Cardiff, Cardiff
Q1 2011 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Cardiff when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
A total of 650 companies were registered in Cardiff during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 2.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Cardiff UK 2011 650 116,391 2010 669 105,137 % change -2.8% 10.7% Record Year 2007 (801) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2011 236 189 225 New companies in 2010 188 170 311 % change 25.5% 11.2% -27.7% Record Year 2007 (249) 2008 (233) 2005 (385)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
A total of 547 companies were dissolved in Cardiff during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).
This figure is an increase of 23.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Cardiff UK 2011 547 90,986 2010 444 82,677 % change 23.2% 10.0% Record Year 2009 (648) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Cardiff when compared to any previous January.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2011 204 161 182 Closed companies in 2010 108 135 201 % change 88.9% 19.3% -9% Record Year 2011 (204) 2008 (165) 2009 (443)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
Net company growth for Cardiff during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 103 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Cardiff UK 2011 103 25,405 2010 225 22,460 Record Year 2005 (440) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2011 32 28 43 Net growth in 2010 80 35 110 Record Year 2008 (129) 2004 (103) 2005 (276)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
In the first quarter of 2011, Cardiff formed 0.6% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Cardiff 2011 0.6% 2010 0.6% 2009 0.7% 2008 0.7% 2007 0.5% Record Year (since 1960) 1968 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2011 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% UK formation share in 2010 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% % change 8.3% -2.2% -31.0% Record Year 1961 (1.4%) 1969 (1.3%) 1968 (1.6%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 44.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.3%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
The record first quarter for female directors in Cardiff was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.7% of all director appointments in Cardiff in the first quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2010-Mar 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CO., 2.52% CONSULTING 5.04% INTERNATIONAL 1.77% MANAGEMENT 4.97% CARDIFF 1.62% CONSULTANCY 3.16% MANAGEMENT 1.45% PROPERTY 2.38% TRADE 1.39% TRADING 2.10% TRADING 1.10% DESIGN 1.93% CONSULTING 1.07% ASSOCIATES 1.92% CONSULTANCY 0.90% BUSINESS 1.87% SALES 0.84% CONSTRUCTION 1.80% INDUSTRIAL 0.78% CONSULTANTS 1.76% BUSINESS 0.75% MEDIA 1.69% PROPERTY 0.75% ENGINEERING 1.61% (CARDIFF) 0.72% LONDON 1.60% DEVELOPMENT 0.69% CARE 1.45% MEDIA 0.69% J 1.45% GLOBAL 0.67% GLOBAL 1.44% ENERGY 0.64% INVESTMENTS 1.43% PROJECTS 0.61% IT 1.41% CARE 0.58% PROPERTIES 1.36% WALES 0.58% BUILDING 1.34% PROPERTIES 0.52% M 1.30% UNIVERSAL 0.52% ELECTRICAL 1.28% SYSTEMS 0.52% S 1.24% (WALES) 0.52% INTERNATIONAL 1.23% NLR 0.52% SYSTEMS 1.23%
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 2,033 202,798 74990 - Non-trading company 366 8,695 7499 - Non-trading company 271 11,316 7487 - Other business activities 244 60,968 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 103 30,253 9999 - Dormant Company 85 19,765 99999 - Dormant Company 75 18,336 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 55 16,150 7414 - Business & management consultancy 38 12,916 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 37 10,085 62090 - Other information technology service activities 36 6,996 9305 - Other service activities 36 8,740 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 33 10,246 7260 - Other computer related activities 30 7,789 68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis 29 3,220 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 28 7,788 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 26 6,183 5530 - Restaurants 26 4,898 86900 - Other human health activities 25 4,092 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 22 3,895
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