New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Dunfermline when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2011 was a record quarter for company registrations in Dunfermline when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 141 companies were registered in Dunfermline during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 3.7% 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)	Dunfermline	UK
   2011	141	116,391
   2010	136	105,137
   % change	3.7%	10.7%
   Record Year	2011 (141)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	141	Q1 2011	116391	1
   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 2011	141	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   March 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Dunfermline when compared to any previous March.

   March 2011 was a record month for company registrations in Dunfermline when compared to any month in history.

   January 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Dunfermline when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	44847	56
   Feb 2011	37762	43
   Jan 2011	33782	42
   Dec 2010	27134	32
   Nov 2010	34347	50
   Oct 2010	33636	42
   Sep 2010	35149	35
   Aug 2010	32366	34
   Jul 2010	33977	40
   Jun 2010	35198	44
   May 2010	30031	44
   Apr 2010	33383	32

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2011	42	43	56
   New companies in 2010	39	44	53
   % change	7.7%	-2.3%	5.7%
   Record Year	2011 (42)	2010 (44)	2011 (56)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   A total of 39 companies were dissolved in Dunfermline during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is a decrease of 31.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares well 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)	Dunfermline	UK
   2011	39	90,986
   2010	57	82,677
   % change	-31.6%	10.0%
   Record Year	2010 (57)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	39	Q1 2011	90986	1
   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 2010	57	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	27947	14
   Feb 2011	29849	11
   Jan 2011	33190	14
   Dec 2010	16283	26
   Nov 2010	31710	24
   Oct 2010	28903	31
   Sep 2010	29093	24
   Aug 2010	32913	10
   Jul 2010	25699	34
   Jun 2010	35162	11
   May 2010	38045	65
   Apr 2010	21747	17

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2011	14	11	14
   Closed companies in 2010	15	25	17
   % change	-6.7%	-56.0%	-18%
   Record Year	2009 (22)	2010 (25)	2007 (18)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Dunfermline when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2011 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 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 102 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Dunfermline	UK
   2011	102	25,405
   2010	79	22,460
   Record Year	2011 (102)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2011	102	136	Q1 2011	25405	105137	1
   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 2011	102	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   March 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Dunfermline when compared to any previous March.

   March 2011 was a record month for net growth in Dunfermline when compared to any month in history.

   February 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Dunfermline when compared to any previous February.

   January 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Dunfermline when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2011	16900	42
   Feb 2011	7913	32
   Jan 2011	592	28
   Dec 2010	10851	6
   Nov 2010	2637	26
   Oct 2010	4733	11
   Sep 2010	6056	11
   Aug 2010	-547	24
   Jul 2010	8278	6
   Jun 2010	36	33
   May 2010	-8014	-21
   Apr 2010	11636	15

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2011	28	32	42
   Net growth in 2010	24	19	36
   Record Year	2011 (28)	2011 (32)	2011 (42)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   In the first quarter of 2011, Dunfermline formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Dunfermline
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1988 (0.1%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2011	0.1211	141	1
   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 1988	0.1460	17	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2011	0.1249	56
   Feb 2011	0.1139	43
   Jan 2011	0.1243	42
   Dec 2010	0.1179	32
   Nov 2010	0.1456	50
   Oct 2010	0.1249	42
   Sep 2010	0.0996	35
   Aug 2010	0.1050	34
   Jul 2010	0.1177	40
   Jun 2010	0.1250	44
   May 2010	0.1465	44
   Apr 2010	0.0959	32

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2010	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	-7.1%	-14.0%	0.8%
   Record Year	1972 (0.2%)	1967 (0.2%)	1979 (0.8%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 43.1.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.4% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 6.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.3%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2011	43.0878	6.0811	1.3514	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   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

