New Businesses: West Midlands

(asked on 17th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many new start-ups there have been in the media and culture sector in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.


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Andrew Griffiths
This question was answered on 25th April 2018

We do not hold data showing the number of business start-ups in the Media and Culture sector.

The Business Demography Publication details how many start-ups there have been in the Creative Industries.

When looking at business start-ups we look at business births. The Office of National Statistics defines business births as new business registrations.

The following table gives the number of business births within Creative Industries in Coventry and West Midlands from 2012 to 2016

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

West Midlands

1,780

2,270

2,185

2,225

2,205

Coventry

145

185

185

170

180

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