UK Migrant Entrepreneurs

UK Migrant Entrepreneurs Lord Bilimoria South Asia Cobra Beer YEAR Since 2008, migrants starting businesses in the UK have to apply to the UK Entrepreneur visa. 2014 369 East Asia 2013 401 Alan Yau Where are these entrepreneurs from and how many are they? Wagamama 2012 220 2011 135 Middle East 2010 Mika Singer 2009 Total per year 1089 2008 1166 701 421 America North 189 118 EU 8* 27 Gary Ford Caffe Nero Joseph Conrad Writer Regions of the world where UK migrant entrepreneurs are coming from, compared by years and organised proportionally by the leading region of origin. Rest of Europe EU 2* Evgeny Lebedev The Evening Standard George lacobescu Carnary Wharf Group West, East and Southern Africa EU14* Adebayo Ogunlesi Gatwick Airport Stelios Haji-loannou Easy Jet Oceania Central Asia Richard Bruce Farleigh Dragon's Den Yasmin Le Bon North Africa Central and South America Top Model Mohamed Abdel Moneim Al-Fayed Harrods Naomi Campbell Top Model 72% of migrant entrepreneurs are coming from these 10 countries alone Canada Egypt Iran Nigeria India Australia Russia Pakistan United States China 115 97 125 120 298 194 153 488 405 715 5,576 4,493 1,504 781 369 207 38 2013 2014 2011 2012 2009 2010 2008 migreat Entrepreneurs from outside the UK Entrepreneurs from within the UK * These regions do not need a visa. Source: Immigration statistics, April to June 2014, Home Office.