New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 159 companies were registered in Bury St Edmunds during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 24.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Bury St Edmunds	UK
   2012	159	131,491
   2011	128	116,391
   % change	24.2%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (159)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	159	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	128	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	122	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	83	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	116	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	136	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	99	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	105	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	110	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	120	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	159	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any previous February.

   January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	51
   Feb 2012	44149	51
   Jan 2012	39401	57
   Dec 2011	30598	32
   Nov 2011	40319	50
   Oct 2011	38706	43
   Sep 2011	38920	34
   Aug 2011	38461	39
   Jul 2011	37131	33
   Jun 2011	39725	43
   May 2011	38130	47
   Apr 2011	34489	48

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	57	51	51
   New companies in 2011	25	45	58
   % change	128.0%	13.3%	-12.1%
   Record Year	2012 (57)	2012 (51)	2011 (58)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   A total of 43 companies were dissolved in Bury St Edmunds during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is a decrease of 46.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Bury St Edmunds	UK
   2012	43	67,576
   2011	80	90,987
   % change	-46.3%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2009 (99)	2009 (108,065)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	43	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	80	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	79	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	99	Q1 2009	108065	1
   Q1 2008	43	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	56	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	48	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	59	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	48	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	56	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2009	99	Q1 2009	108065	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	23
   Feb 2012	23245	5
   Jan 2012	23242	15
   Dec 2011	29283	25
   Nov 2011	31065	25
   Oct 2011	19635	25
   Sep 2011	22852	17
   Aug 2011	25745	28
   Jul 2011	23633	26
   Jun 2011	23848	30
   May 2011	31305	22
   Apr 2011	16171	12

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	15	5	23
   Closed companies in 2011	18	35	27
   % change	-16.7%	-85.7%	-15%
   Record Year	2010 (33)	2011 (35)	2009 (53)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for net growth in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Bury St Edmunds during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 116 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Bury St Edmunds	UK
   2012	116	63,915
   2011	48	25,404
   Record Year	2012 (116)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	116	128	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	48	122	Q1 2011	25404	105137	1
   Q1 2010	43	83	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	-16	116	Q1 2009	-17031	96698	1
   Q1 2008	73	136	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	80	99	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	51	105	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	46	110	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	62	120	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	64	87	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2012	116	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any previous February.

   February 2012 was a record month for net growth in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any month in history.

   January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Bury St Edmunds when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	28
   Feb 2012	20904	46
   Jan 2012	16159	42
   Dec 2011	1315	7
   Nov 2011	9254	25
   Oct 2011	19071	18
   Sep 2011	16068	17
   Aug 2011	12716	11
   Jul 2011	13498	7
   Jun 2011	15877	13
   May 2011	6825	25
   Apr 2011	18318	36

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	42	46	28
   Net growth in 2011	7	10	31
   Record Year	2012 (42)	2012 (46)	2007 (32)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, Bury St Edmunds formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Bury St Edmunds
   2012	0.1%
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1978 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.1209	159	1
   Q1 2011	0.1100	128	1
   Q1 2010	0.1160	122	1
   Q1 2009	0.0912	83	1
   Q1 2008	0.1200	116	1
   Q1 2007	0.0815	136	1
   Q1 2006	0.0907	99	1
   Q1 2005	0.1115	105	1
   Q1 2004	0.1202	110	1
   Q1 2003	0.1232	120	1
   Q1 1978	0.2279	10	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.1064	51
   Feb 2012	0.1155	51
   Jan 2012	0.1447	57
   Dec 2011	0.1046	32
   Nov 2011	0.1240	50
   Oct 2011	0.1111	43
   Sep 2011	0.0874	34
   Aug 2011	0.1014	39
   Jul 2011	0.0889	33
   Jun 2011	0.1082	43
   May 2011	0.1233	47
   Apr 2011	0.1392	48

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	95.5%	-3.1%	-17.7%
   Record Year	1976 (0.3%)	1966 (0.6%)	1969 (0.4%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 45.4.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 7.5% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2012	45.3700	7.4890	3.9648	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	46.6895	6.3927	1.8265	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	47.1075	10.7527	2.1505	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	48.7135	6.4865	2.7027	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	49.9173	9.0551	0.0000	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	48.2953	7.3826	0.0000	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	51.1992	9.7458	0.0000	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	51.7571	12.8571	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	53.2509	17.7700	0.3484	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	56.4384	22.6027	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

