHCARE LIMITED Sandwell Retail VICTORY FASTENERS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail VISION PAPER AND BOARD LIMITED Walsall Retail VITTORIA (MIDLANDS) LIMITED Sandwell Retail VOESTALPINE METSEC PLC Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing VOGUE (UK) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing VOGUE CERAMICS LIMITED Sandwell Retail VOSS STAINLESS UK LIMITED Dudley Retail VWX LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies W B POWERSOURCE HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Retail W. & G. YATES (YIELDFIELDS) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing W. & S. ALLELY LIMITED Sandwell Retail W.BRINDLEY(GARAGES)LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail W.G.THURSFIELD(PATTERN MAKERS)LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing W.H. TILDESLEY LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing W.J.L. ENGINEERING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing W.PYM & SON LIMITED Dudley Retail WADE BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies WADES OF WEDNESBURY LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail WALSALL BRAKE SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Retail WALSALL FOOTBALL CLUB,LIMITED(THE) Walsall Retail WALSALL MOTOR COMPANY LTD Walsall Retail WALSALL PRESSINGS COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies WARLEY CAR CLINIC (MID) LTD Sandwell Retail WARLEY CARRIERS LIMITED Sandwell Transport Technologies WARLEY SUPERMARKET (UK) LIMITED Sandwell Retail

54 Company LA Sector WATTS CLIFT HOLDINGS LTD Walsall Business Services WE DO RENTALS LTD Sandwell Business Services WEATHERITE HOLDINGS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing WEDGE-WOOD CONSTRUCTION & JOINERY CO LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies WEDNESBURY MOTORS LIMITED Walsall Retail WEISHAUPT (U.K.) LIMITED Walsall Retail WELBILT (HALESOWEN) LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies WELDED PRESSWORK (1982) LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing WELIN LAMBIE LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing WELLESLEY HOUSE NURSING HOME LIMITED Dudley Health WEPA UK HOLDING LTD Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing WERGS INVESTMENTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Sports WEST BROMWICH ALBION GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Sports WEST BROMWICH MORTGAGE COMPANY LIMITED Sandwell Business Services WEST LONDON PROPERTIES LIMITED Sandwell Building Technologies WEST MERCIA SECTIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing WEST MIDLANDS BRIGHT BAR LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing WEST MIDLANDS FOUNDRY CO. LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing WEST MIDLANDS MOTORCYCLE CENTRE LIMITED Dudley Retail WESTFIELD TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies WESTGATE COIL AND PROCESSING LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing WESTGATE STAINLESS AND ALLOYS LIMITED Walsall Retail WESTLANDS LIMITED Sandwell Retail WESTLEY PLASTICS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing WEYBURY HILDRETH LIMITED Dudley Retail WFF WALSALL LIMITED Walsall Retail WHISTON INDUSTRIES LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing WHITEHOUSE COX & CO. LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing WHITMORE REANS PLUMBERS MERCHANTS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail WICKE UK LIMITED Sandwell Retail WIDE RANGE TILES (DISTRIBUTION CENTRE) LIMITED Dudley Retail WILKINSON DYNAMIC BALANCING LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing WILKINSON WHEEL CO. LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing WILL HIRE LIMITED Dudley Retail WILLENHALL COMMERCIALS LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail WILLENHALL FASTENERS LIMITED Walsall Retail WILLIAM GIBBONS GROUP LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing WILLIAM HACKETT CHAIN PRODUCTS LIMITED Dudley Advanced Manufacturing WILLIAM KENDRICK & SONS HOLDINGS LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies WILLIAM KING LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing WILLIAM MITCHELL CALLIGRAPHY LIMITED Sandwell Retail WILSON VALE CATERING MANAGEMENT LIMITED Sandwell Visitor Economy WINSTER LIMITED Walsall Retail WM FENCING LIMITED Walsall Building Technologies WM. WHEAT & SON LIMITED Walsall Retail WOLVERHAMPTON ELECTRO PLATING LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing

