Brighton, East Sussex
Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q1 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous Q1.
- Q1 2015 was a record quarter for company registrations in Brighton when compared to any quarter in history.
- March 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous March.
- March 2015 was a record month for company registrations in Brighton when compared to any month in history.
- February 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous February.
- January 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous January.
- February 2015 saw a new record in company closures in Brighton when compared to any previous February.
- January 2015 saw a new record in net growth in Brighton when compared to any previous January.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
Q1 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous Q1.
Q1 2015 was a record quarter for company registrations in Brighton when compared to any quarter in history.
A total of 599 companies were registered in Brighton during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is an increase of 14.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 6.9% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Brighton UK 2015 599 161,156 2014 523 150,722 % change 14.5% 6.9% Record Year 2015 (599) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
March 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous March.
March 2015 was a record month for company registrations in Brighton when compared to any month in history.
February 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous February.
January 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2015 188 195 216 New companies in 2014 166 164 193 % change 13.3% 18.9% 11.9% Record Year 2015 (188) 2015 (195) 2015 (216)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 373 companies were dissolved in Brighton during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is an increase of 2.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Brighton UK 2015 373 89,523 2014 365 82,370 % change 2.2% 8.7% Record Year 2015 (373) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
February 2015 saw a new record in company closures in Brighton when compared to any previous February.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2015 98 135 140 Closed companies in 2014 112 128 125 % change -12.5% 5.5% 12% Record Year 2011 (144) 2015 (135) 2009 (196)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
Net company growth for Brighton during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 226 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Brighton UK 2015 226 71,633 2014 158 68,352 Record Year 2007 (267) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
January 2015 saw a new record in net growth in Brighton when compared to any previous January.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2015 90 60 76 Net growth in 2014 54 36 68 Record Year 2015 (90) 2003 (107) 2008 (148)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
In the first quarter of 2015, Brighton formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Brighton 2015 0.4% 2014 0.3% 2013 0.4% 2012 0.4% 2011 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 1997 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2015 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% UK formation share in 2014 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% % change 11.1% 9.5% 2.0% Record Year 1997 (0.6%) 1997 (0.6%) 1993 (0.6%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 43.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.5% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The record first quarter for female directors in Brighton was in 2013 when 32.7% of all directors were female.
27.3% of all director appointments in Brighton in the first quarter of 2015 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage BRIGHTON 2.28% CONSULTING 5.23% CONSULTING 1.89% MANAGEMENT 4.56% SUSSEX 1.11% CONSULTANCY 3.62% MANAGEMENT 1.07% PROPERTY 2.72% ROAD 1.04% CONSTRUCTION 2.19% CONSULTANCY 0.94% CARE 2.13% ELECTRICAL 0.94% ENGINEERING 2.12% PROPERTY 0.91% LONDON 1.91% DESIGN 0.88% TRADING 1.88% CONSTRUCTION 0.81% TRANSPORT 1.82% CREATIVE 0.65% ELECTRICAL 1.76% MEDIA 0.55% DESIGN 1.65% BUILDING 0.55% PROPERTIES 1.63% PRODUCTIONS 0.52% CO., 1.58% PROPERTIES 0.49% J 1.55% SECURITY 0.49% CONSULTANTS 1.54% INVESTMENTS 0.49% BUSINESS 1.49% (BRIGHTON) 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.49% IN 0.46% GLOBAL 1.46% TRAINING 0.46% ASSOCIATES 1.44% FILMS 0.46% DEVELOPMENTS 1.36% DIGITAL 0.46% BUILDING 1.31% DEVELOPMENTS 0.46% IT 1.30% HEATING 0.42% MEDIA 1.28% GROUP 0.42% M 1.27%
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 922 288,953 99999 - Dormant Company 172 49,474 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 158 43,081 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 153 30,825 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 112 58,522 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 91 29,218 98000 - Residents property management 82 5,308 62090 - Other information technology service activities 62 12,862 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 58 19,098 62012 - Business and domestic software development 58 9,651 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 53 11,600 56101 - Licensed restaurants 50 8,909 86900 - Other human health activities 49 13,990 59111 - Motion picture production activities 45 3,355 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 45 9,080 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 44 10,200 56302 - Public houses and bars 44 6,355 90030 - Artistic creation 38 4,677 59200 - Sound recording and music publishing activities 38 2,809 41100 - Development of building projects 38 11,863
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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