New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Bushey when compared to any previous Q1.

   A total of 112 companies were registered in Bushey during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 4.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Bushey	UK
   2010	112	105,137
   2009	107	91,034
   % change	4.7%	15.5%
   Record Year	2010 (112)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	112	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	107	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	89	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	68	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	64	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	52	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	58	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	65	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	36	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	48	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2010	112	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   March 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Bushey when compared to any previous March.

   January 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Bushey when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	44
   Feb 2010	33214	33
   Jan 2010	29144	35
   Dec 2009	25819	20
   Nov 2009	30706	23
   Oct 2009	29458	20
   Sep 2009	33700	32
   Aug 2009	29371	23
   Jul 2009	31600	27
   Jun 2009	31660	68
   May 2009	28623	42
   Apr 2009	30704	46

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	35	33	44
   New companies in 2009	25	39	43
   % change	40.0%	-15.4%	2.3%
   Record Year	2010 (35)	2009 (39)	2010 (44)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Bushey when compared to any previous Q1.

   A total of 71 companies were dissolved in Bushey during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 24.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 23.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Bushey	UK
   2010	71	82,677
   2009	57	108,060
   % change	24.6%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2010 (71)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	71	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	57	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	30	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	41	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	35	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	22	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	26	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	40	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	45	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	44	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2010	71	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   February 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Bushey when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	37
   Feb 2010	24398	19
   Jan 2010	24409	15
   Dec 2009	31581	22
   Nov 2009	25313	21
   Oct 2009	28242	17
   Sep 2009	72972	30
   Aug 2009	46302	20
   Jul 2009	40127	16
   Jun 2009	54906	30
   May 2009	78275	42
   Apr 2009	47995	34

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	15	19	37
   Closed companies in 2009	12	8	37
   % change	25.0%	137.5%	0%
   Record Year	2000 (21)	2010 (19)	2009 (37)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Net company growth for Bushey during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 41 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Bushey	UK
   2010	41	22,460
   2009	50	-17,026
   Record Year	2008 (59)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	41	107	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	50	89	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	59	68	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	27	64	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	29	52	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	30	58	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	32	65	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	25	36	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	-9	48	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	4	57	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2008	59	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   January 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Bushey when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	7
   Feb 2010	8816	14
   Jan 2010	4735	20
   Dec 2009	-5762	-2
   Nov 2009	5393	2
   Oct 2009	1216	3
   Sep 2009	-39272	2
   Aug 2009	-16931	3
   Jul 2009	-8527	11
   Jun 2009	-23246	38
   May 2009	-49652	0
   Apr 2009	-17291	12

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	20	14	7
   Net growth in 2009	13	31	6
   Record Year	2010 (20)	2009 (31)	2008 (31)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   In the first quarter of 2010, Bushey formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Bushey
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.0%
   2006	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1968 (0.3%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.1065	112	1
   Q1 2009	0.1175	107	1
   Q1 2008	0.0920	89	1
   Q1 2007	0.0408	68	1
   Q1 2006	0.0586	64	1
   Q1 2005	0.0552	52	1
   Q1 2004	0.0634	58	1
   Q1 2003	0.0667	65	1
   Q1 2002	0.0553	36	1
   Q1 2001	0.0791	48	1
   Q1 1968	0.3433	4	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.1029	44
   Feb 2010	0.0994	33
   Jan 2010	0.1201	35
   Dec 2009	0.0775	20
   Nov 2009	0.0749	23
   Oct 2009	0.0679	20
   Sep 2009	0.0950	32
   Aug 2009	0.0783	23
   Jul 2009	0.0854	27
   Jun 2009	0.2148	68
   May 2009	0.1467	42
   Apr 2009	0.1498	46

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2010	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	30.0%	-27.5%	-15.0%
   Record Year	1960 (0.2%)	1975 (0.9%)	1968 (0.7%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 43.3.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.9% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2010	43.3456	2.9412	2.9412	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	45.2706	3.5294	3.5294	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	48.1533	5.1095	2.9197	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	49.3243	13.5135	0.0000	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	50.6076	11.3924	0.0000	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	50.5968	12.0968	1.6129	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	50.1920	15.2000	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	50.7820	10.5263	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	52.3957	12.2302	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	51.7938	11.3402	0.0000	52.4938	0.1011	13.1636

