UK Start-Up Index
Annual Start-Up Index First annual rise since 2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 -3.66% -0.14% +2.99% Annual percentage change in start-up businesses Top start-up sectors Medical +11% Health and Beauty PPPPEEEEE +9% Architects and Surveyors +6% Financial, Legal and Insurance £ £ £ £ £ +5% General Tradesmen XXXX +4% Transport A -1% Computer and IT -3% Property -3% Heavy Construction HAAA -4% Advertising and Design -6% London loses its edge as regions take up the entrepreneurial mantra Biggest growth in start-ups Biggest fall in start-ups -0.65% Lincoln +13.6% Dartford +13.3% Kirkwall -20.0% Llandrindod -17.1% Blackpool +13.1% Harrogate -11.6% +4.89% +2.12% +2.37% +2.98% +4.52% +2.46% +2.83% +4.02% +3.74% "Silver Start-ups' shoot up +18.7% +10.8% +5.5% +3.7% +3.7% +2.1% 18-25 26-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ 2011 percentage growth of start-ups by age of founder 25-34 years old is the UK's most entrepreneurial age 18-24 +15% 25-34 +35% 35-44 +27% 45-54 +17% 55-64 +6% 65+ +1% Age demographic of UK start-ups in 2011 Based on 1,119,442 individual insurance quote requests made to Simply Business, the UK's largest insurance broker, between 2008 and 2011
UK Start-Up Index
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