55 Company LA Sector WOLVERHAMPTON HANDLING LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies WOLVERHAMPTON HOMES LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FOOTBALL CLUB (1986) LIMITED Wolverhampton Sports WOLVERHAMPTON WASTE SERVICES LIMITED Walsall Business Services WOLVERSON FITNESS LIMITED Walsall Retail WOLVERSON X-RAY LIMITED Walsall Retail WOODCRAFT JOINERY LIMITED Dudley Building Technologies WORCESTER CARSALES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Dudley Business Services WORCESTER PRESSES LIMITED Dudley Transport Technologies WRIGHTS PLASTICS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing WULFRUN BUILDING SOLUTIONS LIMITED Wolverhampton Building Technologies WYKO GROUP LIMITED Dudley Business Services WYVERN GROUP LIMITED Sandwell Business Services YANSPORT SAFETYWEAR LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing YEOMAN PRESSINGS LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing YOKA YO LTD Dudley Retail YOKO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Walsall Retail YOO RECRUIT LTD Walsall Business Services YOUNG'S HOME BREW LIMITED Wolverhampton Retail Z.M.R. LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing ZAUN LIMITED Wolverhampton Advanced Manufacturing ZF LEMFORDER UK LIMITED Walsall Advanced Manufacturing ZIANAS LIMITED Sandwell Public Sector ZICAM INTEGRATED SECURITY LIMITED Dudley Public Sector

56 Appendix 2: Top 100 Charitable Organisations

Company Local Authority Sector WALSALL HOUSING GROUP LIMITED Walsall Business Services STEPS TO WORK (WALSALL) LTD Walsall Business Services MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY Dudley Business Services PERRY HALL MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST Wolverhampton Public Sector THE SANDWELL COMMUNITY CARING TRUST Sandwell Health COMPTON CARE GROUP LIMITED Wolverhampton Public Sector SANDWELL LEISURE TRUST Sandwell Sports WOLVERHAMPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIMITED Wolverhampton Public Sector SIGNPOST SOLUTIONS LIMITED Sandwell Advanced Manufacturing COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUST Walsall Health THE BLACK COUNTRY LIVING MUSEUM TRUST Dudley Visitor Economy YMCA BLACK COUNTRY GROUP Sandwell Visitor Economy WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE (1982) LIMITED(THE) Wolverhampton Visitor Economy WOLVERHAMPTON VOLUNTARY SECTOR COUNCIL Wolverhampton Business Services TETTENHALL COLLEGE (INCORPORATED) Wolverhampton Public Sector MARY STEVENS HOSPICE(THE) Dudley Health MURRAY HALL COMMUNITY TRUST Sandwell #N/A DUDLEY AND WEST MIDLANDS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY LIMITED Dudley Visitor Economy CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY TRUST Sandwell Business Services BLACK COUNTRY WOMEN'S AID Sandwell Visitor Economy KALEIDOSCOPE PLUS GROUP Sandwell Health ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES - EUROPE Walsall Business Services THE ALBION FOUNDATION Sandwell Public Sector LANGSTONE SOCIETY Dudley Health GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (B'HAM) UK Sandwell #N/A BEACON CENTRE FOR THE BLIND Dudley Health THE VINE TRUST WALSALL Walsall Business Services FORWARD IN FAITH MINISTRY U.K. Sandwell #N/A SWIMMING TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION LIMITED(THE) Walsall Public Sector THE CONVENT OF THE CONGREGATION OF ST JOSEPH OF LYON Walsall #N/A CURE LEUKAEMIA Sandwell Health THE HAVEN WOLVERHAMPTON Wolverhampton Visitor Economy VISION HOMES ASSOCIATION Sandwell Health OPTIONS FOR LIFE Sandwell Health CFAN Dudley #N/A MOHS WORKPLACE HEALTH LIMITED Sandwell Health BRITISH YOUTH FOR CHRIST Dudley Business Services HALAS HOMES Dudley Health FLORIS BOOKS TRUST LIMITED Dudley Business Services SHRI VENKATESWARA (BALAJI) TEMPLE OF THE Sandwell #N/A YMCA WOLVERHAMPTON Wolverhampton Visitor Economy WOODLANDS QUAKER HOME Wolverhampton Health THE SANDWELL CROSSROADS CARE ATTENDANT SCHEME LIMITED Sandwell Health ABU BAKR TRUST Walsall #N/A

