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Our economic contribution
Our work in advising Britain’s business leaders, our focus on increasing the competitiveness of UK plc and our own investment in talent contributes to economic growth throughout the nation.
Our financial performance
Our management metrics are shown here alongside performance figures available from previous years.
Map of regional economic contribution: Footprint employment numbers4
- Direct Value Added (direct VA): a measure of economic output, or value added, by the internal activities of an organisation or sector of the economy. Here, it refers to Deloitte’s day-to-day activities. Total direct VA (or Gross Value Added) is analogous to GDP and consists of incomes from activity (profits), incomes to labour and attributable taxes.
- Real Value Added growth refers to the change in VA after accounting for inflation. This is to allow a reasonable comparison with real GDP growth from Office of National Statistics.
- Direct Value Added (direct VA): a measure of economic output, or value added, by the internal activities of an organisation or sector of the economy. Here, it refers to Deloitte’s day-to-day activities. Total direct VA (or Gross Value Added) is analogous to GDP and consists of incomes from activity (profits), incomes to labour and attributable taxes.
- Footprint employment: a measure of the total employment impact generated by Deloitte's day-to-day activities, as well as indirect business-to-business effects from Deloitte purchases and induced effects through consumer spending by Deloitte employees and partners. Figures are Full-time Equivalent (FTE), a measure accounting for the fact that part-time workers generally work fewer hours.