Aberdeen named in top ten best UK locations to start a new business

Ahead of this year’s Small Business Saturday on 3 December, Informi studied information from 65 UK cities on a number of factors that can be important for smaller company survival, including the density of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the area, the quality of digital connectivity, and house prices.

Aberdeen was named in the top ten because it has a good number of business start-ups in the area, a high density of SMEs, and a good level of high growth SMEs.

Brighton came top of the list due predominantly to its superfast broadband penetration rate, low pollution levels and high number of business start-ups.

Other cities in the top ten include Cambridge, Bristol, Northampton and Leicester.

London only made it to number eight on the list, ranking in first place for the number of business start-ups there and density of SMEs.

However, the capital’s high property prices, large number of SME closures and relatively moderate broadband speeds put it lower down the list.

Best cities to start a business in the UK 2016