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

   32.1% of all director appointments in Dunfermline in the first quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.4% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2011	32.1212	Q1 2011	25.4026	1
   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 1861	40.0000	Q1 1943	100.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. 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
   LP	3.47%	CONSULTING	5.04%
   MANAGEMENT	2.31%	MANAGEMENT	4.97%
   (SCOTLAND)	1.93%	CONSULTANCY	3.16%
   CONSULTING	1.67%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   TRADE	1.28%	TRADING	2.10%
   GROUP	1.16%	DESIGN	1.93%
   L.P.	1.03%	ASSOCIATES	1.92%
   TRADING	1.03%	BUSINESS	1.87%
   FIFE	0.90%	CONSTRUCTION	1.80%
   ENGINEERING	0.90%	CONSULTANTS	1.76%
   GLOBAL	0.77%	MEDIA	1.69%
   SCOTLAND	0.77%	ENGINEERING	1.61%
   CONSULTANTS	0.77%	LONDON	1.60%
   ALLIANCE	0.64%	CARE	1.45%
   DESIGN	0.64%	J	1.45%
   PARTNERSHIP	0.51%	GLOBAL	1.44%
   TECHNOLOGY	0.51%	INVESTMENTS	1.43%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.51%	IT	1.41%
   FORTH	0.51%	PROPERTIES	1.36%
   OVERSEAS	0.51%	BUILDING	1.34%
   ENTERPRISES	0.51%	M	1.30%
   CONSULTANCY	0.51%	ELECTRICAL	1.28%
   KINGDOM	0.51%	S	1.24%
   BAY	0.39%	INTERNATIONAL	1.23%
   WORLDWIDE	0.39%	SYSTEMS	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	218	202,798
   7487 - Other business activities	75	60,968
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	43	30,253
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	27	16,150
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	16	7,788
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	13	12,916
   9999 - Dormant Company	12	19,765
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	10	10,246
   7499 - Non-trading company	9	11,316
   43390 - Other building completion and finishing	9	2,707
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	8	6,183
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	7	7,000
   5530 - Restaurants	7	4,898
   74990 - Non-trading company	6	8,695
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	6	3,168
   41202 - Construction of domestic buildings	6	2,290
   70100 - Activities of head offices	6	2,849
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	6	10,085
   9305 - Other service activities	5	8,740
   71129 - Other engineering activities	5	1,590

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   SL008511	DAYSHINE LP	25 Jan 2011
   SO303171	ALKES LLP	24 Jan 2011
   SO303173	ALNILAM LLP	24 Jan 2011
   SO303177	INTERSTAR PROJECTS LLP	25 Jan 2011
   SO303178	BNA MANAGEMENT LLP	25 Jan 2011
   SO303179	ELLAND VENTURES LLP	25 Jan 2011
   SC391081	CPHG LTD	06 Jan 2011
   SC391177	HOMEPLAN MAINTENANCE LIMITED	07 Jan 2011
   SC391246	MILLER DRINKS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED	10 Jan 2011
   SC391348	EPIPOLE LTD	11 Jan 2011
   SC391793	DUOVISIONS LTD	19 Jan 2011
   SC391819	IRON FISHLINE LIMITED	19 Jan 2011
   SC391826	CALEDONIAN RENEWABLES LTD	19 Jan 2011
   SC392075	LOCOS TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	24 Jan 2011
   SC392254	CENTURY ADVANCE LTD	26 Jan 2011
   SC392267	DORSLING LTD	26 Jan 2011
   SC392269	HIGHRISE PROFITS LTD	26 Jan 2011
   SC392350	FOOTEPRINT MANAGEMENT LTD	27 Jan 2011
   SC392482	THISTLE WATER SOLUTIONS LIMITED	31 Jan 2011
   SC392489	HAMILTON AIRCRAFT LTD	31 Jan 2011
   SC392504	RS DECORATORS NORTH LTD	31 Jan 2011
   SC391048	GLOBAL SOLAR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED	06 Jan 2011
   SC391199	FIDATA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD	10 Jan 2011
   SC391910	SAJE SCOTLAND LIMITED	20 Jan 2011
   SC392085	SERS ENERGY SOLUTIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED	24 Jan 2011