2008 Value Added Scoreboard

Measuring ‘Value Added ‘ – wealth created – by your business and calculating the key value added ratios, is an important part of informed investment decision-making.

For example, how does the value added output in £ created by each £ input of labour costs and depreciation  (equipment ‘used up’ during the year) compare with other companies in your sector? Has your value added increased over the last year?

  • For further explanation see  “Utilising Value Added to grow your business” under related documents;
  • Measure your value added by entering information from your company accounts into the Value Added Calculator;
  • Compare your company’s performance with sector leaders in UK and Europe by using the the Value Added Scoreboard .

The 2008 Value Added Scoreboard was published on Monday 9 June 2008 by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) in collaboration with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). It is the seventh annual edition and highlights include:

  • The Value Added of the top 800 UK companies has increased by 9.6 per cent in the last year amounting to some £646 billion;
  • The Value Added of the top 750 European companies generated £2,027 billion and was concentrated in three countries: the UK, France and Germany;
  • Almost 23 per cent of all European ‘Value Added’ came from UK companies, more than any other country, mainly due to the UK’s strength in high value sectors such as the financial services, oil and gas, and mining.

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