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All four pillars are published, and each sits below the national average. ESG is the closest to parity, while Scaling is the weakest relative to the rest of the UK.",[110,111,112],"Havant's composite score of 963 is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively, across 6,551 active companies with corporate groups counted once.","Each pillar score is an average across those companies, which means a smaller authority with highly active businesses can outscore a larger one, making this a fair comparison between authorities of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Havant's score of 963 sits 37 points below that benchmark. The likely range of 947 to 979 shows how much the score could move with a slightly different mix of companies; a score is only published when that range is narrow enough to rely on.",{"innovation":114,"scaling":115,"investment":116,"esg":117},"Innovation measures patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tagging and IS-8 sector activity. Havant ranks 196th of 361 authorities on this pillar, scoring 969, which is 31 points below the UK benchmark, and it outperforms 45.7% of authorities.","Scaling captures scaleup status, headcount growth and accelerator attendance. At 969 and ranked 295th of 360 authorities, this is Havant's weakest pillar relative to the rest of the UK, sitting 31 points below the benchmark and outperforming only 18.1% of authorities.","Investment covers whether companies have raised equity in the last five years, the value of that equity and whether a company raised equity for the first time in that period. Havant scores 940 on this pillar, 60 points below the UK benchmark, though it still ranks 194th of 360 authorities and outperforms 46.1% of them.","The ESG pillar reflects clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit proxy status. Havant's ESG score of 993 is just 7 points below the UK benchmark, the closest of its four pillars to parity, and it ranks 238th of 361 authorities.","The chart below places Havant's composite score alongside its Hampshire neighbours, where the county as a whole scores 1,000.",[120,123,126,129,132,135],{"question":121,"answer":122},"What is Havant's Local Growth Index score?","Havant scores 963 on the Local Growth Index, placing it 248th of 361 UK local authorities and 37 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":124,"answer":125},"How does Havant compare to the rest of Hampshire?","Havant ranks 12th of 13 authorities in Hampshire and scores 37 points below the county average of 1,000. The highest-scoring authority in the county is Test Valley, at 1,093.",{"question":127,"answer":128},"How does Havant compare to the South East region?","Havant ranks 54th of 64 authorities in the South East and sits 40 points below the regional score of 1,003.",{"question":130,"answer":131},"Which pillar is Havant's strongest?","Investment is Havant's highest-ranking pillar, placing 194th of 360 authorities, though its score of 940 is still 60 points below the UK benchmark.",{"question":133,"answer":134},"Where does Havant rank on Scaling?","Scaling is Havant's weakest pillar, ranked 295th of 360 authorities. It outperforms 18.1% of authorities on headcount growth, scaleup status and accelerator attendance.",{"question":136,"answer":137},"How many companies are counted in Havant's score?","The index covers 6,551 active companies in Havant, with corporate groups counted once rather than as each of their registered entities.","Havant scores 963 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 248th of 361 authorities and 37 points below the UK benchmark across all four pillars.",{"source":140,"cached":21,"generatedAt":141},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:57:41",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]