New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

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

   Q1 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Dunfermline when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 136 companies were registered in Dunfermline during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 106.1% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well 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)	Dunfermline	UK
   2010	136	105,137
   2009	66	91,034
   % change	106.1%	15.5%
   Record Year	2010 (136)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	136	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	66	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	107	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	105	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	78	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	71	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	71	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	75	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	49	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	46	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2010	136	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 Dunfermline when compared to any previous March.

   March 2010 was a record month for company registrations in Dunfermline when compared to any month in history.

   February 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Dunfermline when compared to any previous February.

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	53
   Feb 2010	33214	44
   Jan 2010	29144	39
   Dec 2009	25819	34
   Nov 2009	30706	43
   Oct 2009	29458	33
   Sep 2009	33700	35
   Aug 2009	29371	25
   Jul 2009	31600	26
   Jun 2009	31660	39
   May 2009	28623	36
   Apr 2009	30704	20

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	39	44	53
   New companies in 2009	22	28	16
   % change	77.3%	57.1%	231.3%
   Record Year	2010 (39)	2010 (44)	2010 (53)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   A total of 57 companies were dissolved in Dunfermline during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 0.0% 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)	Dunfermline	UK
   2010	57	82,677
   2009	57	108,060
   % change	0.0%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2009 (57)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	57	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	57	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	41	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	42	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	21	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	32	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	30	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	24	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	34	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	17	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2009	57	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 Dunfermline when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	17
   Feb 2010	24398	25
   Jan 2010	24409	15
   Dec 2009	31581	12
   Nov 2009	25313	10
   Oct 2009	28242	14
   Sep 2009	72972	14
   Aug 2009	46302	46
   Jul 2009	40127	13
   Jun 2009	54906	30
   May 2009	78275	60
   Apr 2009	47995	3

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	15	25	17
   Closed companies in 2009	22	22	13
   % change	-31.8%	13.6%	31%
   Record Year	2009 (22)	2010 (25)	2007 (18)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Dunfermline when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2010 was a record quarter for net growth in Dunfermline when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Dunfermline during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 79 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Dunfermline	UK
   2010	79	22,460
   2009	9	-17,026
   Record Year	2010 (79)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	79	66	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	9	107	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	66	105	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	63	78	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	57	71	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	39	71	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	41	75	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	51	49	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	15	46	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	29	31	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2010	79	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

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

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	36
   Feb 2010	8816	19
   Jan 2010	4735	24
   Dec 2009	-5762	22
   Nov 2009	5393	33
   Oct 2009	1216	19
   Sep 2009	-39272	21
   Aug 2009	-16931	-21
   Jul 2009	-8527	13
   Jun 2009	-23246	9
   May 2009	-49652	-24
   Apr 2009	-17291	17

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	24	19	36
   Net growth in 2009	0	6	3
   Record Year	2007 (25)	2003 (22)	2008 (39)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

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

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Dunfermline
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   2006	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1988 (0.1%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.1294	136	1
   Q1 2009	0.0725	66	1
   Q1 2008	0.1107	107	1
   Q1 2007	0.0629	105	1
   Q1 2006	0.0714	78	1
   Q1 2005	0.0754	71	1
   Q1 2004	0.0776	71	1
   Q1 2003	0.0770	75	1
   Q1 2002	0.0753	49	1
   Q1 2001	0.0758	46	1
   Q1 1988	0.1460	17	2

   Company Share by Quarter

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

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.1239	53
   Feb 2010	0.1325	44
   Jan 2010	0.1338	39
   Dec 2009	0.1317	34
   Nov 2009	0.1400	43
   Oct 2009	0.1120	33
   Sep 2009	0.1039	35
   Aug 2009	0.0851	25
   Jul 2009	0.0823	26
   Jun 2009	0.1232	39
   May 2009	0.1258	36
   Apr 2009	0.0651	20

