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Its strongest result is on Scaling, where it sits in the top quarter of all authorities. Investment is the area where it trails the UK most noticeably.",[82,83,84],"Warrington's composite score of 979 is built from four pillars: Innovation, Scaling, Investment and ESG, weighted 30%, 30%, 30% and 10% respectively.","The index measures the characteristics of active companies in each authority, with corporate groups counted once. Because scores are averaged across those companies rather than totalled, a smaller authority with highly active businesses can rank alongside a much larger one, making this a fair comparison across authorities of very different sizes.","The UK as a whole scores 1,000, so Warrington's score of 979 sits just below that benchmark. Each score also comes with a likely range, here 969 to 989 for the composite, which shows how much the 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":86,"scaling":87,"investment":88,"esg":89},"Innovation captures patents, academic spinout status, R&D grant value, presence in innovative sectors and coverage of the eight IS-8 sectors. Warrington scores 979 on this pillar, 21 points below the UK benchmark, ranking 158th of 361 authorities and placing it in the top half nationally. Its companies broadly match the UK on innovation activity, though there is room to close the gap.","Scaling measures whether companies qualify as scaleups, their headcount growth over recent years and accelerator attendance. At 1,019, Warrington ranks 78th of 360 authorities and sits 19 points above the UK benchmark, placing it in the top quarter. Its companies are adding staff at a faster rate than the UK average, making this the authority's clearest competitive strength.","Investment covers whether companies have raised equity in the last five years, the value of that equity and whether they are first-time raisers. Warrington's score of 939 is 61 points below the UK benchmark, ranking 199th of 360 authorities. This is the widest gap to the UK across all four pillars, suggesting equity financing activity among local companies is relatively limited compared with the national picture.","ESG reflects activity in clean energy, other green sectors, environmental accolades, social and governance signals, and not-for-profit status. Warrington ranks 290th of 361 authorities on this pillar, scoring 973 and sitting 27 points below the UK benchmark. It outperforms fewer than one in five authorities on ESG, making this the area where Warrington trails most of the country.","The chart below shows how Warrington's composite score of 979 compares with its neighbours across Cheshire and the wider North West.",[92,95,98,101,104,107],{"question":93,"answer":94},"What is Warrington's score on the UK Local Growth Index?","Warrington scores 979, placing it 167th of 361 local authorities and 21 points below the UK benchmark of 1,000.",{"question":96,"answer":97},"How does Warrington compare with the rest of Cheshire?","Warrington ranks 4th of 4 authorities in Cheshire, scoring 19 points below the county score of 998. The highest-scoring Cheshire authority is Halton, at 1,080.",{"question":99,"answer":100},"How does Warrington compare with the North West region?","Warrington ranks 7th of 35 authorities in the North West and scores 6 points above the regional score of 973.",{"question":102,"answer":103},"Which pillar is Warrington strongest on?","Scaling is Warrington's strongest pillar. Its score of 1,019 places it 78th of 360 authorities, 19 points above the UK benchmark and in the top quarter nationally.",{"question":105,"answer":106},"Where does Warrington perform weakest on the index?","ESG is Warrington's lowest-ranked pillar, at 290th of 361 authorities and 27 points below the UK benchmark. Investment is where the gap to the UK is largest in points, at 61 below.",{"question":108,"answer":109},"How many companies are counted in Warrington's score?","The score is based on 17,081 active companies, with corporate groups counted once rather than as individual registered entities.","Warrington scores 979 on the UK Local Growth Index, ranking 167th of 361 authorities. Strongest on Scaling, weakest on ESG and Investment.",{"source":112,"cached":21,"generatedAt":113},"claude:claude-sonnet-4-6","2026-10-20 10:51:22",2021,2026,"2026-10-20"]