Explore the ScaleUp Annual Review 2021

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CONTENTS

Introduction 2021

Annual Review Highlights Ministerial Foreword Paul Scully MP Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Chair’s Foreword Executive Summary 2021 Recommendations

Chapter 1 2021

The ScaleUp Business Landscape

Scaleup indicators from a national and local perspective The Scaling Pipeline 2021 Scaleup Leaders’ Views 2021 ScaleUp Survey – at a glance Scaleup Survey 2021 Access to markets Talent and skills Access to finance Leadership – Insight:Scaling Perspectives: Diverse Scaleup Leaders – Insight: Scaling Perspectives: Sectors Looking forward

Chapter 2 2021

Leading Programmes Breaking Down the Barriers for Scaleups

Leading Programmes Breaking Down the Barriers for Scaleups Access to Talent and skills – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Leadership – Insight: The Power of Peer Groups – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Access to Markets – Insight: Accelerating innovation and collaboration – Insight Corporate collaboration checklist – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Finance – Insight: In Conversation with Catherine Lewis La Torre, CEO, British Business Bank – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Infrastructure – Insight: Building the UK as a Life Sciences Superpower – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch

Chapter 3 2021

The Local Scaleup Ecosystem

Location, Location, Location New Anglia Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Coast to Capital Cornwall and Isles of Scilly D2N2 Greater Birmingham and Solihull – Insight: Driving Investment and Growth in Creative Industries Greater Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School Heart of the South West Inspire Elite (One to Watch) Lancashire Leeds City Region Liverpool City Region North East Entrepreneurs’ Forum: ScaleUp Leaders’ Academy (One to Watch) Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Scotland South East Thames Valley Berkshire Worcestershire

Chapter 4 2021

The Policy Landscape

Policy Overview – Delivering Policy to Foster and Sustain UK Scaleups Scaleup Identification – Data Talent and skills – Policy Overview – Insight: The ScaleUp Visa: From Seven Years to 72 Hours Markets – Policy Overview – Access to Markets ScaleUp Procurement Index – Insight: Tales from Two Cities Finance – Policy Overview – Access to growth capital – Insight: Growth Capital: one year on from the Future of Growth Capital report – Insight: Resolving regional funding disparities Leadership – Policy Overview – Leadership remains central to scaleup growth – Insight: Innovate UK and the Innovation Strategy – Insight: Supporting Scaling Businesses – The journey since 2014 Infrastructure – Policy Overview – Driving growth through the power of clusters and hubs – Insight: Scaleup Safari 2020 Recommendation Progress

Chapter 5 2021

Looking forward

Making The UK the Best Place to Scale a Business

Annexes 2021

Local Area Summaries

Scaleup Stories 2021

Latest Scaleup Stories

Programme

Entrepreneurs’ Forum: Scale-up Leaders’ Academy [2021]

Leadership Capacity

Key sectors

Transport & Logistics Building & Construction Creative, digital, film, games & media Defence & security Engineering / Advanced Engineering Environmental Science & Technology Farming, fisheries & forestry Finance Food & drink Healthcare Impact ventures / Social Impact Life Sciences & Biotech Manufacturing / Advanced Manufacturing Professional services Technology & Communications

The Scale-up Leader’s Academy is run by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum which is made up of 300 business leaders with a combined turnover of £2.6bn. The Academy, which was set up after attending SUI’s Driving Local Economic Growth through Scaleup Ecosystems course, brings together ambitious business owners from across the North East over six months to inspire, challenge, support and connect with each other in cohorts limited to 15 participants. It has since inception supported 49 scaling businesses.

In the cohorts, using a mix of scaleup coaching and peer mentoring, the Academy shares business expertise and provides inspiration. Themes covered include developing a high growth mindset, people, strategy and execution. The business leaders are supported to develop a one-page strategic plan.

In addition, participants are matched with an experienced entrepreneur who provides peer-to-peer mentoring support throughout the programme. In May of each year they are invited to attend the Entrepreneurs’ Forum’s annual showcase Spring conference – Together We Can Take on the World – for a day of scaleup inspiration and can attend the Forum’s regular events programme.

The Academy programme has pivoted to online delivery during Covid restrictions but is now transitioning back to face-to-face delivery, providing there is no return to restrictions.

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CONTENTS

Introduction 2021

Annual Review Highlights Ministerial Foreword Paul Scully MP Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer Chair’s Foreword Executive Summary 2021 Recommendations

Chapter 1 2021

The ScaleUp Business Landscape

Scaleup indicators from a national and local perspective The Scaling Pipeline 2021 Scaleup Leaders’ Views 2021 ScaleUp Survey – at a glance Scaleup Survey 2021 Access to markets Talent and skills Access to finance Leadership – Insight:Scaling Perspectives: Diverse Scaleup Leaders – Insight: Scaling Perspectives: Sectors Looking forward

Chapter 2 2021

Leading Programmes Breaking Down the Barriers for Scaleups

Leading Programmes Breaking Down the Barriers for Scaleups Access to Talent and skills – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Leadership – Insight: The Power of Peer Groups – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Access to Markets – Insight: Accelerating innovation and collaboration – Insight Corporate collaboration checklist – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Finance – Insight: In Conversation with Catherine Lewis La Torre, CEO, British Business Bank – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Infrastructure – Insight: Building the UK as a Life Sciences Superpower – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch

Chapter 3 2021

The Local Scaleup Ecosystem

Location, Location, Location New Anglia Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Coast to Capital Cornwall and Isles of Scilly D2N2 Greater Birmingham and Solihull – Insight: Driving Investment and Growth in Creative Industries Greater Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School Heart of the South West Inspire Elite (One to Watch) Lancashire Leeds City Region Liverpool City Region North East Entrepreneurs’ Forum: ScaleUp Leaders’ Academy (One to Watch) Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Scotland South East Thames Valley Berkshire Worcestershire

Chapter 4 2021

The Policy Landscape

Policy Overview – Delivering Policy to Foster and Sustain UK Scaleups Scaleup Identification – Data Talent and skills – Policy Overview – Insight: The ScaleUp Visa: From Seven Years to 72 Hours Markets – Policy Overview – Access to Markets ScaleUp Procurement Index – Insight: Tales from Two Cities Finance – Policy Overview – Access to growth capital – Insight: Growth Capital: one year on from the Future of Growth Capital report – Insight: Resolving regional funding disparities Leadership – Policy Overview – Leadership remains central to scaleup growth – Insight: Innovate UK and the Innovation Strategy – Insight: Supporting Scaling Businesses – The journey since 2014 Infrastructure – Policy Overview – Driving growth through the power of clusters and hubs – Insight: Scaleup Safari 2020 Recommendation Progress

Chapter 5 2021

Looking forward

Making The UK the Best Place to Scale a Business

Annexes 2021

Local Area Summaries

Scaleup Stories 2021

Latest Scaleup Stories