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Its ESG pillar stands out, ranking 31st nationally and 109 points above the UK. Investment is the weakest area, sitting 79 points below the UK benchmark.",[75,76,77],"The composite score for Westmorland and Furness is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted at 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","Each score is an average across the area's active companies, with corporate groups counted once. That averaging means a smaller authority with highly active companies can score above a larger one, making this a fair comparison between authorities of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Westmorland and Furness at 967 sits just below that national baseline. The likely range of 955 to 979 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":79,"scaling":80,"investment":81,"esg":82},"Innovation measures patents, academic spinout status, R&D grant value, and whether companies are tagged with innovative sectors or IS-8 sectors. Westmorland and Furness scores 949 on this pillar, placing it 264th of 361 authorities and 51 points below the UK benchmark, suggesting its companies are less active on these innovation signals than the national average.","The Scaling pillar captures whether companies are scaleups, their headcount growth over recent years, and accelerator attendance. At 983, Westmorland and Furness sits 17 points below the UK benchmark and ranks 239th of 360, a modest gap that indicates its companies are broadly keeping pace with national norms on growth and workforce expansion.","Investment covers equity raised in the last five years, whether companies have raised equity at all, and whether any of that fundraising was a first-ever deal. At 921, this is the area's weakest pillar, ranking 282nd of 360 and falling 79 points below the UK benchmark, pointing to relatively limited equity activity among its companies.","ESG measures clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and a not-for-profit proxy. Westmorland and Furness ranks 31st of 361 authorities here, scoring 1,109, which is 109 points above the UK benchmark and places it in the top 10% nationally, indicating notably strong ESG characteristics across its companies.","The chart below compares the Westmorland and Furness composite score against neighbouring authorities in Cumbria and the wider North West region.",[85,88,91,94,97,100],{"question":86,"answer":87},"What is Westmorland and Furness's score on the UK Local Growth Index?","Westmorland and Furness scores 967, placing it 230th of 361 local authorities and 33 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":89,"answer":90},"How does Westmorland and Furness compare to the rest of Cumbria?","It ranks 2nd of the 2 authorities in Cumbria, scoring 1 point below the county score of 968.",{"question":92,"answer":93},"Which pillar is strongest for Westmorland and Furness?","ESG is the strongest pillar, with a score of 1,109, ranking 31st nationally and sitting 109 points above the UK benchmark.",{"question":95,"answer":96},"Where does Westmorland and Furness rank for investment activity?","Investment is its weakest pillar, ranked 282nd of 360 authorities at 921, which is 79 points below the UK benchmark.",{"question":98,"answer":99},"How many companies are counted in the Westmorland and Furness score?","The index covers 10,917 active companies in Westmorland and Furness, with corporate groups counted once.",{"question":101,"answer":102},"How does Westmorland and Furness compare to the North West region?","It ranks 15th of 35 authorities in the North West and scores 6 points below the regional average of 973.","Westmorland and Furness scores 967 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 230th of 361 authorities. ESG leads at 31st nationally; investment is the weakest pillar.",{"source":105,"cached":21,"generatedAt":106},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:56:08",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]