New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Blackburn when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2011 was a record quarter for company registrations in Blackburn when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 358 companies were registered in Blackburn during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 115.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.7% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Blackburn	UK
   2011	358	116,391
   2010	166	105,137
   % change	115.7%	10.7%
   Record Year	2011 (358)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	358	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	166	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	166	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	172	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	194	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	156	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	125	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	114	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	152	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	109	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2011	358	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   March 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Blackburn when compared to any previous March.

   February 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Blackburn when compared to any previous February.

   February 2011 was a record month for company registrations in Blackburn when compared to any month in history.

   January 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Blackburn when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	44847	83
   Feb 2011	37762	192
   Jan 2011	33782	83
   Dec 2010	27134	51
   Nov 2010	34347	63
   Oct 2010	33636	74
   Sep 2010	35149	73
   Aug 2010	32366	65
   Jul 2010	33977	83
   Jun 2010	35198	83
   May 2010	30031	38
   Apr 2010	33383	42

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2011	83	192	83
   New companies in 2010	50	55	61
   % change	66.0%	249.1%	36.1%
   Record Year	2011 (83)	2011 (192)	2011 (83)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Blackburn when compared to any previous Q1.

   A total of 158 companies were dissolved in Blackburn during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 9.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.0% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Blackburn	UK
   2011	158	90,986
   2010	144	82,677
   % change	9.7%	10.0%
   Record Year	2011 (158)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	158	Q1 2011	90986	1
   Q1 2010	144	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	153	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	64	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	104	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	89	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	74	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	59	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	43	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	52	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2011	158	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   February 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Blackburn when compared to any previous February.

   January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Blackburn when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	27947	46
   Feb 2011	29849	45
   Jan 2011	33190	67
   Dec 2010	16283	22
   Nov 2010	31710	37
   Oct 2010	28903	37
   Sep 2010	29093	43
   Aug 2010	32913	44
   Jul 2010	25699	32
   Jun 2010	35162	62
   May 2010	38045	54
   Apr 2010	21747	29

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2011	67	45	46
   Closed companies in 2010	38	43	63
   % change	76.3%	4.7%	-27%
   Record Year	2011 (67)	2011 (45)	2009 (107)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Blackburn when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2011 was a record quarter for net growth in Blackburn when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Blackburn during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 200 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Blackburn	UK
   2011	200	25,405
   2010	22	22,460
   Record Year	2011 (200)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2011	200	166	Q1 2011	25405	105137	1
   Q1 2010	22	166	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	13	172	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	108	194	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	90	156	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	67	125	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	51	114	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	55	152	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	109	109	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	57	90	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2011	200	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   February 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Blackburn when compared to any previous February.

   February 2011 was a record month for net growth in Blackburn when compared to any month in history.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2011	16900	37
   Feb 2011	7913	147
   Jan 2011	592	16
   Dec 2010	10851	29
   Nov 2010	2637	26
   Oct 2010	4733	37
   Sep 2010	6056	30
   Aug 2010	-547	21
   Jul 2010	8278	51
   Jun 2010	36	21
   May 2010	-8014	-16
   Apr 2010	11636	13

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2011	16	147	37
   Net growth in 2010	12	12	-2
   Record Year	2009 (49)	2011 (147)	2008 (66)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   In the first quarter of 2011, Blackburn formed 0.3% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Blackburn
   2011	0.3%
   2010	0.2%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.2%
   2007	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1968 (0.4%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2011	0.3076	358	1
   Q1 2010	0.1579	166	1
   Q1 2009	0.1823	166	1
   Q1 2008	0.1779	172	1
   Q1 2007	0.1163	194	1
   Q1 2006	0.1429	156	1
   Q1 2005	0.1327	125	1
   Q1 2004	0.1246	114	1
   Q1 2003	0.1560	152	1
   Q1 2002	0.1676	109	1
   Q1 1968	0.4292	5	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2011	0.1851	83
   Feb 2011	0.5084	192
   Jan 2011	0.2457	83
   Dec 2010	0.1880	51
   Nov 2010	0.1834	63
   Oct 2010	0.2200	74
   Sep 2010	0.2077	73
   Aug 2010	0.2008	65
   Jul 2010	0.2443	83
   Jun 2010	0.2358	83
   May 2010	0.1265	38
   Apr 2010	0.1258	42

