Annual Review Highlights Ministerial Foreword Executive Summary 2022 Recommendations

Scaleup indicators from a national and local perspective The ScaleUp Landscape Sectoral and regional clustering Local Analysis of growth in scaleups Small high-growth businesses: observing the scaling pipeline Local Analysis of growth in the Scaling Pipeline Understanding the relationship between scaleups and the pipeline highlights an opportunity to convert the pipeline Growth rate analysis for scaleup and scaling pipeline businesses Conclusions 2022 Scaleup Leaders’ Views 2022 ScaleUp Survey – at a glance Scaleup Survey 2022 Access to markets Talent and skills Access to finance Leadership Looking forward

Leading Programmes Breaking Down the Barriers for Scaleups Access to Talent and skills – Insight: The Scale of Need: Understanding the talent development needs of scaleups – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Talent & Skills Leadership – Insight: Building up board-level expertise – Insight: Building brand and communications strategies to drive scaleup growth – Insight: Peer Groups – The power behind scaleups – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Leadership Access to Markets – Insight Collaboration & Procurement Checklist – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Markets Finance – Insight: Growth capital roundtable – Insight: The Growing Role of Angels in the Scaleup Ecosystem – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Finance Infrastructure – Insight: Clusters and Hubs – Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Infrastructure

Location, location, location EAST OF ENGLAND & EAST MIDLANDS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough New Anglia South East Midlands SOUTH EAST ENGLAND Enterprise M3 Oxfordshire South East Thames Valley Berkshire SOUTH WEST Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Heart of the South West West of England WEST MIDLANDS Greater Birmingham and Solihull Worcestershire NORTH WEST Greater Manchester Lancashire Liverpool City Region NORTH EAST Leeds City Region North East South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority UK NATIONS Northern Ireland Scotland

Scaleup Identification – Data – Insight: Female founders: the opportunities ahead – Insight: Ethnic and minority owned scaleups Markets – Policy Overview – Access to Markets ScaleUp Procurement Index Talent and skills – Policy Overview – Insight: The scale-up visa Access to growth capital – Policy Overview – Insight: Scaling businesses and the use of debt and working capital finance Leadership remains central to scaleup growth – Insight: Scaling the business, keeping the culture Driving growth through the power of clusters and hubs

Making The UK the Best Place to Scale a Business