New firm formation in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire’s new firm formation rate of 92.2 businesses for every 10,000 residents is the 3rd highest of all 27 county council areas, behind Surrey and Hertfordshire, ranking 9th among the 38 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).

Buckinghamshire’s new firm formation rate is now 16.8 per cent above the national rate.

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Station usage in Buckinghamshire

There were a record 14.7m entries and exits from Buckinghamshire’s stations in 2016/17. Usage of Buckinghamshire’s stations grew 1.8 per cent over the previous year, well above the 0.4 per cent recorded across the country as a whole.

High Wycombe was again the county’s most commonly used station with 2.91m entries and exits to move into the 200 busiest stations in the UK.

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House building in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire’s housing stock grew by 2,914 or 1.3 per cent in 2016-17, the 3rd highest rate among England’s 27 county council areas, ranking 4th among the 38 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).  This was a marked rise from the 1,824 added in the previous year, when Buckinghamshire increase of 0.8 per cent ranked only 14th among county council areas and 16th among LEPs.

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Buckinghamshire’s claimant count

Buckinghamshire’s claimant count fell by 30 in October to stand at 2,910 or 0.9 per cent of working age residents, to rank 4th lowest among the 38 Local Enterprise Partnerships and 5th lowest among the 27 county council areas.  Buckinghamshire’s claimant count rate remains less than half the national level despite seeing higher year on year growth than the country as a whole for each of the last 14 months.

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National labour market

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