Enterprise

What will success look like?

  • start-up rates increased to 60 per 10,000 resident adults by 2031 (around 12,000 more new businesses created each year than in 2004)
  • total entrepreneurship activity rates to 2031 that are:
    • higher than in 2008
    • above the UK average
    • demonstrating female entrepreneurship rates closer to male rates than in 2008.
  • an increase in the share of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using external advice
  • an increase in the proportion of the region’s SMEs that operate internationally.

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