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Small Business Outlook 2015
By
Centre for Cities
| 19 October 2015
Small Business Outlook 2015
By
Centre for Cities
| 19 October 2015
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Executive Summary
The economic and policy context
Case study Introduction
Case study The shift towards ‘new work’
Case study Figure 1: Output by broad sector (£m)
Case study SMEs and economic growth
Case study The shifting profile of SMEs
Case study Figure 2: Change in SMEs by sector (UK), 2008-2014
Case study Policy and the economic importance of ‘new work’ sectors
Case study Box 1: Defining ‘new work’ SMEs
Case study The significance of place
Case study Box 2: The use of Primary Urban Areas
Case study Box 3: Self-employment
Cities, small businesses and ‘new work’
Case study Where are ‘new work’ SMEs most likely to locate?
Case study Figure 3: Proportion of ‘new work’ SMEs, 2014
Case study Figure 4: Concentration and change in number of ‘new work’ SMEs (relative to national average), 2014 and 2008-14
Case study Box 4: Why do ‘new work’ SMEs benefit from clustering together?
Case study Case study 1: The Cambridge Cluster
Case study How does the performance of ‘new work’ SMEs vary between cities?
Case study Do ‘new work’ SMEs have an impact on the wider city economy?
Case study Figure 5: Change in the ‘new work’ SMEs and ‘other services’15 SMEs by city, 2008-2014
Case study Figure 6: Relationship between performance of SMEs in different sectors
Case study Table 1: Relative economic performance of cities with high concentrations of ‘new work’ SMEs
Case study Why are some cities more attractive to ‘new work’ SMEs than others?
Case study Table 2: Characteristics of cities with high concentrations of SMEs in ‘new work’ industries
Case study Case study 2: Bristol – creative and digital
Case study Case study 3: Reinventing Leeds
Case study Policy implications
Data Monitor: Small Business Performance
Case study Overview
Case study SME Density
Case study Figure 7: SME Density, 2014
Case study Business starts
Case study Figure 8: Business starts per 10,000 population, 2013
Case study SME Expansion
Case study Figure 9: Average number of jobs created, 2011-2014
Case study Figure 10: Expanding SMEs by location and sector, 2011-2014
Case study Figure 11: Net SME jobs created in cities by industry, 2011-2014
Case study High-growth SMEs
Case study Figure 12: Proportion of high growth SMEs, 2011-14
Case study SME Contraction
Case study Figure 13: Average job losses per contracting SME, 2011-14
Case study Figure 14: SME growth in cities by size, 2011-2014
Case study Closures
Case study ‘New Work’ Industries
Appendix: A note on sources and methodology
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