Official Statistics

Rural investment statistics

Capital investment in rural and urban areas.

Applies to England

Documents

Rural investment

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Rural investment

Details

These documents are part of the larger compendium publication the Statistical Digest of Rural England, a collection of rural statistics on a wide range of social and economic government policy areas. The statistics allow comparisons between the different rural and urban area classifications.

Metadata

Indicators:

  • capital investment per employee (capital investment activity is where companies spend money on fixed assets - typically land, buildings or machinery)

Data source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Business Inquiry (ABI)

Coverage: England

Rural classification used: Local Authority Rural-Urban Classification

Next release date: tbc

Additional information:

Defra statistics: rural

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Published 31 January 2013
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