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

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

   21.3% of all director appointments in Bushey in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2010	21.2500	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	26.0870	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	32.2785	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	24.5509	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	27.3224	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	26.7176	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	30.6569	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	23.4483	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	25.5172	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	25.0000	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1971	100.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2009-Mar 2010)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   TRADING	1.86%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   CONSULTING	1.29%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   MEDIA	1.29%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   CONSULTANCY	0.86%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   HEALTH	0.86%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   INC	0.86%	TRADING	1.93%
   MARKETING	0.72%	DESIGN	1.91%
   INTERNATIONAL	0.72%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   BUSINESS	0.72%	MEDIA	1.84%
   MANAGEMENT	0.72%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.57%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   LONDON	0.57%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   INVESTMENTS	0.57%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   CAPITAL	0.57%	J	1.48%
   NET	0.57%	LONDON	1.45%
   ASSOCIATES	0.57%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   MUSIC	0.57%	GROUP	1.37%
   VENTURES	0.57%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   2	0.57%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   DIVAS	0.57%	BUILDING	1.34%
   CENTRE	0.57%	CARE	1.33%
   TECH	0.43%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   DEVELOPMENT	0.43%	M	1.28%
   COMPANIES	0.43%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   AUTO	0.43%	S	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	235	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	77	74,904
   9999 - Dormant Company	37	19,948
   7499 - Non-trading company	33	15,398
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	30	26,974
   9305 - Other service activities	23	9,038
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	15	14,007
   7011 - Development & sell real estate	14	5,300
   74990 - Non-trading company	13	8,149
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	10	17,003
   99999 - Dormant Company	8	13,808
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	8	7,143
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	7	9,943
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	6	9,325
   68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis	6	3,169
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	6	6,340
   69201 - Accounting and auditing activities	6	3,077
   7032 - Manage real estate, fee or contract	4	2,355
   7260 - Other computer related activities	4	10,331
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	4	9,659

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07140365	164 ORCHARD WAY LIMITED	29 Jan 2010
   07140228	AIRFAIR PROGRAMS LTD	29 Jan 2010
   07138744	CORPORATE REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS LIMITED	28 Jan 2010
   07137059	ENERGY CONSULTRADE LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07136912	REMOVIE LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07134448	HFP CORP LTD	25 Jan 2010
   07132914	2 IVENTURES LIMITED	22 Jan 2010
   07131355	MONTANA HEALTH LIMITED	20 Jan 2010
   07130910	CHANGA LTD	20 Jan 2010
   07129049	FIRST UK PROPERTIES LIMITED	19 Jan 2010
   07127925	SEASCAPE EVENTS LTD	18 Jan 2010
   07127924	SEASCAPEVENTS LTD	18 Jan 2010
   07126506	XTO CAPITAL LTD	15 Jan 2010
   07124853	GOODSTARTECH LIMITED	13 Jan 2010
   07122946	ZTEC MEDIA LTD	12 Jan 2010
   07122909	CDE MEDIA LTD	12 Jan 2010
   07121537	PRECIOUS FIRST AID LIMITED	11 Jan 2010
   07121386	PHOENIX SHANGHAI DESIGN LTD	11 Jan 2010
   07120589	CABVISION NETWORK LIMITED	08 Jan 2010
   07120554	MAXINE'S BREAD STALL LTD	08 Jan 2010
   07120478	E COMMERCE INC LIMITED	08 Jan 2010
   07118952	TOOTHBRUSH EXPRESS LIMITED	07 Jan 2010
   07118250	ROKH CONSULTING LIMITED	07 Jan 2010
   07117476	ATOPELEC (UK) ELECTRONIC LIMITED	06 Jan 2010
   07115081	ECKOM AUTO PARTS LIMITED	04 Jan 2010