YORK is ahead of the UK average for new business creation, according to research by accountant UHY Calvert Smith.

The study shows that York formed a net total of nine new businesses per 10,000 people in the year to January 1.

This puts York twelfth on the list of the UK's top 50 biggest towns and cities and is above the national average of eight new businesses per 10,000 people.

Unsurprisingly London tops the list creating 24 net new businesses per 10,000 people.

Hayden Priest, partner at UHY Calvert S......for the full story register now for free or login below...