Statistics for Starting businesses in UK/Worldwide?

[kinster]

Where can I find statistics for numbers/%s starting businesses in UK/Worldwide each year? I've tried startupsco.uk's news, and mintel, but not many results :(

cheers

[thickchick]

Try the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor or GEM report

Loads of research reports on nearly 40 countries.

http://www.gemconsortium.org/category_list.asp

S.