Bury, Greater Manchester
Q1 2013 Business Confidence Report
NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.
Headlines
- March 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Bury when compared to any previous March.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 239 companies were registered in Bury during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 18.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 2.5% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Bury UK 2013 239 134,802 2012 201 131,491 % change 18.9% 2.5% Record Year 2004 (344) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
March 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Bury when compared to any previous March.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 72 71 96 New companies in 2012 59 74 68 % change 22.0% -4.1% 41.2% Record Year 2004 (140) 2004 (109) 2013 (96)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 94 companies were dissolved in Bury during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 39.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.3% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Bury UK 2013 94 77,914 2012 155 67,576 % change -39.4% 15.3% Record Year 2005 (238) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2013 41 32 21 Closed companies in 2012 70 43 42 % change -41.4% -25.6% -50% Record Year 2012 (70) 2011 (60) 2005 (202)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Bury during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 145 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Bury UK 2013 145 56,888 2012 46 63,915 Record Year 2004 (286) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 31 39 75 Net growth in 2012 -11 31 26 Record Year 2004 (109) 2004 (97) 2004 (80)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Bury formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Bury 2013 0.2% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 2004 (0.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2013 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2012 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% % change 9.4% -4.8% 46.0% Record Year 2004 (0.5%) 2004 (0.4%) 2004 (0.3%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 46.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.4% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.3% compared to the UK figure of 1.8%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The record first quarter for female directors in Bury was in 2009 when 41.2% of all directors were female.
28.4% of all director appointments in Bury in the first quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 28.1% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage MANAGEMENT 1.38% CONSULTING 5.18% BURY 1.15% MANAGEMENT 4.78% PROPERTY 0.92% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CONSULTING 0.92% PROPERTY 2.44% (BURY) 0.84% TRADING 2.06% INVESTMENTS 0.84% DESIGN 1.79% CONSTRUCTION 0.69% ENGINEERING 1.78% TRADING 0.69% BUSINESS 1.77% MEDIA 0.61% ASSOCIATES 1.75% TRAINING 0.61% LONDON 1.72% PROPERTIES 0.61% CONSULTANTS 1.71% IT 0.54% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% CARE 0.54% MEDIA 1.63% MANCHESTER 0.54% GLOBAL 1.57% DESIGN 0.54% J 1.56% DEVELOPMENTS 0.54% CARE 1.46% ASSOCIATES 0.54% IT 1.43% BUILDING 0.46% INVESTMENTS 1.41% SYSTEMS 0.46% PROPERTIES 1.36% BUSINESS 0.46% M 1.25% PRODUCTS 0.46% BUILDING 1.21% J 0.46% ENTERPRISES 1.19% ENTERPRISES 0.46% ELECTRICAL 1.18% M 0.46% TRAINING 1.17% LEGAL 0.46% SECURITY 1.15%
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 491 249,183 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 69 54,531 99999 - Dormant Company 52 43,384 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 39 32,624 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 31 23,532 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 22 24,894 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 21 16,448 86900 - Other human health activities 20 8,465 47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets 18 5,186 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 16 7,199 74990 - Non-trading company 15 14,129 62012 - Business and domestic software development 15 8,099 7487 - Other business activities 15 7,556 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 13 5,062 63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified 13 4,719 41100 - Development of building projects 13 8,637 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 11 7,507 62090 - Other information technology service activities 11 12,664 56102 - Unlicensed restaurants and cafes 10 3,220 93199 - Other sports activities 10 3,375
Recent Companies
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