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The below table lists the number of start-ups according to ONS Business Demography UK data (the most recent of which is for 2018). Please note, this data refers to the number of VAT/PAYE registrations, and is available at the following links:<\/p>

https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable/current/previous/v2/businessdemographyexceltables2015.xls<\/a><\/p>

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https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/datasets/businessdemographyreferencetable<\/a><\/p>

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Number of start-ups<\/strong><\/p>

Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

York UA<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Yorkshire and the Humber<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

England<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

665<\/p><\/td>

16,630<\/p><\/td>

207,520<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

655<\/p><\/td>

17,235<\/p><\/td>

232,460<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

720<\/p><\/td>

17,990<\/p><\/td>

239,975<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

945<\/p><\/td>

23,120<\/p><\/td>

308,565<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

880<\/p><\/td>

23,465<\/p><\/td>

312,920<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

830<\/p><\/td>

25,140<\/p><\/td>

344,065<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

870<\/p><\/td>

26,775<\/p><\/td>

373,580<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

775<\/p><\/td>

22,600<\/p><\/td>

339,345<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

850<\/p><\/td>

23,405<\/p><\/td>

340,045<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


We want to make the UK the best place to work and grow a business. The Government-owned British Business Bank\u2019s programmes are supporting more than £7.0bn of finance to over 91,000 SMEs, the majority outside London and the South East. The BBB in collaboration with ten Local Enterprise Partnerships, combined authorities and growth hubs manages the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF). By September 2019, NPIF had invested £135m in over 500 ambitious SMEs across the Northern Powerhouse region, in deals that have attracted an additional £123m of investment from the private sector. This support seeks to address the disparity in the availability of finance across the UK and was further bolstered last autumn, with the launch of the £100m Business Angel investment programme designed to support clusters of business angels outside London. The BBB also established a UK-wide network of relationship managers to help tackle regional imbalances in access to finance.<\/p>

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The number of loans made by the BBB\u2019s Start Up Loans programme in York local authority and Yorkshire & Humber is as follows:<\/p>

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Start-Up Loans:<\/p>

FY<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

York LA<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Yorkshire & Humber<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012-13<\/p><\/td>

3 loans - £22,000<\/p><\/td>

160 loans - over £726,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013-14<\/p><\/td>

26 loans - £139,000<\/p><\/td>

1,083 loans - over £5.5m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014-15<\/p><\/td>

24 loans \u2013 over £167,000<\/p><\/td>

965 loans \u2013 over £5.1m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015-16<\/p><\/td>

26 loans \u2013 over £215,000<\/p><\/td>

765 loans - over £5.8m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

25 loans - £244,000<\/p><\/td>

762 loans \u2013 over £8m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017-18<\/p><\/td>

32 loans \u2013 over £448,000<\/p><\/td>

774 loans \u2013 over £10.2m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018-19<\/p><\/td>

26 loans \u2013 over £264,000<\/p><\/td>

783 loans \u2013 over £7.8m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2019- 31 December 2019)<\/p><\/td>

17 loans \u2013 over £154,000<\/p><\/td>

583 loans \u2013 over £6.3m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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The local York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and Leeds City Region Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, \u2018single point of contact\u2019 to help businesses in these areas identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector.<\/p>

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SMEs across Yorkshire and Humber are also benefiting from over £1.3 billion investment over the years 2015-2021 through Yorkshire and Humber LEP Growth Deals. This includes over £145m through the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding LEP Growth Deal and £695m through the Leeds City Region LEP Growth Deal.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "4407"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-01-23T15:36:10.24Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Yorkshire and the Humber"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support her Department has provided to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) the City of York local authority and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010-11.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4471", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachael Maskell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "York Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rachael Maskell"} ], "uin" : "4409"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1169750", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1169750/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Government is committed to supporting all entrepreneurs to start and grow a business, to create jobs and spread prosperity.<\/p>

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In the North Yorkshire and Humber regions businesses can access support through www.gov.uk, the Business Support Helpline (0300 456 3565) and their local Growth Hubs (York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Growth Hub and Humber Growth Hub). These are led and governed by the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding and the Humber Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, \u2018single point of contact\u2019 to help businesses in these areas identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector. In 2018-2019 the two Growth Hubs supported 14,939 businesses and helped 81 new businesses to start up.<\/p>

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In addition, within the Humber LEP area, the \u2018Growing the Humber\u2019 business investment programme has supported the creation of over 2,800 jobs to date. This signposts anyone interested to a range of business support information, as well as to organisations that provide a wide variety of services, including funding, support, advice, mentoring and business services who can help business start-up, survive and thrive.<\/p>

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The Department for International Trade in Yorkshire and the Humber works with a network of International Trade Advisers and partners across the region to enable local businesses to showcase their products and services overseas, with their Northern Powerhouse team running bespoke Trade missions. Since April 2016, there have been 68 Northern Powerhouse missions to 19 countries, supporting 1,252 companies. As we leave the EU, they will be working to deepen our trading ties with overseas markets to maximise export opportunities for small businesses.<\/p>

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The British Business Bank (BBB) with a consortia of LEPs manages the £400m Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), which celebrated the milestone of having invested £100m in 385 Northern-based SMEs. This support addresses the disparity in availability of regional finance was further bolstered last autumn, with a £100m Business Angel investment programme was launched to support clusters of business angels outside London.<\/p>

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The BBB has also established a UK-wide Network of regional managers working with business support partners, delivering advice tailored to local needs.<\/p>

The Government-backed British Business Bank\u2019s Start-Up Loans programme provides loans to entrepreneurs seeking to start and grow their own businesses. Since 2012, 5,875 loans have been issued in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, totalling over £49m, and with an average loan amount of £8,459. In the Haltemprice and Howden constituency, 108 loans have been issued, totalling over £974,000 (as at end-December 2019).<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-01-16T17:18:32.04Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-01-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Yorkshire and the Humber"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small businesses in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/373", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir David Davis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Haltemprice and Howden"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr David Davis"} ], "uin" : "1684"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137753", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137753/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Government is committed to supporting all entrepreneurs to start and grow a business. Through our ambitious Industrial Strategy, we want to make the UK the best place to start and grow a business, to create jobs and spread prosperity.<\/p>

In addition to accessing national support available such as the Business Support Helpline (0300 456 3565) and advice given on www.gov.uk<\/a>, small and medium sized enterprises in Yorkshire and the Humber can access business advice through their local Growth Hubs. Led and governed by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), Growth Hubs provide a free, impartial, \u2018single point of contact\u2019 to help businesses in the area identify and access the right support for them at the right time no matter their size or sector. The LEPs which cover Yorkshire and the Humber have self-reported that in FY2017-2018 their Growth Hubs supported over 12,000\u202fbusinesses and helped over 900 individuals start a business.<\/p>

The Humber LEP area is being supported with up to £83.4m of investment through the Regional Growth Fund, which includes £30m awarded to the Humber LEP for a business support programme. The Growing Places Fund is supporting business growth investment across the Humber with funding worth £8.8m. The Humber LEP\u2019s \u2018Growing the Humber\u2019 business investment programme has supported the creation of over 2,800 jobs to date.<\/p>

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