You asked
We would like to request information and figures on the following:
- the numbers of businesses moving outside the capital in the last 1-5 years
- the numbers of businesses opening in the capital in the last 1-5 years –are they large chains e.g. American chains?
- the number of businesses moving to Farnborough
We said
Thank you for your request. Unfortunately, we do not track businesses moving location and are unable to provide information on the number of businesses moving outside London or the number of businesses moving to Farnborough.
The number of businesses opening in London in the last 1-5 years can be found in the Business Demography publication which has information on the number of business births (businesses newly registered for VAT and/or PAYE.) The link below will take you to the latest publication, Business Demography 2014. Table 1.1 shows the births of new enterprises broken down by districts, counties and unitary authorities within region and country, 2009 to 2014. We do not record the types of businesses: