Xinhua, Edinburgh :
Registered business start-ups are at a record high in Scotland with a 23.9 percent increase in 2013, official figures showed Sunday.
The number of registered business start-ups in Scotland increased to the highest level from 17,385 to 21,540 between 2012 and 2013, said Scottish Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism Fergus Ewing.
The total number of registered businesses in Scotland has grown by 4 percent in 2014, and by 10 percent since 2007. The growth in the registered business stock has been driven be a rise in the number of small registered businesses.
Between 2013 and 2014, all local authority areas saw an increase in the number of small registered businesses, figures showed.
The City of Edinburgh local authority area experienced the greatest increase with a rise of 880 small businesses between 2013 and 2014, followed by the Glasgow City local authority area with an increase of 755 small businesses.
Registered business start-ups are at a record high in Scotland with a 23.9 percent increase in 2013, official figures showed Sunday.
The number of registered business start-ups in Scotland increased to the highest level from 17,385 to 21,540 between 2012 and 2013, said Scottish Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism Fergus Ewing.
The total number of registered businesses in Scotland has grown by 4 percent in 2014, and by 10 percent since 2007. The growth in the registered business stock has been driven be a rise in the number of small registered businesses.
Between 2013 and 2014, all local authority areas saw an increase in the number of small registered businesses, figures showed.
The City of Edinburgh local authority area experienced the greatest increase with a rise of 880 small businesses between 2013 and 2014, followed by the Glasgow City local authority area with an increase of 755 small businesses.
