BusinessLive aims to bring you the best business stories from across England and Wales - and as we leave the turmoil of 2021 behind, we thought we'd look ahead at what companies might make the news in 2021.
Across the country, our expert reporters and editors has been asking which companies readers should look out for in 2021.
In the North East, the firms range from social enterprise The Skill Mill, which aims to train offenders and break the cycle of offending, to cryptocurrency firm Bottlepay,
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In Wales we've covered firms from His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf through to Mid Wales-based honey producer, Hilltop.
In the North West, the region's business leaders nominated a list of companies including Farm Urban, rapid-growth fintech firm Collctiv and playground equipment manufacturer Playdale.
We also asked business leaders in the West Midlands for their suggestions - and they came up with names from battery giant Britishvolt to retailer Loki Wine. In Staffordshire, our experts discuss businesses from 147-year-old Goodwins Jewellers to garden building manufacturer Round Peg Outdoor Buildings, which celebrates its first birthday this month.
In the East Midlands our list includes multiple award-winning ExpHand Prosthetics, anti-bacterial technology specialist Micro-Fresh and earbud designers Tzuka.
Meanwhile in the South West, companies to watch range from household names like Dyson and The Range to growing companies like brownie maker Hetty's Kitchen.
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