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There are over 70,000 hidden ICT companies in UK

28 November 2014

The United Kingdom has discovered that its Information Economy industries could be 42 per cent larger than current estimates, with at least 70,000 extra ICT-producing companies recently captured in a recent data find operating in hotspots across the country. This was contained in new research published by Dr Max Nathan and Dr Anna Rosso at NIESR, alongside Francois Bouet at Growth Intelligence and funded by Nesta. Using 'big data' the report sets out alternative counts of firms in the Government's 'Information Economy' industries, and compares these to estimates using conventional industry codes.

This article was published by SpyGhana on November 28, 2014
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Related publications
'Mapping Information Economy Businesses with Big Data: Findings for the UK', Max Nathan and Anna Rosso, Centre for Economic Performance Occasional Paper No.44, December 2014

Related links
Max Nathan webpage
Spatial Economics Research Centre website

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