Brighton, East Sussex
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous July.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 432 companies were registered in Brighton during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 6.7% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Brighton UK 2012 432 118,868 2011 463 114,512 % change -6.7% 3.8% Record Year 2011 (463) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous July.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 152 129 151 New companies in 2011 151 160 152 % change 0.7% -19.4% -0.7% Record Year 2012 (152) 2011 (160) 2003 (161)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 293 companies were dissolved in Brighton during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 3.0% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Brighton UK 2012 293 74,772 2011 302 72,230 % change -3.0% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (384) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 96 124 73 Closed companies in 2011 103 102 97 % change -6.8% 21.6% -25% Record Year 2011 (103) 2008 (204) 2009 (163)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Brighton during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 139 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Brighton UK 2012 139 44,096 2011 161 42,282 Record Year 2003 (230) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 56 5 78 Net growth in 2011 48 58 55 Record Year 2008 (75) 2002 (68) 2003 (110)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Brighton formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Brighton 2012 0.4% 2011 0.4% 2010 0.4% 2009 0.4% 2008 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 1965 (0.6%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% UK formation share in 2011 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% % change -9.6% -18.8% -1.7% Record Year 1965 (0.8%) 1969 (1.1%) 1961 (0.6%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 41.4.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.4% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in Brighton was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
29.3% of all director appointments in Brighton in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage BRIGHTON 1.94% CONSULTING 5.05% CONSULTING 1.86% MANAGEMENT 4.75% MANAGEMENT 1.48% CONSULTANCY 3.28% ROAD 1.14% PROPERTY 2.35% SUSSEX 0.95% TRADING 2.08% (BRIGHTON) 0.91% DESIGN 1.87% CONSULTANCY 0.87% ASSOCIATES 1.84% PROPERTY 0.87% ENGINEERING 1.83% MEDIA 0.84% CONSULTANTS 1.76% CONSULTANTS 0.72% BUSINESS 1.72% DESIGN 0.61% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% PRODUCTIONS 0.53% MEDIA 1.67% CONSTRUCTION 0.53% LONDON 1.67% MUSIC 0.53% J 1.55% STREET 0.53% GLOBAL 1.53% ASSOCIATES 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.46% HOVE 0.49% IT 1.43% BUSINESS 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.34% FREEHOLD 0.49% CARE 1.32% RTM 0.46% M 1.27% ENGINEERING 0.42% BUILDING 1.22% BUILDING 0.42% ENTERPRISES 1.20% J 0.42% ELECTRICAL 1.20% LONDON 0.42% S 1.17% IT 0.42% SECURITY 1.16%
SIC Data
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Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old
sic code number of companies uk companies None Supplied 1,157 331,455 7487 - Other business activities 149 35,545 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 118 33,677 99999 - Dormant Company 82 25,035 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 72 19,425 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 60 14,774 62090 - Other information technology service activities 49 7,869 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 43 13,716 9999 - Dormant Company 32 12,598 7414 - Business & management consultancy 31 8,437 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 30 9,891 98000 - Residents property management 30 2,786 56302 - Public houses and bars 28 2,823 86230 - Dental practice activities 26 1,752 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 26 4,997 7260 - Other computer related activities 24 4,979 74990 - Non-trading company 24 9,203 59111 - Motion picture production activities 23 1,498 90030 - Artistic creation 22 2,031 62012 - Business and domestic software development 21 4,584
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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