Statistics - HE Business and Community Interaction survey results

 

Headline and summary statistics

Income of UK HEIs from business and community interactions
(£ thousands)
  2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Income from collaborative research involving public funding 708,982 748,665 871,649
Value of contract research 932,513 986,886 1,054,191
Consultancy contracts 333,896 364,537 371,123
Facilities and equipment related services 111,706 114,758 128,596
Courses for business and the community 548,400 580,661 605,941
Income from regeneration and development programmes 174,050 212,819 203,308
Income from Intellectual Property 57,827 57,842 61,423
See Press release 177 for more detailed 2010/11 figures

Spin-off activities of UK HEIs* 
  2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Number of new spin-off companies 2345 2457 3118
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 180 215 233
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 35 23 27
Staff start-ups 51 63 87
Graduate start-ups 2079 2156 2771
       
Total number of active firms 5849 6577 7909
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 1068 1090 1045
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 243 195 206
Staff start-ups 251 285 328
Graduate start-ups 4287 5007 6330
       
Estimated current employment of all active firms (FTE) 25090 27865 31152
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 11152 9619 10610
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 3028 7252 7356
Staff start-ups 2163 998 1370
Graduate start-ups 8747 9996 11816
       
Estimated current turnover of all active firms (£ thousands) 1,847,982 2,095,214 2,449,873
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 697,410 740,733 917,857
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 813,600 1,016,702 1,161,474
Staff start-ups 167,714 101,237 98,556
Graduate start-ups 169,258 236,542 271,986
       
Estimated external investment received (£ thousands) 725,719 1,163,506 1,437,274
Spin-offs with some HEI ownership 484,958 586,741 782,472
Formal spin-offs, not HEI owned 214,744 551,017 548,819
Staff start-ups 13,820 17,421 17,289
Graduate start-ups 12,197 8,327 88,694
*See Note 5 in Press release 177

Definitions - HE-BCI

Latest 2010/11 HE-BCI statistics

Press release 177 - Latest 2010/11 survey results 

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HE Business and Community Interation Survey 2010/11 - Full results of the survey at institution level.

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Business & community services
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