Greater Manchester and Lancashire Top the List for Small Business Start Up
Manchester and Lancashire take the top two spots retrospectively leaving London languishing in 26th place according to research carried out by Ebay into the most active online regions for small business start up. Having worked with over 300 small business start up in the last three years, I can confirm that the number of online micro and small businesses is growing in the North West.
Sarah Calcott of eBay UK says: “Our research shows that technology is opening up tremendous opportunities for small businesses across the UK with digital clusters spread across the country, particularly in the North West and Yorkshire. At eBay we’re working hard to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit of small online businesses, providing them with the tools and the flexibility to export millions of British goods abroad, despite lacking the infrastructure of a traditional exporter.”
All this is good news for start up small businesses in the North West and the UK is the biggest retail exporter in Europe with 51% of e-commerce start ups exporting to 4 or more continents – which is more than any other European country.
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If you want to read the original report follow this link – http://www.ebaymainstreet.com/sites/default/files/uk_emea_growthreport_1.pdf , or take a look at the European report in this infographic.
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