New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

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

   A total of 256 companies were registered in Borehamwood during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 60.0% 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)	Borehamwood	UK
   2011	256	116,391
   2010	160	105,137
   % change	60.0%	10.7%
   Record Year	2011 (256)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	256	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	160	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	120	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	111	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	196	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	134	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	176	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	114	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	157	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	79	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2011	256	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 Borehamwood when compared to any previous March.

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

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	44847	93
   Feb 2011	37762	113
   Jan 2011	33782	50
   Dec 2010	27134	44
   Nov 2010	34347	53
   Oct 2010	33636	59
   Sep 2010	35149	39
   Aug 2010	32366	42
   Jul 2010	33977	51
   Jun 2010	35198	41
   May 2010	30031	51
   Apr 2010	33383	45

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2011	50	113	93
   New companies in 2010	45	43	72
   % change	11.1%	162.8%	29.2%
   Record Year	2007 (56)	2011 (113)	2011 (93)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   A total of 94 companies were dissolved in Borehamwood during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is a decrease of 10.5% 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)	Borehamwood	UK
   2011	94	90,986
   2010	105	82,677
   % change	-10.5%	10.0%
   Record Year	2009 (133)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	94	Q1 2011	90986	1
   Q1 2010	105	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	133	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	71	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	54	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	68	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	66	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	49	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	44	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	47	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2009	133	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

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

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	27947	19
   Feb 2011	29849	29
   Jan 2011	33190	46
   Dec 2010	16283	10
   Nov 2010	31710	48
   Oct 2010	28903	41
   Sep 2010	29093	30
   Aug 2010	32913	37
   Jul 2010	25699	35
   Jun 2010	35162	46
   May 2010	38045	38
   Apr 2010	21747	32

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2011	46	29	19
   Closed companies in 2010	21	45	39
   % change	119.0%	-35.6%	-51%
   Record Year	2011 (46)	2008 (50)	2009 (94)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

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

   Net company growth for Borehamwood during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 162 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Borehamwood	UK
   2011	162	25,405
   2010	55	22,460
   Record Year	2011 (162)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2011	162	160	Q1 2011	25405	105137	1
   Q1 2010	55	120	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	-13	111	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	40	196	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	142	134	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	66	176	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	110	114	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	65	157	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	113	79	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	32	92	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2011	162	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

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

   March 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Borehamwood when compared to any previous March.

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

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

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2011	16900	74
   Feb 2011	7913	84
   Jan 2011	592	4
   Dec 2010	10851	34
   Nov 2010	2637	5
   Oct 2010	4733	18
   Sep 2010	6056	9
   Aug 2010	-547	5
   Jul 2010	8278	16
   Jun 2010	36	-5
   May 2010	-8014	13
   Apr 2010	11636	13

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2011	4	84	74
   Net growth in 2010	24	-2	33
   Record Year	2003 (41)	2011 (84)	2011 (74)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   In the first quarter of 2011, Borehamwood formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Borehamwood
   2011	0.2%
   2010	0.2%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1971 (0.3%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2011	0.2199	256	1
   Q1 2010	0.1522	160	1
   Q1 2009	0.1318	120	1
   Q1 2008	0.1148	111	1
   Q1 2007	0.1175	196	1
   Q1 2006	0.1227	134	1
   Q1 2005	0.1868	176	1
   Q1 2004	0.1246	114	1
   Q1 2003	0.1611	157	1
   Q1 2002	0.1214	79	1
   Q1 1971	0.2541	5	2

   Company Share by Quarter

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

   February 2011 saw a new record in UK company share in Borehamwood when compared to any previous February.

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2011	0.2074	93
   Feb 2011	0.2992	113
   Jan 2011	0.1480	50
   Dec 2010	0.1622	44
   Nov 2010	0.1543	53
   Oct 2010	0.1754	59
   Sep 2010	0.1110	39
   Aug 2010	0.1298	42
   Jul 2010	0.1501	51
   Jun 2010	0.1165	41
   May 2010	0.1698	51
   Apr 2010	0.1348	45

