Beauhurst：2024英国本地增长指数-本地商业数据百科全书（英文版）（216页）.pdf

1、1A Beauhurst encyclopedia oflocal business dataA Beauhurst encyclopedia of local business data1The Local Growth IndexThe Local Growth IndexThe Local Growth IndexContentsLocal business dataForeword2Executive summary3About Beauhurst4Our data6ESG data8Case studies10Beauhurst council rankings16The UKs X

2、 EconomyMethodology18416The data explainedIndex20420United Kingdom22East of England62London110North East146North West160Scotland212South East246South West312Wales342West Midlands366Yorkshire and The Humber398East Midlands24Northern Ireland19832The Local Growth IndexThe Local Growth IndexFrom some an

3、gles,the UKs economy is in rude healthand Im not just talking about ONS revisions of post-pandemic growth(though they dont hurt).Looking at our data on the UKs private companies,we find a few cheering statistics.Firstly and mostly simply,there are a record number of active companies:5.4 million.Not

4、all companies are created equal,however:some are holding companies,some are scams,some are tax shields.But if we look just for companies with at least one full-time equivalent employee,there are still 2.4 millionanother record.Over 240 thousand new companies incorporated in the first quarter of 2023

5、another record.At Beauhurst we dont just track the companies themselves,we track the ecosystem that supports them.To understand the economy,at the national or local level,its important to understand the role that investment,accelerators,grants and many more play in supporting individual businesses t

6、o grow.The purpose of this book is to provide a snapshot view of the UKs private company economy,revealing company demographics and related support statistics.Further in the book you can look at the stats for your area,and compare them with neighbours.From our birds eye view a few stats stand out.It