57 Company Local Authority Sector ELMFIELD RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED Dudley Public Sector OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK WEST MIDLANDS Wolverhampton Public Sector DUDLEY COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE(THE) Dudley Health WOLVERHAMPTON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX Wolverhampton Health WOLVERHAMPTON YOUTH ZONE Wolverhampton Visitor Economy GORDON MOODY ASSOCIATION Dudley Health GURU NANAK GURDWARA SMETHWICK Sandwell #N/A NEWBRIDGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED Wolverhampton Public Sector CITIZENS ADVICE SANDWELL LTD Sandwell Health LINKWAY CONSORTIUM LIMITED Walsall #N/A BETHEL UNITED Sandwell #N/A PALFREY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Walsall Public Sector THE REFUGEE AND MIGRANT CENTRE LIMITED Wolverhampton Business Services THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON NHS TRUST CHARITY Wolverhampton #N/A IDEAL FOR ALL LIMITED Sandwell Health LYNG COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Sandwell Business Services UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON STUDENTS' UNION Wolverhampton Public Sector ALDRIDGE PCC Walsall #N/A DUDLEY DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX Dudley Business Services SANDWELL VALLEY SCHOOL LIMITED Sandwell Public Sector RELATE SHROPSHIRE HEREFORDSHIRE & NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE LTD Walsall Health WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FOUNDATION Wolverhampton Sports WEST BROMWICH AFRICAN CARIBBEAN RESOURCE CENTRE Sandwell Health SMETHWICK ASRA LIMITED Sandwell Health ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN CENTRE (WOLVERHAMPTON) Wolverhampton Public Sector AFRICAN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY INITIATIVE (A.C.C.I.) Wolverhampton Health WORDSLEY HOUSING SOCIETY Dudley Visitor Economy GURU NANAK SIKH TEMPLE,SEDGLEY STREET,WOLVERHAMPTON UK Wolverhampton #N/A NEW HORIZONS COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE Walsall Business Services DGNHS CHARITY Dudley #N/A SANDWELL ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE LIMITED Sandwell Health T.P. RILEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Walsall Public Sector WALSALL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU Walsall Business Services BIRMINGHAM LAW CENTRE Walsall Business Services WALSALL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT LIMITED Walsall Transport Technologies ACCESS TO BUSINESS Wolverhampton Business Services WELL WISHERS Walsall #N/A AGE CONCERN DUDLEY Dudley Health ONE FOOTSTEP Wolverhampton Public Sector SALTMINE TRUST Dudley Visitor Economy MANOR FARM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Walsall #N/A BASE 25 Wolverhampton Health GURU NANAK GURDWARA Walsall #N/A BLACK COUNTRY WHEELS Sandwell Public Sector SANDWELL HOMELESS AND RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED Sandwell Health ST ALBANS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Sandwell Health

58 Company Local Authority Sector OLD SWINFORD HOSPITAL Dudley #N/A BIRMINGHAM (WEST) AND OLDBURY METHODIST CIRCUIT Dudley #N/A CHAMPIONS CHURCH Dudley #N/A YMCA WALSALL Walsall Business Services PRIMROSE HILL COMMUNITY PROJECT LIMITED Walsall Public Sector LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE Wolverhampton Visitor Economy LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE WALSALL GROUP OF HOSPITALS Walsall #N/A WOLVERHAMPTON METHODIST CIRCUIT Wolverhampton #N/A LIFESPRING MINISTRIES Wolverhampton Business Services REVIVAL FIRES Dudley #N/A

59 Appendix 3: Top 100 Strategic Companies – Board Representation

Company Female Male % Number of Directors Directors Female Directors A&H CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1 1 50% 2 A.F.BLAKEMORE AND SON LIMITED 1 7 13% 8

ACENTA STEEL LIMITED 3 0% 3

ACERINOX (U.K.) LIMITED 4 0% 4

ALTODIGITAL NETWORKS LIMITED 4 0% 4 AMARI METALS LIMITED 1 4 20% 5 ANDREWS SYKES GROUP PLC 1 7 13% 8 ANGEL SPRINGS LIMITED 1 5 17% 6

ARCELORMITTAL DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 4 0% 4

ARCELORMITTAL TAILORED BLANKS BIRMINGHAM LIMITED 2 0% 2

ASH & LACY HOLDINGS LIMITED 3 0% 3 ASSA ABLOY LIMITED 1 7 13% 8

ASSET ALLIANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 5 0% 5 B.E. WEDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED 2 10 17% 12

B.T.C. ACTIVEWEAR LIMITED 4 0% 4

BARHALE HOLDINGS PLC 4 0% 4

BARLOW MOTORS LIMITED 2 0% 2

BEESWIFT LIMITED 7 0% 7

BROMFORD HOUSING GROUP LIMITED - C BROWN SERVICES LIMITED 2 4 33% 6

CARVER GROUP LIMITED 6 0% 6

CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 6 0% 6

CENTRAL SUPPLIES (BRIERLEY HILL) LTD 2 0% 2

CHARTER COURT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP PLC 9 0% 9 CLAVERLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2 5 29% 7 CST HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 1 2 33% 3

