East Sussex
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in East Sussex when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 1,802 companies were registered in East Sussex during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 5.8% 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) East Sussex UK 2012 1,802 131,491 2011 1,703 116,391 % change 5.8% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (1,894) 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 East Sussex when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 556 600 646 New companies in 2011 496 574 633 % change 12.1% 4.5% 2.1% Record Year 2012 (556) 2008 (636) 2007 (885)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 916 companies were dissolved in East Sussex during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 26.7% 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) East Sussex UK 2012 916 67,576 2011 1,250 90,986 % change -26.7% -25.7% Record Year 2011 (1,250) 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 316 350 250 Closed companies in 2011 468 374 408 % change -32.5% -6.4% -39% Record Year 2011 (468) 2008 (425) 2009 (707)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for East Sussex during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 886 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) East Sussex UK 2012 886 63,915 2011 453 25,405 Record Year 2007 (1,054) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 240 250 396 Net growth in 2011 28 200 225 Record Year 2005 (282) 2003 (361) 2007 (602)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, East Sussex formed 1.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) East Sussex 2012 1.4% 2011 1.5% 2010 1.7% 2009 1.5% 2008 1.6% Record Year (since 1960) 1960 (2.2%) 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 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% UK formation share in 2011 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% % change -3.9% -10.6% -4.5% Record Year 1960 (2.4%) 1963 (2.8%) 1960 (2.3%)
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 3.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.5% 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 East Sussex was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
28.2% of all director appointments in East Sussex 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 CONSULTING 2.41% CONSULTING 5.07% CONSULTANCY 2.04% MANAGEMENT 4.74% MANAGEMENT 1.63% CONSULTANCY 3.30% SUSSEX 1.21% PROPERTY 2.37% BRIGHTON 1.17% TRADING 2.07% DESIGN 1.09% DESIGN 1.93% PROPERTY 1.00% ENGINEERING 1.86% MEDIA 0.97% ASSOCIATES 1.84% IT 0.78% CONSULTANTS 1.79% ROAD 0.75% BUSINESS 1.73% CONSTRUCTION 0.71% MEDIA 1.72% ASSOCIATES 0.71% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% CONSULTANTS 0.70% LONDON 1.66% BUSINESS 0.65% J 1.54% J 0.63% INVESTMENTS 1.51% RTM 0.61% GLOBAL 1.50% HOUSE 0.59% IT 1.40% SYSTEMS 0.56% CARE 1.34% PRODUCTIONS 0.56% PROPERTIES 1.31% BUILDING 0.54% ELECTRICAL 1.27% (SUSSEX) 0.54% M 1.27% SOFTWARE 0.51% BUILDING 1.24% TRADING 0.51% ENERGY 1.20% ENGINEERING 0.50% S 1.20% SOLAR 0.46% 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 2,505 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 828 52,735 99999 - Dormant Company 672 25,084 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 565 35,233 9999 - Dormant Company 348 18,617 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 343 19,704 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 302 14,303 62090 - Other information technology service activities 267 8,145 8512 - Medical practice activities 231 2,116 7414 - Business & management consultancy 200 12,113 7260 - Other computer related activities 179 7,154 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 158 13,637 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 148 9,892 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 140 6,934 98000 - Residents property management 119 3,050 9305 - Other service activities 114 8,818 62012 - Business and domestic software development 108 4,356 74990 - Non-trading company 106 9,729 86900 - Other human health activities 104 5,066 86210 - General medical practice activities 104 2,594
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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