Chester, Cheshire
Q1 2010 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- January 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Chester when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 219 companies were registered in Chester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is an increase of 15.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares equally 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) Chester UK 2010 219 105,137 2009 189 91,034 % change 15.9% 15.5% Record Year 2007 (3,307) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2010 63 76 80 New companies in 2009 46 62 81 % change 37.0% 22.6% -1.2% Record Year 2007 (95) 2007 (561) 2007 (2,651)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 156 companies were dissolved in Chester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 70.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well 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) Chester UK 2010 156 82,677 2009 537 108,060 % change -70.9% -23.5% Record Year 2009 (537) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
January 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Chester when compared to any previous January.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2010 41 38 77 Closed companies in 2009 35 20 482 % change 17.1% 90.0% -84% Record Year 2010 (41) 2000 (38) 2009 (482)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
Net company growth for Chester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 63 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Chester UK 2010 63 22,460 2009 -348 -17,026 Record Year 2007 (3,212) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2010 22 38 3 Net growth in 2009 11 42 -401 Record Year 2007 (69) 2007 (533) 2007 (2,610)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
In the first quarter of 2010, Chester formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Chester 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% 2008 0.2% 2007 2.0% 2006 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 2007 (2.0%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2010 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2009 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change 27.1% 5.0% -17.9% Record Year 1962 (0.6%) 2007 (1.0%) 2007 (3.9%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 47.1.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.7% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 7.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The record first quarter for female directors in Chester was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
26.4% of all director appointments in Chester in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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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 MANAGEMENT 2.68% MANAGEMENT 5.01% CONSULTING 2.11% CONSULTING 4.60% CHESTER 1.63% CONSULTANCY 2.87% (CHESTER) 0.98% PROPERTY 2.50% MARKETING 0.89% ASSOCIATES 2.04% CONSULTANCY 0.89% TRADING 1.93% PROPERTY 0.89% DESIGN 1.91% CONSTRUCTION 0.81% CONSTRUCTION 1.87% DESIGN 0.73% MEDIA 1.84% R 0.73% BUSINESS 1.74% ASSOCIATES 0.73% INTERNATIONAL 1.73% ENGINEERING 0.73% CONSULTANTS 1.63% M 0.65% ENGINEERING 1.54% CHESHIRE 0.65% J 1.48% BUILDING 0.65% LONDON 1.45% GLOBAL 0.57% INVESTMENTS 1.45% INTERNATIONAL 0.57% GROUP 1.37% HOUSE 0.57% GLOBAL 1.35% SYSTEMS 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.35% CENTRE 0.49% BUILDING 1.34% IT 0.49% CARE 1.33% PROJECTS 0.49% ELECTRICAL 1.30% CONSULTANTS 0.49% M 1.28% S 0.41% SYSTEMS 1.25% D 0.41% S 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 2,213 228,645 7487 - Other business activities 555 74,904 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 74 3,069 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 69 26,974 42990 - Construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified 52 1,746 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 46 14,007 7414 - Business & management consultancy 44 17,003 9999 - Dormant Company 42 19,948 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 37 8,154 7499 - Non-trading company 34 15,398 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 27 9,943 7260 - Other computer related activities 25 10,331 99999 - Dormant Company 24 13,808 43210 - Electrical installation 23 3,163 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 23 7,143 71129 - Other engineering activities 21 2,152 62090 - Other information technology service activities 18 6,340 74990 - Non-trading company 18 8,149 74902 - Quantity surveying activities 16 357 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 15 9,325
Recent Companies
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