   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%	0.0%
   % change	64.4%	34.7%	175.3%
   Record Year	1972 (0.2%)	1967 (0.2%)	1979 (0.8%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 45.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 0.7% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.7% 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	45.0068	2.7027	0.6757	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	46.9597	4.8387	0.0000	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	46.1064	4.2553	0.0000	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	49.9148	5.9937	0.3155	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	48.3871	3.2258	0.0000	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	49.5935	8.3871	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	49.2778	5.5556	0.7937	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	53.0106	13.2275	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	52.5169	13.4831	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	50.8468	10.8108	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 Dunfermline was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   23.9% of all director appointments in Dunfermline 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	23.9130	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	29.8507	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	33.4764	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	33.7802	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	29.3103	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	28.7293	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	33.3333	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	35.6098	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	28.1250	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	34.4538	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1943	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
   L.P.	3.03%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   (SCOTLAND)	2.06%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   CONSULTING	1.38%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   SCOTLAND	1.38%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   MANAGEMENT	1.24%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   CONSULTANCY	1.24%	TRADING	1.93%
   GROUP	1.10%	DESIGN	1.91%
   ENGINEERING	0.96%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.83%	MEDIA	1.84%
   PROPERTY	0.83%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   ENERGY	0.83%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   INVESTMENTS	0.69%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   TRADE	0.69%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   (FIFE)	0.69%	J	1.48%
   FIFE	0.69%	LONDON	1.45%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.55%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   FABRICATION	0.55%	GROUP	1.37%
   BUSINESS	0.55%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   ASSOCIATES	0.55%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   ENTERPRISES	0.55%	BUILDING	1.34%
   IT	0.55%	CARE	1.33%
   PROJECT	0.55%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   BEAUTY	0.55%	M	1.28%
   CLEANING	0.41%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   S	0.41%	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	157	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	69	74,904
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	35	26,974
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	20	14,007
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	14	9,325
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	14	17,003
   74990 - Non-trading company	13	8,149
   9999 - Dormant Company	12	19,948
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	11	7,143
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	9	9,659
   99999 - Dormant Company	8	13,808
   41202 - Construction of domestic buildings	8	2,224
   7499 - Non-trading company	8	15,398
   75000 - Veterinary activities	7	367
   68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate	7	2,973
   71129 - Other engineering activities	7	2,152
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	7	9,943
   7260 - Other computer related activities	7	10,331
   41100 - Development of building projects	7	4,513
   7011 - Development & sell real estate	7	5,300

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   SO302685	FITTING PROFESSIONAL LLP	09 Feb 2010
   SO302701	TERSTON LLP	24 Feb 2010
   SO302703	BERKEY LLP	24 Feb 2010
   SO302704	TUNATO LLP	24 Feb 2010
   SC372087	VIZZINI BATHROOMS LTD	01 Feb 2010
   SC372305	DEREK BRAND & CO. LIMITED	04 Feb 2010
   SC372421	GLOBAL ABSOLUTE SOLUTION LIMITED	04 Feb 2010
   SC372427	INVESTMENTS & TRADE LIMITED	04 Feb 2010
   SC372641	BECON CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED	09 Feb 2010
   SC372681	FIFE INVESTMENTS LTD	09 Feb 2010
   SC372706	IMPEX SIA LTD	09 Feb 2010
   SC372772	PURE IT SCOTLAND LTD	10 Feb 2010
   SC372910	KINGDOM SURVEYS LIMITED	12 Feb 2010
   SC372920	13013 SERVICES LIMITED	12 Feb 2010
   SC372974	RICHMOND DEVELOPMENTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED	15 Feb 2010
   SC373093	NIFTY CONSULTANCY LIMITED	16 Feb 2010
   SC373191	MARWICK MOTORS LTD	17 Feb 2010
   SC373407	NORTH PACIFIC TRADE LIMITED	22 Feb 2010
   SC373529	AQUATIC RECIRCULATION TECHNOLOGY LTD	23 Feb 2010
   SC373599	SHAW STREET STORE LIMITED	24 Feb 2010
   SC372192	D&G AUTOCARE (LIVINGSTON) LTD	02 Feb 2010
   SC372201	LV SECURE CONSULTANTS LTD	03 Feb 2010
   SC372812	ALDERPOINT LIMITED	11 Feb 2010
   SC373443	FALKLAND PETROLEUM LTD	23 Feb 2010
   SC373460	DESIRE PETROLEUM AND GAS LTD	23 Feb 2010