Cambridgeshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.
- January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 1,304 companies were registered in Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 13.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares equally 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) Cambridgeshire UK 2012 1,304 131,491 2011 1,148 116,391 % change 13.6% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (1,325) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 398 401 505 New companies in 2011 309 381 458 % change 28.8% 5.2% 10.3% Record Year 2012 (398) 2005 (416) 2007 (605)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 563 companies were dissolved in Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 32.6% 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) Cambridgeshire UK 2012 563 67,576 2011 835 90,986 % change -32.6% -25.7% Record Year 2009 (898) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 191 202 170 Closed companies in 2011 298 251 286 % change -35.9% -19.5% -41% Record Year 2011 (298) 2011 (251) 2009 (481)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 741 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Cambridgeshire UK 2012 741 63,915 2011 313 25,405 Record Year 2007 (822) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 207 199 335 Net growth in 2011 11 130 172 Record Year 2012 (207) 2005 (288) 2007 (451)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Cambridgeshire formed 1.0% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Cambridgeshire 2012 1.0% 2011 1.0% 2010 1.0% 2009 1.0% 2008 0.9% Record Year (since 1960) 1979 (1.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 1.0% 0.9% 1.1% UK formation share in 2011 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% % change 10.4% -10.0% 3.1% Record Year 1967 (2.0%) 1979 (1.8%) 1971 (1.8%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.6.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in Cambridgeshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
27.2% of all director appointments in Cambridgeshire in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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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 CAMBRIDGE 2.92% CONSULTING 5.07% MANAGEMENT 1.92% MANAGEMENT 4.74% CONSULTING 1.90% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CONSULTANCY 1.38% PROPERTY 2.37% ENGINEERING 0.88% TRADING 2.07% PROPERTY 0.86% DESIGN 1.93% DESIGN 0.82% ENGINEERING 1.86% ASSOCIATES 0.81% ASSOCIATES 1.84% BUSINESS 0.77% CONSULTANTS 1.79% CARE 0.72% BUSINESS 1.73% (CAMBRIDGE) 0.70% MEDIA 1.72% CENTRE 0.66% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% DEVELOPMENTS 0.57% LONDON 1.66% CONSTRUCTION 0.56% J 1.54% S 0.56% INVESTMENTS 1.51% J 0.54% GLOBAL 1.50% TRADING 0.54% IT 1.40% GLOBAL 0.52% CARE 1.34% PROPERTIES 0.52% PROPERTIES 1.31% BUILDING 0.52% ELECTRICAL 1.27% MEDIA 0.50% M 1.27% TRAINING 0.50% BUILDING 1.24% IT 0.48% ENERGY 1.20% PETERBOROUGH 0.48% S 1.20% INVESTMENTS 0.48% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
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 1,683 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 417 52,735 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 292 35,233 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 221 19,704 99999 - Dormant Company 194 25,084 7414 - Business & management consultancy 162 12,113 9999 - Dormant Company 155 18,617 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 154 14,303 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 102 9,892 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 100 13,637 62090 - Other information technology service activities 100 8,145 7260 - Other computer related activities 89 7,154 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 88 6,934 74990 - Non-trading company 88 9,729 9305 - Other service activities 78 8,818 7499 - Non-trading company 69 9,102 62012 - Business and domestic software development 65 4,356 86900 - Other human health activities 62 5,066 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 56 5,169 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 54 4,132
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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