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2011	0.2%	0.5%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
   % change	43.2%	207.0%	29.8%
   Record Year	1975 (0.5%)	1968 (1.2%)	1967 (0.5%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 42.1.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.6% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.3%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2011	42.0825	4.2904	2.6403	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	44.5043	6.0345	2.1552	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	42.9747	3.3755	2.1097	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	44.8388	5.1282	1.8315	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	45.0814	4.0712	1.2723	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	45.1497	5.0955	0.6369	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	45.2161	6.7742	0.6452	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	48.5126	3.7815	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	49.9605	12.5000	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	51.0457	8.2192	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Blackburn was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   17.7% of all director appointments in Blackburn in the first quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.4% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2011	17.6638	Q1 2011	25.4026	1
   Q1 2010	21.2996	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	20.2247	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	23.1672	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	27.2727	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	23.7430	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	29.1667	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	25.9259	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	29.2537	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	26.9565	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1963	62.5000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2010-Mar 2011)

   Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   MSTAR	7.12%	CONSULTING	5.04%
   MANAGEMENT	1.20%	MANAGEMENT	4.97%
   BLACKBURN	0.99%	CONSULTANCY	3.16%
   TRADING	0.85%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   PROPERTIES	0.85%	TRADING	2.10%
   CONSULTANCY	0.70%	DESIGN	1.93%
   CONSULTING	0.70%	ASSOCIATES	1.92%
   NORTH	0.63%	BUSINESS	1.87%
   HOLDINGS	0.63%	CONSTRUCTION	1.80%
   SYSTEMS	0.56%	CONSULTANTS	1.76%
   (BLACKBURN)	0.56%	MEDIA	1.69%
   WEST	0.56%	ENGINEERING	1.61%
   H	0.49%	LONDON	1.60%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.49%	CARE	1.45%
   PROPERTY	0.49%	J	1.45%
   MEDICAL	0.42%	GLOBAL	1.44%
   CAR	0.42%	INVESTMENTS	1.43%
   CARE	0.42%	IT	1.41%
   SECURITY	0.42%	PROPERTIES	1.36%
   FOODS	0.42%	BUILDING	1.34%
   TRAINING	0.42%	M	1.30%
   TRUST	0.35%	ELECTRICAL	1.28%
   TECH	0.35%	S	1.24%
   SHOP	0.35%	INTERNATIONAL	1.23%
   SPORTS	0.35%	SYSTEMS	1.23%

SIC Data

1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	387	202,798
   7487 - Other business activities	94	60,968
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	30	30,253
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	22	10,085
   9999 - Dormant Company	20	19,765
   99999 - Dormant Company	20	18,336
   9305 - Other service activities	19	8,740
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	17	16,150
   74990 - Non-trading company	16	8,695
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	14	7,788
   70100 - Activities of head offices	14	2,849
   7260 - Other computer related activities	13	7,789
   68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate	12	3,895
   86210 - General medical practice activities	11	1,874
   7440 - Advertising	10	1,814
   7499 - Non-trading company	10	11,316
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	9	6,183
   86900 - Other human health activities	9	4,092
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	8	6,996
   69201 - Accounting and auditing activities	7	3,436

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07585841	UNIQUE DISPLAYS LIMITED	31 Mar 2011
   07581613	CHUANGXINDUOYUAN LTD	29 Mar 2011
   07576510	ALTUS TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LTD	24 Mar 2011
   07576128	MILLWOOD CAPITAL LTD	23 Mar 2011
   07569787	NAPIER INDUSTRIAL LIMITED	18 Mar 2011
   07565735	DJM DIRECT.COM LIMITED	16 Mar 2011
   07558709	PRESTON TECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	10 Mar 2011
   07558607	ALL PARTS PEUGEOT CITROEN LIMITED	09 Mar 2011
   07558104	LOCAL FOCUS LIMITED	09 Mar 2011
   07557707	PAK MEDICAL LTD	09 Mar 2011
   07554091	BTC DISTRIBUTION LTD	07 Mar 2011
   07553444	PASSARELL SERVICES LTD	07 Mar 2011
   07553186	STABLELAND LIMITED	07 Mar 2011
   07549690	ELLMAC (HOLDINGS) LIMITED	03 Mar 2011
   07549598	THE ROCK N ROLL CIRCUS LIMITED	03 Mar 2011
   07546891	NYCHE CO LIMITED	01 Mar 2011
   07546775	HEGEMAN LIMITED	01 Mar 2011
   07580171	MINLNK.AT LIMITED	28 Mar 2011
   07574107	OHM SAFE ELECTRICAL LTD	22 Mar 2011
   07566823	BRIGHT CLOUD EDUCATION LIMITED	16 Mar 2011
   07563282	MOTORSZONE LTD	14 Mar 2011
   07546357	PILING MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED	01 Mar 2011
   07575856	THE PLOUGH PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED	23 Mar 2011
   07574055	DINCKLEY DEVELOPMENTS LTD	22 Mar 2011
   07556047	S.B. FINANCE SYSTEMS LTD	08 Mar 2011