Job Creation and Preservation

Over the past five years, the number of people employed worldwide by UK companies that have been backed by private equity grew by 8% a year - faster than in FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies. Over 90% of companies in which private equity has invested say that without private equity their businesses would not exist or would have grown far less rapidly. BACK TO TEXT

Growth

Over the last 5 years, sales in private equity-backed companies rose by 8% a year (compared to 6% in FTSE 100 companies and 5% in FTSE 250 companies). Over the same period, exports in companies backed by private equity increased by 10% a year, compared with a national growth rate of 4%. BACK TO TEXT

Investment

Companies backed by private equity invest more than the national average. In the five years to 2006/7 investment in private equity-backed companies rose by 11% compared with a national increase of 3%. BACK TO TEXT

R&D

Private equity-backed companies invest in R&D. In the five years to 2006/07, spending by private equity funded companies increased by 14% a year, compared with a national growth rate of 1%. BACK TO TEXT

Tax Revenues

Private equity backed companies contributed nearly £35 billion in taxes in 2006/7 in the UK. BACK TO TEXT

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