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Its Investment pillar is its relative strength, ranking 148th nationally, while ESG is the weakest, ranking 322nd of 361. The composite likely range of 958 to 980 is narrow enough to publish with confidence.",[106,107,108],"Hertsmere's composite score of 969 is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively, covering 14,305 active companies with corporate groups counted once.","Each score is an average across those companies, so it reflects how active local companies are on each measure rather than the size of the local economy. That averaging is what makes it a fair comparison between authorities of very different scales.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Hertsmere's 969 places it modestly below the national benchmark and 15 points below Hertfordshire's county score of 984. The likely range shown alongside each score indicates how much it could move with a slightly different mix of companies; a score is only published when that range is narrow enough to be meaningful.",{"innovation":110,"scaling":111,"investment":112,"esg":113},"Innovation measures patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tags and IS-8 sector tags. Hertsmere scores 982 on this pillar, 18 points below the UK benchmark, ranking 152nd of 361 authorities and outperforming 57.9% of all authorities. That places it in the upper half nationally, suggesting a reasonable base of companies with innovation characteristics relative to the UK as a whole.","Scaling measures whether companies are scaleups, their headcount growth over recent years and whether they have attended an accelerator. At 977, Hertsmere sits 23 points below the UK benchmark, ranking 265th of 360 authorities and outperforming only 26.4% of them. This is the area where Hertsmere's companies are furthest from the national pace on staff growth and high-growth signals.","Investment measures equity raisers, the value of equity raised and first-time raisers, all over the last five years. Hertsmere's score of 952 sits 48 points below the UK benchmark, yet ranks 148th of 360 authorities, outperforming 58.9% of all authorities. Relative to its other pillars, Investment is Hertsmere's strongest position in the national ranking.","ESG measures clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status. Hertsmere scores 954 here, 46 points below the UK benchmark, and ranks 322nd of 361 authorities, outperforming only 10.8%. This is a clear area of relative weakness, with local companies showing fewer ESG signals than the large majority of UK authorities.","The chart below compares Hertsmere's composite score of 969 against its neighbouring authorities in Hertfordshire, where the county scores 984 and the top-ranked authority, Stevenage, reaches 1,030.",[116,119,122,125,128,131],{"question":117,"answer":118},"What is Hertsmere's score on the UK Local Growth Index?","Hertsmere scores 969, placing it 222nd of 361 UK local authorities. That is 31 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":120,"answer":121},"How does Hertsmere compare to the rest of Hertfordshire?","Hertsmere ranks 8th of 10 authorities in Hertfordshire, scoring 15 points below the county average of 984. Stevenage leads the county with a score of 1,030.",{"question":123,"answer":124},"How does Hertsmere compare to the East of England region?","Hertsmere ranks 26th of 45 authorities in the East of England and scores 22 points below the regional average of 991.",{"question":126,"answer":127},"Which pillar is Hertsmere strongest on?","Investment is Hertsmere's strongest pillar by national rank, placing 148th of 360 authorities and outperforming 58.9% of all authorities. It measures equity raised, equity raisers and first-time raisers over the last five years.",{"question":129,"answer":130},"Where does Hertsmere rank on ESG?","Hertsmere ranks 322nd of 361 authorities on ESG, outperforming only 10.8% of all authorities. ESG covers clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status.",{"question":132,"answer":133},"How many companies are counted in Hertsmere's score?","The score covers 14,305 active companies, with corporate groups counted once rather than as each of their registered entities.","Hertsmere scores 969 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 222nd of 361 authorities and 31 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"source":136,"cached":21,"generatedAt":137},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:55:35",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]