Business Statistics

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Northern entrepreneurs more successful than Southerners
[May 1, 2008] Although there are fewer entrepreneurs in the North of England, new research suggests that they are more successful than their Southern counterparts.

Record number of UK business start-ups in 2007
[March 26, 2008] A record 471,500 new businesses started up in 2007, the highest annual volume since Barclays started tracking the market in 1988. However, the figures also revealed a significant increase in the number of business closures.

SME's owed staggering £18.6bn in outstanding payments
[January 21, 2008] According to new statistics, small and medium sized businesses are owed a staggering £18.6 billion in outstanding payments.

Taxation tops list of small business concerns according to survey
[December 18, 2007] Taxation has topped the list of concerns for UK small businesses according to specialist insurer Hiscox’s second annual SME Risk Barometer.

Gap between perception and reality when starting a business
[December 7, 2007] A new report reveals the large disparities which exist between the perceptions and realities of starting up and running a small business in the UK.

UK seen as a good place to start up a business
[November 23, 2007] The UK is a good place to set up and run a small business according to a new FT survey. Despite this, red tape and other issues are seen to be major negatives to enterprise.

Red tape becoming a serious problem for small businesses
[November 22, 2007] A growing amount of research suggest that Government regulations and interference are now becoming a real threat to enterprise in the UK.

Women increasingly attracted to self employment
[November 2, 2007] Since 1990, the proportion of women moving from employment to self-employment has increased from 22.2% to 32.6% of all those moving.

Number of UK home-based businesses soars
[October 31, 2007] A comprehensive new report on home businesses shows that over 60% of new businesses are now started from home. The availability of web technology means people can start a business from anywhere.

SME's unaffected by "credit crunch" according to latest statistics
[October 19, 2007] Small businesses seem to have been largely unaffected by the "credit crunch" according to the latest PKF SME Index - a quarterly survey of over 1,000 small and medium sized companies.

Small Business Statistics - Private enterprise continues to grow
[August 29, 2007] Interesting statisticial insight into the the makeup of UK enterprise - including a breakdown of the number of sole traders, partnerships and limited companies in the UK at the start of 2006.

The changing face of UK entrepreneurs
[July 18, 2007] Entrepreneurism in the present day is almost unrecognisable compared to the early eighties, a new study has found.

Half Britons would like to be their own boss
[May 29, 2007] Entrepreneurial spirit in Britain is stronger than ever with half (50%) of all adults in Britain having considered starting their own business.

SME's performing strongly in first quarter 2007
[May 1, 2007] UK small and medium sized enterprises continued to perform strongly in the first quarter of 2007 with the rate of growth picking up slightly on the previous quarter, according to the PKF SME Index

UK business administrations jump by over 25%
[February 13, 2007] Latest analysis of administration figures by Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has shown that UK businesses suffered in 2006 with the number of companies going into administration increasing by 26% over 2005.

SME growth strong during last quarter of 2006
[February 9, 2007] The robust performance of UK small and medium sized businesses in the third quarter of 2006 was almost replicated in the final quarter of the year with a broad based rise in SME activity, reports the PKF SME Index, a quarterly survey of 800 SMEs in the construction, manufacturing and service sectors.

Small Businesses confident about 2007
[January 18, 2007] British small business owners have forecast a Happy New Year in 2007, with rising confidence in both the performance of their own companies and the overall state of the economy

Small businesses bounce back with buoyant sales figures
[December 6, 2006] Small businesses across the UK confounded many economic predictions with almost 40% reporting increased sales this summer, according to a recent survey.

Internet changing the landscape for UK businesses
[November 27, 2006] The Internet has changed substantially the way that UK businesses operate, altering people’s working habits, the way they buy goods and services and how these are marketed and sold, according to a new survey of Internet behaviour published by the CBI and Google.

UK’s entrepreneurs alienated by major political parties
[November 9, 2006] Major political parties are failing to win the hearts and minds of the UK’s leading entrepreneurs according to research. Of the entrepreneurs that did state a political preference, the vast majority supported the Tories.

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