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Its strongest result is on Investment, where it ranks 59th nationally, outperforming 83.6% of authorities. Scaling is the area where local companies sit furthest behind the UK average.",[102,103,104],"Monmouthshire's composite score is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted at 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","Each score is an average across the authority's 4,731 active companies, with corporate groups counted once. That averaging means a small authority with highly active companies can rank alongside much larger economies, making the index a fair basis for comparing places of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Monmouthshire's composite of 1,003 sits marginally above that national reference point. The likely range for the composite is 979 to 1,027, which shows how much the score could shift with a slightly different mix of companies; a score is only published when that range is narrow enough to rely on.",{"innovation":106,"scaling":107,"investment":108,"esg":109},"Innovation covers patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tags and IS-8 sector presence. Monmouthshire scores 1,010 on this pillar, 10 points above the UK benchmark, and ranks 88th of 361 authorities, placing it in the top 25% nationally and ahead of 75.6% of all authorities.","The Scaling pillar measures whether companies are 20% scaleups, headcount growth over a rolling four-year period, and accelerator participation. At 978, Monmouthshire's Scaling score sits 22 points below the UK benchmark, ranking 261st of 360 authorities. This is the authority's weakest pillar, and it outperforms only 27.5% of authorities on this dimension.","Investment captures equity-raising activity: whether companies raised equity in the last five years, the amount raised, and whether a raise was a first-ever equity deal. Monmouthshire ranks 59th of 360 on this pillar, outperforming 83.6% of authorities. At 1,001, its score is 1 point above the UK benchmark, making Investment the authority's strongest pillar relative to the national picture.","The ESG pillar reflects clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status. Monmouthshire scores 1,061 here, 61 points above the UK benchmark, and ranks 85th of 361 authorities, placing it in the top 25% nationally and ahead of 76.5% of all authorities.","The chart below sets Monmouthshire's composite score of 1,003 alongside its Welsh neighbours, including Cardiff, which leads Wales with a score of 1,047.",[112,115,118,121,124,127],{"question":113,"answer":114},"How does Monmouthshire rank in the UK Local Growth Index?","Monmouthshire ranks 93rd of 361 UK local authorities, with a composite score of 1,003, placing it 3 points above the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":116,"answer":117},"How does Monmouthshire compare to other Welsh authorities?","Monmouthshire ranks 8th of 22 Welsh authorities, scoring 7 points above the Wales average of 996. Cardiff leads Wales with a score of 1,047.",{"question":119,"answer":120},"What is Monmouthshire's strongest pillar in the index?","Investment is Monmouthshire's strongest pillar, where it ranks 59th of 360 authorities and outperforms 83.6% of all authorities. Its Investment score of 1,001 is 1 point above the UK benchmark.",{"question":122,"answer":123},"Where does Monmouthshire underperform in the Local Growth Index?","Scaling is Monmouthshire's weakest pillar. Its score of 978 is 22 points below the UK benchmark, and it ranks 261st of 360 authorities on that measure.",{"question":125,"answer":126},"What does the UK Local Growth Index actually measure?","It measures the characteristics of a local authority's business economy across four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG. The index scores the activity of active companies, with corporate groups counted once, rather than measuring economic output or GDP.",{"question":128,"answer":129},"How many companies are included in Monmouthshire's score?","Monmouthshire's score is based on 4,731 active companies, with corporate groups counted once rather than as separate registered entities.","Monmouthshire scores 1,003 in the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 93rd of 361 authorities and 3 points above the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"source":132,"cached":20,"generatedAt":133},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:45:27",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]