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Its strongest result is on Innovation, where it ranks 91st nationally, while Investment is the relative weak point, coming in 44 points below the UK benchmark.",[107,108,109],"The composite score combines four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted at 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","Each score is an average across the district's 8,698 active companies, with corporate groups counted once. That averaging means the index reflects how active local companies are rather than how large the local economy is, which makes it a fair comparison between authorities of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so East Hampshire's composite of 995 sits fractionally below that benchmark. The likely range for the composite is 981 to 1,009, which shows how much the score could move 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 tracks patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tags and IS-8 sector membership. East Hampshire ranks 91st of 361 authorities on this pillar, scoring 8 points above the UK benchmark, placing it in the top third nationally and suggesting its companies show relatively active engagement with innovative activity.","The Scaling pillar covers scaleup status, headcount growth and accelerator attendance. East Hampshire scores 9 points above the UK benchmark here, ranking 117th of 360 authorities. Companies in the district are adding staff at a rate modestly ahead of the national picture.","Investment measures equity raisers, the amount of equity raised and first-time raisers, all over the last five years. At 44 points below the UK benchmark and ranked 139th of 360, this is East Hampshire's weakest pillar, indicating that equity financing activity among local companies lags the national average.","The ESG pillar captures clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status. East Hampshire scores 32 points above the UK benchmark on ESG, ranking 124th of 361 authorities, the district's strongest margin relative to the national benchmark across all four pillars.","The chart below shows how East Hampshire's composite score compares with neighbouring authorities across Hampshire.",[117,120,123,126,129,132],{"question":118,"answer":119},"What is East Hampshire's Local Growth Index score?","East Hampshire has a composite score of 995, placing it 113th of 361 local authorities. That puts it 5 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":121,"answer":122},"How does East Hampshire compare with the rest of Hampshire?","East Hampshire ranks 8th of 13 authorities in Hampshire and scores 5 points below the county average. The county's highest-scoring authority in the runner-up position is Test Valley, which scores 1,093.",{"question":124,"answer":125},"How does East Hampshire compare with the South East region?","East Hampshire ranks 31st of 64 authorities in the South East and sits 8 points below the regional average of 1,003.",{"question":127,"answer":128},"Which pillar is East Hampshire strongest on?","Innovation is East Hampshire's highest-scoring pillar, at 8 points above the UK benchmark and ranked 91st of 361 authorities nationally.",{"question":130,"answer":131},"Where does East Hampshire's business community lag behind?","Investment is the weakest pillar, sitting 44 points below the UK benchmark. This reflects lower levels of equity raising activity among local companies compared with the national average.",{"question":133,"answer":134},"What does the Local Growth Index actually measure?","The index measures the characteristics of companies based in each local authority, covering innovation activity, staff growth, equity investment and ESG signals. It is not a measure of economic output or GDP.","East Hampshire scores 995 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 113th of 361 authorities, 5 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"source":137,"cached":21,"generatedAt":138},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:46:59",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]