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

NORTH WEST

Across the North West there are 3,005 scaleups with key clusters in Wholesale & Retail:, Professional, Scientific & Tech, Health & Social Work and Admin & Support Services. There are 1,385 businesses in the scaling pipeline growing between 15-19.99%.

There are 5 localities within the North West and over the eight year trend since monitoring began we see on a regional level:

  • The average of the region increased slightly from 39.9 in 2013 to 40.5 in 2021 in scaleup density (up 0.6 per 100k population). By comparison the national average increased by only 0.3 scaleups per 100k population during this time period.

More locally we observe:

  • Cheshire and Warrington is the only locality tracking above national average for the whole monitoring period and in 2021, Greater Manchester surpassed the UK average in scaleup density 
  • In the Liverpool City Region, scaleup density in 2021 was 34.2 scaleups per 100k population. Despite a decrease since 2020, average growth in density from 2013-2021 is 0.4 scaleups per 100k population per year.

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