

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces annual data on Business Demography. This source shows the number of business start-ups (‘births’) and business closures (‘deaths’) each year and gives an indication of the health and dynamism of the local economy. It also provides information on survival rates of business start-ups.
Read our SINePost monthly newsletterAs at 1 January 2012 there were 5,410 military and civilian personnel employed by the Ministry of Defence (based upon full time equivalent) in Somerset.