{"id":35234,"date":"2016-11-30T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T08:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/?p=35234"},"modified":"2022-05-12T12:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:23:25","slug":"uk-local-growth-dashboard-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/uk-local-growth-dashboard-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Local Growth Dashboard 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong><em>Complex picture of firm growth and job creation across the UK highlighted in latest research.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>For business owners, being sent to Coventry might be just what they need to learn about creating jobs.\u00a0And when it comes to growing a multimillion-pound turnover, entrepreneurs are better off basing themselves in Belfast and Aberdeen than London.<\/p>\n<p>The surprising findings are revealed in new research published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/\">Enterprise Research Centre<\/a> in its annual UK Local Growth Dashboard.<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling ' >\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kiitya-88419a709900983a25ef96663a814b1a\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-kiitya-88419a709900983a25ef96663a814b1a{\nbackground-color:#af1515;\nborder-color:#af1515;\ncolor:#ffffff;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n-webkit-transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n-moz-transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n-ms-transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n-o-transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ERC-UK-Local-Growth-Dashboard-FINAL.pdf'  class='avia-button av-kiitya-88419a709900983a25ef96663a814b1a avia-icon_select-no avia-size-medium avia-position-left'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Download the UK Local Growth Dashboard 2016 here<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>ERC, a consortium of leading university business schools, is the top UK research institute on the drivers behind private sector firm growth. The Dashboard provides the most comprehensive picture of growth among small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up 99% of all UK firms.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Its key findings \u00a0have been \u00a0unveiled at ERC\u2019s third annual <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">State of Small Business Britain<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> conference today \u00a0at The Shard in London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Professor Mark Hart, Deputy Director of ERC, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we see in the Growth Dashboard is that firm growth and job creation is spread right across the UK and is not limited to a few cities or regions.\u00a0Nor is it restricted to certain types of \u2018fashionable\u2019 high-growth firms \u2013 there\u2019s a complex growth pipeline of companies in every corner of the country that have different support needs based on their individual ambitions.This is incredibly important to understand if we\u2019re going to create an industrial strategy that capitalises on the strengths we already have without over-focusing on star firms, or regions labelled as \u2018powerhouses\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the UK\u2019s productivity problem, Prof Hart added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn aggregate, it\u2019s certainly the case that the UK has a productivity problem. But we are too preoccupied with average productivity. Within that overall distribution we see some real productivity stars that we refer to as \u2018growth heroes\u2019. We need to learn the lessons from these companies and share the reasons behind their success more widely. This will be a major focus of this year\u2019s State of Small Business Britain conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complex picture of firm growth and job creation across the UK highlighted in latest research. \u00a0For business owners, being sent to Coventry might be just what they need to learn about creating jobs.\u00a0And when it comes to growing a multimillion-pound turnover, entrepreneurs are better off basing themselves in Belfast and Aberdeen than London. 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