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Its strongest pillar is Investment, where it ranks 122nd nationally, outperforming 66.1% of authorities. All four pillars sit below the UK benchmark, with ESG the weakest at 348th.",[111,112,113],"Brent's composite score of 952 is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted at 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively, and is based on 31,269 active companies with corporate groups counted once.","Because each pillar score is averaged across a local authority's companies, the index reflects how active those companies are on each measure rather than the sheer size of the local economy, which makes it a fair comparison between authorities with very different numbers of businesses.","A score of 1,000 represents the UK as a whole, so Brent's 952 sits 48 points below that benchmark. The likely range of 945 to 959 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":115,"scaling":116,"investment":117,"esg":118},"Innovation measures patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tags and IS-8 sector membership. Brent's Innovation score of 945 is 55 points below the UK benchmark, placing it 279th of 361 authorities and ahead of only 22.7% of them, pointing to relatively limited activity across those innovation signals among its companies.","Scaling captures whether companies are high-growth scaleups, their annualised headcount growth and whether they have attended an accelerator. At 953, Brent ranks 327th of 360 on this pillar, 47 points below the UK and outperforming just 9.2% of authorities, suggesting its companies are adding staff and reaching growth signals at a noticeably lower rate than the national picture.","Investment covers equity raisers, the value of equity raised and first-time raisers, all measured over the last five years. With a score of 962, ranking 122nd of 360, this is Brent's strongest pillar: it sits 38 points below the UK but outperforms 66.1% of all authorities, indicating a relatively active equity landscape compared with most of the country.","ESG measures clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status. Brent's ESG score of 936 is 64 points below the UK benchmark, ranking 348th of 361 authorities and ahead of only 3.6% of them, reflecting low prevalence of these signals across its companies and making this its weakest pillar by some distance.","The chart below shows how Brent's composite score of 952 compares with its neighbouring authorities across Greater London.",[121,124,127,130,133,136],{"question":122,"answer":123},"What is Brent's score on the UK Local Growth Index?","Brent scores 952, placing it 286th of 361 local authorities and 48 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":125,"answer":126},"How does Brent compare with the rest of Greater London?","Brent ranks 17th of 32 authorities in Greater London, scoring 69 points below the county score of 1,021 and 81 points below the London regional score of 1,033.",{"question":128,"answer":129},"Which pillar is strongest for Brent?","Investment is Brent's strongest pillar, with a score of 962 and a national rank of 122nd of 360, outperforming 66.1% of all authorities.",{"question":131,"answer":132},"Which pillar is weakest for Brent?","ESG is Brent's weakest pillar, scoring 936 and ranking 348th of 361 authorities, just 64 points below the UK benchmark but ahead of only 3.6% of local authorities.",{"question":134,"answer":135},"How does Brent's Scaling score compare with the rest of the UK?","Brent ranks 327th of 360 on Scaling, scoring 953 and outperforming only 9.2% of authorities, indicating its companies have relatively low headcount growth and scaleup activity compared with most of the country.",{"question":137,"answer":138},"How many companies does the Brent score cover?","The score is based on 31,269 active companies, with corporate groups counted once rather than as each of their registered entities.","Brent scores 952 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 286th of 361 local authorities and 48 points below the UK benchmark.",{"source":141,"cached":21,"generatedAt":142},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:38:55",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]