Success measures of North East innovation - latest data
Innovation is central to the aim of building a more productive North East, fostering a competitive and embedded business base and solving social social and economic challenges in the region and beyond. The North East Strategic Economic Plan (SEP), which was agreed in 2014, set out the six key measures of success relating to innovation listed in bold below. The text and charts on this page show progress up to and including the latest statistical releases.
Increase the percentage of businesses that are ‘innovation active’ by 2021
Increase R&D investment to 2.4% of GVA by 2027
Reduce the gap by 50% in business expenditure on R&D against the UK average by 2021
Increase the percentage of businesses that are engaged in process innovation by 2021
Increase the percentage of businesses that are engaged in ‘wider innovation’ by 2021
Increase the share of UK government innovation expenditure per capita to the UK average by 2021
Source: UK Innovation Survey 2019: Table 1a (BEIS, last updated: July 2020)
Data information: Based on regional data, the North East region includes the North East and Tees Valley LEP areas
An enterprise is defined as innovation active if it is engaged in any of the following activities:
Sources: Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, UK (ONS; last updated Apr 2020)
Regional economic activity by gross domestic product (ONS; last updated Dec 2019)
Data information: Based on North East region, which includes the North East and Tees Valley LEP areas.
Sources: Business enterprise research and development, UK (ONS; last updated Nov 2020)
Mid-Year Population estimates (ONS via Nomis; last updated Jun 2020)
Data information: Based on North East region, which includes the North East and Tees Valley LEP areas.
Source: UK Innovation Survey: Table 1 (BEIS, last updated: July 2020)
Data information: Based on regional data, the North East region includes the North East and Tees Valley LEP areas. There is no national data for England.
An enterprise is a process innovator if it is engaged in the introduction of a new or significantly improved process.
Source: UK Innovation Survey: Table 1 (BEIS, last updated: July 2020)
Data information: Based on regional data, the North East region includes the North East and Tees Valley LEP areas. There is no national data for England.
An enterprise is a wider innovator if it is engaged in new and significantly improved forms of organisation, business structures or practices and marketing concepts or strategies.
Sources: Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, UK (ONS; last updated Apr 2020)
Mid-year population estimates (ONS; last updated Jun 2020)
Data information: Estimates of Government and private non-profit R&D expenditure for the North East region were not published in 2014, 2017 and 2018. Instead, there were combined estimates for the North East and North West regions. Estimates of combined R&D spend in the North East by Government and private non-profit organisations could be calculated for these years. Note: the North East region includes the North East and Tees Valley LEP areas.