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
   % change	-4.1%	131.0%	23.2%
   Record Year	1963 (0.5%)	2011 (0.3%)	1969 (0.4%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 47.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 0.6% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 10.2% 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	46.9880	10.2410	0.6024	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	46.1420	8.6420	0.6173	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	45.8623	10.8696	2.1739	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	47.2857	5.5901	0.0000	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	46.3274	7.5221	0.8850	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	47.3892	7.3892	1.4778	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	47.4478	5.9701	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	49.1139	12.0253	0.6329	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	52.8774	21.6981	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	51.2640	10.4000	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 Borehamwood was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   20.9% of all director appointments in Borehamwood 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	20.8556	Q1 2011	25.4026	1
   Q1 2010	24.3386	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	22.8188	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	25.4054	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	24.2424	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	20.4348	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	21.2121	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	23.7838	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	21.8884	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	23.5294	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1960	100.0000	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
   TRADE	1.29%	CONSULTING	5.04%
   MANAGEMENT	1.20%	MANAGEMENT	4.97%
   SALES	1.11%	CONSULTANCY	3.16%
   PRODUCTIONS	1.01%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   CONSULTING	0.92%	TRADING	2.10%
   BUSINESS	0.92%	DESIGN	1.93%
   UNIVERSAL	0.83%	ASSOCIATES	1.92%
   LONDON	0.83%	BUSINESS	1.87%
   CORPORATION	0.74%	CONSTRUCTION	1.80%
   PRODUCTS	0.65%	CONSULTANTS	1.76%
   ALLIANCE	0.65%	MEDIA	1.69%
   ASSOCIATES	0.65%	ENGINEERING	1.61%
   INTERNATIONAL	0.55%	LONDON	1.60%
   AGENCY	0.55%	CARE	1.45%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.55%	J	1.45%
   ELSTREE	0.55%	GLOBAL	1.44%
   MEDIA	0.55%	INVESTMENTS	1.43%
   WORLDWIDE	0.55%	IT	1.41%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.46%	PROPERTIES	1.36%
   EUROPE	0.46%	BUILDING	1.34%
   PROPERTIES	0.46%	M	1.30%
   IT	0.46%	ELECTRICAL	1.28%
   CONSULTANCY	0.46%	S	1.24%
   EVENTS	0.46%	INTERNATIONAL	1.23%
   PROVIDER	0.46%	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	316	202,798
   7487 - Other business activities	76	60,968
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	35	30,253
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	30	10,246
   99999 - Dormant Company	28	18,336
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	22	16,150
   9999 - Dormant Company	20	19,765
   7499 - Non-trading company	19	11,316
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	18	10,085
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	13	7,000
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	12	12,916
   7260 - Other computer related activities	10	7,789
   74990 - Non-trading company	9	8,695
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	9	6,996
   9305 - Other service activities	8	8,740
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	8	7,788
   43390 - Other building completion and finishing	7	2,707
   5263 - Other non-store retail sale	7	1,853
   68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate	7	2,528
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	6	6,183

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07545711	MARKETING ONLINE LIMITED	28 Feb 2011
   07541573	PALMAFO COURIER SERVICES LIMITED	24 Feb 2011
   07536187	CHARIS MANAGEMENT LIMITED	21 Feb 2011
   07529541	ISM WEALTH MANAGEMENT LIMITED	15 Feb 2011
   07528316	CITYSCAPE PROJECTS LTD	14 Feb 2011
   07526164	KOLBE AV-TECHNOLOGY LTD	11 Feb 2011
   07524456	GENIE TUTORS HARROW LTD	10 Feb 2011
   07519608	BLANK SLATE LIMITED	07 Feb 2011
   07517385	CML SETS LIMITED	04 Feb 2011
   OC361382	CASTLEMARK LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361383	EQS TRADE LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361386	FOREWAY ENTERPRISES LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361387	TENWOOD UNITED LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361388	FAIRJET ASSOCIATES LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361390	SHIPMARK SALES LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361393	NX TECHNOLOGY LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361396	RICHFOLD COMPANY LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361399	BONTRADE LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361407	TONLEX SALES LLP	01 Feb 2011
   OC361526	KHB LOGISTICS LLP	04 Feb 2011
   OC361617	CROSSEXPERT LLP	08 Feb 2011
   OC361621	ARENA TECHNICS LLP	08 Feb 2011
   OC361622	BERGFORD UNITED LLP	08 Feb 2011
   OC361625	GREYCOM SALES LLP	08 Feb 2011
   OC361946	HIGHSTAR EXPORT LLP	18 Feb 2011