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All four pillars are published, and the closest to the UK benchmark is ESG, just 6 points below. Investment is the widest gap, at 74 points below the benchmark.",[74,75,76],"Swindon's composite score of 956 is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively, covering 10,573 active companies with corporate groups counted once.","Because each pillar score is averaged across a local authority's companies rather than summed, the index reflects how active local companies are, not how large the local economy is. That makes it a fair comparison between authorities of very different sizes.","The UK benchmark is set at 1,000, so Swindon's score of 956 sits below that mark across all four pillars. The likely range of 944 to 968 shows how much the composite score could shift with a slightly different mix of companies; a score is only published when that range is narrow enough to rely on.",{"innovation":78,"scaling":79,"investment":80,"esg":81},"Innovation covers patents, academic spinouts, R&D grant value, innovative sector tags and IS-8 sector tags. Swindon ranks 222nd of 361 authorities on this pillar, with a score of 959, placing it 41 points below the UK benchmark. That positions it ahead of just over a third of all authorities.","Scaling measures whether companies are 20% scaleups, their headcount growth rate and whether they have attended an accelerator. Swindon ranks 293rd of 360 authorities with a score of 970, placing it 30 points below the UK benchmark and ahead of fewer than one in five authorities on this pillar.","Investment captures equity raisers, the value of equity raised and first-time raisers, all over the last five years. At 926, Swindon's Investment score is 74 points below the UK benchmark, its largest gap across all four pillars, and it ranks 261st of 360 authorities.","ESG covers clean energy activity, other green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and a not-for-profit proxy. Swindon's ESG score of 994 is just 6 points below the UK benchmark, its closest result to the national average, ranking 236th of 361 authorities.","The chart below places Swindon's composite score alongside its neighbours in Wiltshire and across the South West region.",[84,87,90,93,96,99],{"question":85,"answer":86},"What is Swindon's Local Growth Index score?","Swindon scores 956 on the UK Local Growth Index, 44 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000. It ranks 269th of 361 local authorities.",{"question":88,"answer":89},"How does Swindon compare to the rest of the South West?","Swindon ranks 26th of 27 authorities in the South West, with a composite score 50 points below the regional score of 1,006.",{"question":91,"answer":92},"How does Swindon compare to Wiltshire?","Swindon ranks 2nd of 2 authorities in Wiltshire, scoring 33 points below the county score of 989.",{"question":94,"answer":95},"Which pillar is Swindon strongest on?","ESG is Swindon's closest result to the UK benchmark, at 994, just 6 points below. It covers clean energy activity, green activity, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and a not-for-profit proxy.",{"question":97,"answer":98},"Where does Swindon have the most ground to make up?","Investment is Swindon's weakest pillar relative to the UK benchmark, scoring 926, which is 74 points below. This pillar measures equity raising activity among local companies over the last five years.",{"question":100,"answer":101},"How many companies are included in Swindon's score?","The index covers 10,573 active companies in Swindon, with corporate groups counted once rather than as separate registered entities.","Swindon scores 956 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 269th of 361 local authorities and 44 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"source":104,"cached":21,"generatedAt":105},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:59:37",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]