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Its strongest result is on Innovation, where it ranks 8th nationally. All four pillars sit above the UK benchmark, pointing to a consistently high-performing local business economy.",[107,108,109],"The 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 active companies, with corporate groups counted once. This means a smaller authority with highly active companies can rank alongside or above much larger ones, making the index a fair comparison between authorities of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Test Valley's composite score of 1,093 places it clearly above the national benchmark. The likely range of 1,064–1,122 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":111,"scaling":112,"investment":113,"esg":114},"Innovation measures patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tags and IS-8 sector presence. Test Valley ranks 8th of 361 authorities on this pillar, scoring 160 points above the UK benchmark, placing it in the top 5% nationally. That result reflects notably strong activity across the innovation measures among its 7,048 active companies.","The Scaling pillar covers whether companies are classified as scaleups, their headcount growth over recent years and accelerator attendance. Test Valley ranks 15th of 360 authorities, scoring 76 points above the UK benchmark and again landing in the top 5% nationally, indicating that its companies are adding staff and scaling at a pace well ahead of the UK average.","Investment looks at equity raisers, the value of equity raised and first-time raisers, all over the last five years. At 27th of 360 authorities and 45 points above the UK benchmark, Test Valley sits in the top 10% nationally, suggesting its companies are engaging with equity markets at a rate above the UK norm.","The ESG pillar covers clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and a not-for-profit proxy. Test Valley ranks 57th of 361 authorities, scoring 83 points above the UK benchmark. While this is the authority's lowest-ranked pillar, it still places in the top 20% nationally, with companies showing meaningful ESG characteristics relative to the UK as a whole.","The chart below shows how Test Valley's composite score compares with its neighbouring authorities in Hampshire.",[117,120,123,126,129,132],{"question":118,"answer":119},"How does Test Valley rank on the UK Local Growth Index?","Test Valley ranks 13th of 361 local authorities, scoring 93 points above the UK benchmark of 1,000. It also ranks 1st in Hampshire and 4th in the South East.",{"question":121,"answer":122},"What is Test Valley's strongest pillar on the index?","Innovation is Test Valley's strongest pillar, where it ranks 8th of 361 authorities and scores 160 points above the UK benchmark. This places it in the top 5% of all local authorities nationally.",{"question":124,"answer":125},"How does Test Valley compare with the rest of Hampshire?","Test Valley ranks 1st of 13 authorities in Hampshire, scoring 93 points above the county benchmark of 1,000. The next-highest authority in the county is Hart, which scores 1,030.",{"question":127,"answer":128},"What does the UK Local Growth Index actually measure?","The index measures the characteristics of a local authority's business economy across four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG. It is not a measure of economic output or GDP.",{"question":130,"answer":131},"How many companies are counted in Test Valley's score?","The score is based on 7,048 active companies in Test Valley, with corporate groups counted once rather than as individual registered entities.",{"question":133,"answer":134},"What does the likely range on a Test Valley pillar score mean?","The likely range shows how much a score could shift with a slightly different mix of companies in the area. A score is only published when that range is narrow enough to rely on, which is the case for all four of Test Valley's pillar scores.","Test Valley ranks 13th of 361 UK local authorities on the Local Growth Index, scoring 93 points above the UK benchmark. Top 5% nationally for Innovation.",{"source":137,"cached":21,"generatedAt":138},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:32:41",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]