Number of start-ups up by one fifth

4,000 new businesses kicked off in November

Profession services a popular start-up sector. Pic: Pixabay

Almost 4,000 new start-ups were formed in November, a leap of 21 per cent on the same month last year.

Professional services accounted for 30 per cent of start-ups, while construction firms grew by 30 per cent.

New businesses in retail and personal services are also growing with an average of 147 new businesses set up every day according to figures from credit risk analysts Vision-Net.

Of this number, 2,561 were new businesses ...