Explore the ScaleUp Annual Review 2023

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CONTENTS

Introduction 2023

Annual Review Highlights Chair’s Foreword Executive Summary 2023 Recommendations

Chapter 1 2023

The ScaleUp Business Landscape

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 Growth Rates Analysis for Scaleups and Scaling Pipeline Businesses Conclusion – Insight: UK Unicorns 2023 Scaleup Leaders’ Views 2023 Survey Infographic (Survey at a Glance) Scaleup Survey 2023 Access to Markets Talent and skills Access to Finance Leadership Looking forward

Chapter 2 2023

Leading Programmes Breaking Down the Barriers for Scaleups Access to Talent and skills Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Talent & Skills Leadership Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Leadership Access to Markets – Insight: Corporate collaboration checklist – Insight: Helping scaleups access new international markets: lessons from trade missions and international innovation programmes Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Access to Markets Finance Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Finance Infrastructure Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Infrastructure – Insight: Female founders: the challenges and opportunities

Chapter 3 2023

Location, location, location – Insight: Driving Economic Growth through Scaleup Ecosystems 2023 course EAST OF ENGLAND & EAST MIDLANDS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough East Midlands New Anglia SOUTH EAST ENGLAND Enterprise M3 Oxfordshire South East WEST MIDLANDS West Midlands SOUTH WEST West of England Worcestershire NORTH WEST Greater Manchester Lancashire Liverpool City Region NORTH EAST AND YORKSHIRE North East South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority West Yorkshire Combined Authority UK NATIONS Northern Ireland Scotland

EAST MIDLANDS AND EAST OF ENGLAND

Across the East Midlands and East of England region there are 3,370 scaleups with key clusters in Wholesale & Retail, Admin & Support Services and Manufacturing. There are 1,685 businesses in the scaling pipeline growing between 15-19.99%.

There are 7 localities within this region. 6 local authorities in the region (Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, South Cambridgeshire) have combined to form the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. Over the eight year trend since monitoring began we see on a regional level:

  • The average of the region has remained almost the same from 40.4 in 2013 to 39.1 in 2021 in scaleup density. By comparison the national average increased by only 0.3 scaleups per 100k population during this time period.

More locally we observe:

  • Cambridgeshire & Peterborough has always tracked above the UK average but showed a steep decline in 2021, falling from 65 in 2020 to 48 scaleups per 100k population in 2021.

CONTENTS

Introduction 2023

Annual Review Highlights Chair’s Foreword Executive Summary 2023 Recommendations

Chapter 1 2023

The ScaleUp Business Landscape

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 Growth Rates Analysis for Scaleups and Scaling Pipeline Businesses Conclusion – Insight: UK Unicorns 2023 Scaleup Leaders’ Views 2023 Survey Infographic (Survey at a Glance) Scaleup Survey 2023 Access to Markets Talent and skills Access to Finance Leadership Looking forward

Chapter 2 2023

Leading Programmes Breaking Down the Barriers for Scaleups Access to Talent and skills Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Talent & Skills Leadership Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Leadership Access to Markets – Insight: Corporate collaboration checklist – Insight: Helping scaleups access new international markets: lessons from trade missions and international innovation programmes Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Access to Markets Finance Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Finance Infrastructure Programmes Endorsed & Ones to Watch Infrastructure – Insight: Female founders: the challenges and opportunities

Chapter 3 2023

Location, location, location – Insight: Driving Economic Growth through Scaleup Ecosystems 2023 course EAST OF ENGLAND & EAST MIDLANDS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough East Midlands New Anglia SOUTH EAST ENGLAND Enterprise M3 Oxfordshire South East WEST MIDLANDS West Midlands SOUTH WEST West of England Worcestershire NORTH WEST Greater Manchester Lancashire Liverpool City Region NORTH EAST AND YORKSHIRE North East South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority West Yorkshire Combined Authority UK NATIONS Northern Ireland Scotland