Business start up rate and numbers

Business start up rate and numbers

Key

Improving

Worsening

Steady

Unknown

The trend is calculated by comparing the latest 2 data points

Indicator	2004	2005	Trend
Business start up rate and numbers	3.7	3.8

Data: Rate per 1000 population
The trend is improving

but less than Scottish figure of 4.2 per 1000 population in 2005