East Sussex
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in East Sussex when compared to any previous July.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 1,578 companies were registered in East Sussex during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 3.5% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) East Sussex UK 2012 1,578 118,868 2011 1,635 114,512 % change -3.5% 3.8% Record Year 2011 (1,635) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in East Sussex when compared to any previous July.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 553 520 505 New companies in 2011 513 547 575 % change 7.8% -4.9% -12.2% Record Year 2012 (553) 2011 (547) 2004 (620)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 1,005 companies were dissolved in East Sussex during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 6.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) East Sussex UK 2012 1,005 74,772 2011 1,078 72,230 % change -6.8% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (1,358) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 358 350 297 Closed companies in 2011 366 370 342 % change -2.2% -5.4% -13% Record Year 2010 (367) 2008 (689) 2009 (651)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for East Sussex during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 573 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) East Sussex UK 2012 573 44,096 2011 557 42,282 Record Year 2002 (844) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 195 170 208 Net growth in 2011 147 177 233 Record Year 2008 (356) 2002 (245) 2004 (474)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, East Sussex formed 1.3% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) East Sussex 2012 1.3% 2011 1.4% 2010 1.5% 2009 1.6% 2008 1.4% Record Year (since 1960) 1971 (1.8%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 1.3% 1.4% 1.3% UK formation share in 2011 1.4% 1.4% 1.5% % change -3.2% -4.2% -13.1% Record Year 1966 (2.4%) 1972 (2.3%) 2004 (2.0%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 43.4.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.1% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.1% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in East Sussex was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
28.6% of all director appointments in East Sussex in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 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 5.06% CONSULTANCY 2.27% MANAGEMENT 4.77% MANAGEMENT 1.58% CONSULTANCY 3.29% SUSSEX 1.08% PROPERTY 2.36% PROPERTY 1.06% TRADING 2.08% BRIGHTON 1.04% DESIGN 1.87% MEDIA 0.92% ASSOCIATES 1.83% DESIGN 0.92% ENGINEERING 1.83% RTM 0.88% CONSULTANTS 1.76% ROAD 0.86% BUSINESS 1.72% ASSOCIATES 0.80% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% BUSINESS 0.73% MEDIA 1.68% CONSULTANTS 0.73% LONDON 1.67% HOUSE 0.65% J 1.55% CONSTRUCTION 0.60% GLOBAL 1.54% J 0.58% INVESTMENTS 1.47% IT 0.58% IT 1.43% BUILDING 0.57% PROPERTIES 1.34% CREATIVE 0.55% CARE 1.32% ENGINEERING 0.52% M 1.27% INVESTMENTS 0.49% BUILDING 1.22% TRADING 0.49% ENTERPRISES 1.21% PRODUCTIONS 0.47% ELECTRICAL 1.20% ENTERPRISES 0.44% S 1.17% LONDON 0.43% SECURITY 1.16%
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 2,561 228,243 99999 - Dormant Company 835 37,912 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 754 50,446 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 484 28,990 62090 - Other information technology service activities 454 11,950 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 446 21,969 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 287 14,809 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 275 20,742 7487 - Other business activities 235 16,361 62012 - Business and domestic software development 175 6,943 86210 - General medical practice activities 162 3,845 86900 - Other human health activities 158 7,550 98000 - Residents property management 155 4,205 74990 - Non-trading company 135 13,641 41100 - Development of building projects 123 7,545 56101 - Licensed restaurants 116 6,004 8512 - Medical practice activities 101 483 56302 - Public houses and bars 97 4,262 90030 - Artistic creation 95 3,140 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 95 5,760
Recent Companies
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