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Scaling is its strongest pillar, sitting closest to the national average, while Investment is the weakest, falling 89 points below the UK. All four pillar scores are published.",[106,107,108],"Harlow's composite score of 948 is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted at 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","Each score is averaged across active companies in the area, with corporate groups counted once, which means a place with fewer but more active businesses can score higher than a larger economy with many inactive ones. That makes the index a fair comparison between authorities of very different sizes.","The UK benchmark is set at 1,000, so any score above that means local companies are more active than the national average across these measures, and any score below means the reverse. Harlow's composite of 948 sits below that benchmark. The likely range of 936 to 960 shows how much the score could shift with a slightly different mix of companies, and a score is only published when that range is narrow enough to rely on.",{"innovation":110,"scaling":111,"investment":112,"esg":113},"Innovation measures patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tagging and IS-8 sector coverage. Harlow ranks 268th of 361 authorities on this pillar, with a score of 949, placing it 51 points below the UK benchmark. Its companies outperform roughly a quarter of all authorities on this measure.","Scaling covers whether companies are high-growth scaleups, their annualised headcount growth and accelerator participation. At 980, Harlow's Scaling score is just 20 points below the UK benchmark, making it the authority's strongest pillar and its closest point of parity with the national average. It ranks 253rd of 360 authorities on this measure.","Investment tracks equity raisers, the value of equity raised and first-time raisers over the last five years. Harlow's score of 911 is 89 points below the UK benchmark, its largest gap across any pillar, and it ranks 318th of 360 authorities. Only around one in nine authorities score lower on this dimension.","ESG captures clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and a not-for-profit proxy. Harlow scores 960 on this pillar, 40 points below the UK benchmark, and ranks 311th of 361 authorities. It outperforms approximately 14% of all authorities on these measures.","The chart below places Harlow's composite score alongside its neighbours in Essex, where it ranks 10th of 14 authorities with a score 8 points below the county average of 956.",[116,119,122,125,128,131],{"question":117,"answer":118},"What is Harlow's score on the UK Local Growth Index?","Harlow scores 948, placing it 303rd of 361 local authorities and 52 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":120,"answer":121},"How does Harlow compare to the rest of Essex?","Harlow ranks 10th of 14 authorities in Essex and scores 8 points below the county average of 956.",{"question":123,"answer":124},"Which pillar is Harlow strongest on?","Scaling is Harlow's strongest pillar, with a score of 980, just 20 points below the UK benchmark. It ranks 253rd of 360 authorities on that measure.",{"question":126,"answer":127},"Where does Harlow rank on Investment?","Investment is Harlow's weakest pillar. It scores 911, which is 89 points below the UK benchmark, and ranks 318th of 360 authorities.",{"question":129,"answer":130},"How many companies are counted in Harlow's score?","The index counts 8,369 active companies in Harlow, with corporate groups counted once rather than as each of their registered entities.",{"question":132,"answer":133},"What does the UK Local Growth Index actually measure?","It measures the characteristics of a place's business economy across four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG. It is not a measure of economic output or GDP.","Harlow scores 948 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 303rd of 361 authorities and 52 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"source":136,"cached":21,"generatedAt":137},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 11:02:29",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]