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It stands out most on Investment, at 959; its biggest opportunity is ESG, at 944.",[110,111,112],"Barnet's scores are built from the area's 58,035 active companies, each measured on the same 16 characteristics.","The Local Growth Index scores every UK local authority on four pillars (Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG) using company-level data from the Beauhurst platform. Each measure is averaged across the area's companies, so a score reflects how active the typical local company is rather than how large the local economy is.","Every score is set against a fixed UK benchmark of 1,000, the score of the UK as a whole, so Barnet's 950 puts it 50 points below the UK. Its likely range, 945–955, shows how much the score could move with a slightly different mix of companies. A score is only published when that range is narrow enough to rely on.",{"innovation":114,"scaling":115,"investment":116,"esg":117},"Barnet sits in the lower half nationally on Innovation, ahead of 26.0% of authorities. The Innovation pillar measures how rooted local companies are in research and new technology: granted patents filed in the last 20 years, university spinouts, R&D grant funding won in the last five years, and the share of companies in innovative sectors or the eight IS-8 growth sectors.","Barnet sits in the lower half nationally on Scaling, ahead of 5.3% of authorities. The Scaling pillar looks past the startup phase: how many local companies are scaleups, how fast established companies are adding staff, and how many have attended an accelerator.","Investment is Barnet's strongest pillar relative to other authorities, scoring 959 (41 points below the UK) and outperforming 63.9% of authorities nationally. The Investment pillar captures equity finance: how many local companies raised equity in the last five years, how much they raised, and how many raised for the first time.","ESG is Barnet's clearest opportunity, scoring 944 (56 points below the UK). It currently outperforms 5.3% of authorities. The ESG pillar tracks clean energy and other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and the share of companies set up on a not-for-profit basis.","Barnet scores 83 points below the London score, and 71 points below the Greater London score.",[120,123,126,129,132,135],{"question":121,"answer":122},"What is Barnet's Local Growth Score?","Barnet has a Local Growth Score of 950, ranking 290th of 361 authorities nationally. The UK as a whole scores 1,000. Its pillar scores are Innovation 949, Scaling 946, Investment 959, ESG 944.",{"question":124,"answer":125},"How is the Local Growth Score calculated?","Each company is measured on 16 characteristics, which are averaged across the area and compared with a fixed UK baseline. The results are combined into four pillar scores, and a composite weighted 30% each to Innovation, Scaling and Investment and 10% to ESG, on a scale where the UK scores 1,000.",{"question":127,"answer":128},"What is Barnet's strongest economic pillar?","Relative to other authorities, Investment is Barnet's strongest pillar at 959, placing Barnet in the top 50% of UK local authorities on that pillar.",{"question":130,"answer":131},"Where does Barnet have the most room to improve?","ESG is Barnet's weakest pillar relative to other authorities, at 944, 56 points below the UK benchmark. It is the clearest opportunity for local economic development.",{"question":133,"answer":134},"How does Barnet compare to the rest of Greater London?","Barnet ranks 19th of the 32 authorities in Greater London, scoring 71 points below the county score. The next-highest-scoring authority in the county is Southwark, on 1,183.",{"question":136,"answer":137},"How many active companies are based in Barnet?","Barnet has 58,035 active, non-dormant companies with their head office there. Every measure in the Local Growth Index is averaged across these companies.","Barnet scores 950 on the UK Local Growth Index, where the UK is 1,000, ranking 290th of 361 local authorities. Powered by Beauhurst data.",{"source":140,"cached":21,"generatedAt":141},"template","2026-10-20 10:36:44",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]