DART PRODUCTS EUROPE LTD. 3 0% 3 DAVRO STEEL LIMITED 2 4 33% 6

DIRECT CORPORATE CLOTHING PLC 2 0% 2

DPDGROUP UK LTD 3 0% 3

EAST END FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED 6 0% 6

EFB HOLDINGS LIMITED 2 0% 2 ELTA GROUP LIMITED 1 4 20% 5

ENABLELINK LIMITED 3 0% 3 ERA HOME SECURITY LIMITED 1 4 20% 5

ERIKS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED 3 0% 3 FLINT INK (U.K.) LIMITED 1 5 17% 6

FORTEL CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED 2 0% 2

GENERATION (UK) LIMITED 3 0% 3

GROSVENOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE LIMITED 5 0% 5

GUEST MOTORS LIMITED 4 0% 4 HADLEY INDUSTRIES PLC 1 5 17% 6

HAYLEY GROUP HOLDING LIMITED 6 0% 6

HICKMAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED 3 100% 3

60 Company Female Male % Number of Directors Directors Female Directors HOMESERVE PLC 3 7 30% 10 HS MARSTON AEROSPACE LIMITED 1 5 17% 6

HYDRATIGHT LIMITED 4 0% 4 IBP GLOBAL TRADING LIMITED 1 1 50% 2 IN TOUCH GAMES LIMITED 1 2 33% 3 INTU PROPERTIES PLC 2 7 22% 9 J. C. (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2 1 67% 3 JAGUAR LAND ROVER AUTOMOTIVE PLC 2 4 33% 6

JANAN MEAT LIMITED 2 0% 2

JLE GROUP LTD 1 0% 1

JONATHAN LEE CONTRACTS LIMITED 3 0% 3

K.T.C. (EDIBLES) LIMITED 5 0% 5 KELTRUCK LIMITED 1 5 17% 6 KEYS GROUP LIMITED 2 4 33% 6

LONDON & CAMBRIDGE PROPERTIES LIMITED 9 0% 9

LSP HOLDING (UK) LTD 7 0% 7 MAPEI (UK) LIMITED 1 4 20% 5 MARCEGAGLIA (UK) LIMITED 2 2 50% 4 MARSTON'S PLC 3 5 38% 8 MEHTA HOLDINGS LIMITED 1 1 50% 2

MERIDIAN METAL TRADING LIMITED 7 0% 7

MITEK INDUSTRIES LIMITED 3 0% 3

MOOG WOLVERHAMPTON LIMITED 4 0% 4

MUELLER EUROPE LIMITED 5 0% 5

NCH (UK) LIMITED 4 0% 4 ONE STOP STORES LIMITED 1 2 33% 3 PALMAN LIMITED 1 4 20% 5 PALMER TIMBER HOLDINGS LIMITED 1 5 17% 6

PEOPLE SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED 1 0% 1

PHILMAR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2 0% 2

POUNDLAND LIMITED 6 0% 6

PRESS METAL UK LIMITED 3 0% 3 RAC GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1 10 9% 11

ROTALA PLC 7 0% 7 SANDVIK LIMITED 2 5 29% 7

SHARPS BILSTON LIMITED 1 0% 1

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE PLC 6 0% 6

SUNRISE MEDICAL LIMITED 3 0% 3 T. H. BAKER GROUP LIMITED 1 5 17% 6 TARMAC BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED 1 5 17% 6 TASK CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED 1 2 33% 3

THE ALAN NUTTALL PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 7 0% 7 THE STAFFING GROUP LIMITED 2 5 29% 7

THL (UK) HOLDINGS LTD 4 0% 4

THOMAS DUDLEY GROUP LIMITED 4 0% 4

THYSSENKRUPP MATERIALS (UK) LIMITED 5 0% 5

61 Company Female Male % Number of Directors Directors Female Directors TOP TUBES LIMITED 3 0% 3 TRUCK-LITE CO. LIMITED 1 2 33% 3

TRUST GROUP UK LIMITED 3 0% 3

VOESTALPINE METSEC PLC 7 0% 7 W.BRINDLEY(GARAGES)LIMITED 2 12 14% 14

WEST BROMWICH ALBION GROUP LIMITED 3 0% 3 WILLIAM KING LIMITED 1 5 17% 6 WOLVERHAMPTON HOMES LIMITED 7 3 70% 10 WORCESTER CARSALES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2 4 33% 6

ZF LEMFORDER UK LIMITED 6 0% 6 Grand Total 68 423 14% 491

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