   21.1% of all director appointments in Bury St Edmunds in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2012	21.1321	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	29.0196	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	26.1468	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	28.1407	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	27.2085	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	36.5269	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	32.6996	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	30.9677	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	31.3725	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	32.1981	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1942	75.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	1.38%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   MANAGEMENT	1.16%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   ANGLIA	1.16%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   SUFFOLK	1.06%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   EAST	0.74%	TRADING	2.07%
   J	0.63%	DESIGN	1.93%
   CONSULTANTS	0.63%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   S	0.63%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   ENGINEERING	0.63%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   MEDIA	0.53%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   PROPERTIES	0.53%	MEDIA	1.72%
   PROPERTY	0.53%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   DATA	0.53%	LONDON	1.66%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.53%	J	1.54%
   CENTRE	0.53%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.53%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   CIC	0.53%	IT	1.40%
   CARE	0.53%	CARE	1.34%
   BURY	0.53%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   ST	0.53%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   GLOBAL	0.42%	M	1.27%
   HOUSE	0.42%	BUILDING	1.24%
   AUTO	0.42%	ENERGY	1.20%
   ROAD	0.42%	S	1.20%
   INTERNATIONAL	0.42%	ENTERPRISES	1.19%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	141	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	50	52,735
   99999 - Dormant Company	33	25,084
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	28	19,704
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	26	35,233
   9999 - Dormant Company	20	18,617
   74990 - Non-trading company	13	9,729
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	13	9,892
   86220 - Specialists medical practice activities	13	1,845
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	13	12,113
   69102 - Solicitors	12	1,363
   45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles	12	2,832
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	12	14,303
   41100 - Development of building projects	11	4,984
   69201 - Accounting and auditing activities	11	4,132
   86210 - General medical practice activities	10	2,594
   86900 - Other human health activities	9	5,066
   70100 - Activities of head offices	8	2,746
   7499 - Non-trading company	8	9,102
   41202 - Construction of domestic buildings	8	3,052

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07947684	BALLS'D LIMITED	13 Feb 2012
   07951632	PAUL ABBOTT CONSULTING LIMITED	16 Feb 2012
   07968382	SWANHILLS LIMITED	28 Feb 2012
   07936103	CRAMPOLOGY UK LIMITED	03 Feb 2012
   07930776	CGC AEROTRONIX LTD	01 Feb 2012
   07957871	CGM DEVELOPMENTS UK LIMITED	21 Feb 2012
   07959821	ABBEYGATE CONSTRUCTION LTD	22 Feb 2012
   07965730	SLIQUE LTD	27 Feb 2012
   07943513	REGAL BUILD LIMITED	09 Feb 2012
   07946636	KROMEX INK PRODUCTS LTD	13 Feb 2012
   07948524	JMT SOLUTIONS LIMITED	14 Feb 2012
   07949414	EVO DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED	14 Feb 2012
   07954784	LESS2JOINERY LIMITED	17 Feb 2012
   07965691	EYE NEED SIGHT LTD	27 Feb 2012
   07968710	PMJ WOODCARVING LTD	28 Feb 2012
   07931437	JET LEISURE LIMITED	01 Feb 2012
   07944455	PEAKE POWER & PROTECTION LIMITED	10 Feb 2012
   07960069	SUFFOLK HOUSE SITTING LTD	22 Feb 2012
   07960189	MUNICIPAL CLEANING MACHINES LIMITED	22 Feb 2012
   07931293	JOSEFS VEGETARIAN CAFE LTD.	01 Feb 2012
   07949670	SNAP RAPID LIMITED	14 Feb 2012
   07950370	NHM CONSULTANCY LIMITED	15 Feb 2012
   07951565	SUFFOLK FOOD HUB LTD	16 Feb 2012
   07958863	FULLER SOFTWARE CONSULTING LIMITED	21 Feb 2012
   07960456	MORRIS ARMITAGE (KL) LIMITED	22 Feb 2012