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CONTENTS
Introduction 2023
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
SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Across the South East region there are 10,795 scaleups (including 6,300 from London) with key clusters in Professional, Scientific & Tech, Info & Communication and Wholesale & Retail. There are 4,605 (including 2,375 from London) businesses in the scaling pipeline growing between 15-19.99%.
There are 8 localities and 110 Local authorities within this region. Over the eight year trend since monitoring began we see on a regional level:
- The average of the region has increased from 52.3 in 2013 to 56.6 in 2021 in scaleup density – an increase of 4.3 scaleups 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:
- Apart from London, Oxfordshire and Thames Valley Berkshire have tracked above the national as well as the regional average since 2017
- While Enterprise M3 was the third highest in scaleup density in 2017, it has since shown a continuous decreasing trend falling to the fifth place in 2021.
CONTENTS
Introduction 2023
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
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