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Innovation

Patents, university spinouts, R&D grant funding, and companies in innovative and IS-8 sectors.

Rank	Authority	Region	Pillar score	Overall score
1	Cambridge	East of England	1,713	1,442
2	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	1,665	1,398
3	Oxford	South East	1,651	1,400
4	Vale of White Horse	South East	1,455	1,287
5	City of London	London	1,296	1,414
6	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,248	1,169
7	Cherwell	South East	1,172	1,096
8	Test Valley	South East	1,160	1,093
9	Halton	North West	1,139	1,080
10	Midlothian	Scotland	1,136	1,100
11	Westminster	London	1,131	1,179
12	Guildford	South East	1,125	1,087
13	Belfast	Northern Ireland	1,120	1,088
14	Southwark	London	1,117	1,183
15	Aberdeen City	Scotland	1,116	1,081
16	City of Bristol	South West	1,110	1,092
17	Camden	London	1,104	1,074
18	South Oxfordshire	South East	1,103	1,062
19	Islington	London	1,095	1,081
20	Reading	South East	1,090	1,046

Scaleups, headcount growth and accelerator attendance among local companies.

Rank	Authority	Region	Pillar score	Overall score
1	City of London	London	1,385	1,414
2	Southwark	London	1,166	1,183
3	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	1,136	1,398
4	North West Leicestershire	East Midlands	1,120	1,038
5	Westminster	London	1,117	1,179
6	Oxford	South East	1,102	1,400
7	Vale of White Horse	South East	1,098	1,287
8	Aberdeen City	Scotland	1,096	1,081
9	North Warwickshire	West Midlands	1,096	1,002
10	Cambridge	East of England	1,095	1,442
11	Bolsover	East Midlands	1,094	1,017
12	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	1,093	1,005
13	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,089	1,169
14	Belfast	Northern Ireland	1,076	1,088
15	Test Valley	South East	1,076	1,093
16	Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	1,075	1,015
17	Mole Valley	South East	1,068	1,030
18	Kensington and Chelsea	London	1,064	1,104
19	Tamworth	West Midlands	1,062	986
20	Redditch	West Midlands	1,061	982

How many local companies raised equity in the last five years, how much, and how many for the first time.

Rank	Authority	Region	Pillar score	Overall score
1	City of London	London	1,668	1,414
2	Cambridge	East of England	1,585	1,442
3	Oxford	South East	1,518	1,400
4	South Cambridgeshire	East of England	1,487	1,398
5	Vale of White Horse	South East	1,355	1,287
6	Westminster	London	1,345	1,179
7	Southwark	London	1,301	1,183
8	Lambeth	London	1,245	1,114
9	Kensington and Chelsea	London	1,235	1,104
10	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	1,221	1,085
11	Hackney	London	1,181	1,057
12	Islington	London	1,175	1,081
13	Tower Hamlets	London	1,157	1,072
14	Camden	London	1,149	1,074
15	Midlothian	Scotland	1,122	1,100
16	Wandsworth	London	1,101	1,032
17	City of Bristol	South West	1,097	1,092
18	Guildford	South East	1,094	1,087
19	Cherwell	South East	1,092	1,096
20	Belfast	Northern Ireland	1,070	1,088

Clean energy and other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profits.

Rank	Authority	Region	Pillar score	Overall score
1	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,716	1,169
2	Isles of Scilly	South West	1,480	962
3	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	1,305	1,040
4	Cambridge	East of England	1,245	1,442
5	Powys	Wales	1,194	993
6	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	1,193	978
7	Oxford	South East	1,182	1,400
8	South Hams	South West	1,167	1,009
9	West Devon	South West	1,159	990
10	Stroud	South West	1,158	1,039
11	Shetland Islands	Scotland	1,155	997
12	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	1,153	1,004
13	Ceredigion	Wales	1,143	1,010
14	Vale of White Horse	South East	1,140	1,287
15	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	1,137	1,016
16	Cornwall	South West	1,135	1,020
17	Gwynedd	Wales	1,133	962
18	Scottish Borders	Scotland	1,128	977
19	Pembrokeshire	Wales	1,124	968
20	North Devon	South West	1,121	977