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We've put together a list of websites, and links to articles you may find useful about "high growth".

• The Growth Review - announced on 29 November 2010 by George Osborne and Vince Cable.
  
  "The Growth Review calls on business and industry to challenge Government Departments on the measures they are taking to allow the private sector to flourish. The Government wants to create the right conditions for businesses to succeed, removing barriers that are preventing them from performing to their full potential".
  
  Read the full details on the HM Treasury website.

• What is the definition of  high growth firms? - We've researched Definitions of "High Growth" enterprises, "Gazelles", and "Gorillas".

• Download the BERR Economics Paper No 3, "High Growth Firms in the UK:  Lessons from an analysis of comparative UK performance".

• View all the BIS Main Economic Papers available at the Department for Business Innovation & Skills website, and what BIS has to say on the subject of "Growth".

• Read or download the NESTA Research Summary entitled "The vital 6 per cent - How high-growth innovative businesses generate prosperity and jobs".

• Despite their relatively small numbers, fast-growing young firms generate approximately 10 percent of new jobs in any given year".  Read the Kauffman Foundation's view of the importance of "Gazelles" to the US economy.

• The 2010 Ward Hadaway Fastest 50 Awards - the fastest growing North East companies.