New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   Q3 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Hove when compared to any previous Q3.

   Q3 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Hove when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 394 companies were registered in Hove during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 18.3% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 7.2% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Hove	UK
   2010	394	101,492
   2009	333	94,671
   % change	18.3%	7.2%
   Record Year	2010 (394)	2003 (107,203)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2010	394	Q3 2010	101492	1
   Q3 2009	333	Q3 2009	94671	1
   Q3 2008	200	Q3 2008	84894	1
   Q3 2007	223	Q3 2007	95412	1
   Q3 2006	239	Q3 2006	95504	1
   Q3 2005	216	Q3 2005	90727	1
   Q3 2004	201	Q3 2004	85252	1
   Q3 2003	238	Q3 2003	107203	1
   Q3 2002	250	Q3 2002	80207	1
   Q3 2001	136	Q3 2001	55588	1
   Q3 2010	394	Q3 2003	107203	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   September 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Hove when compared to any previous September.

   September 2010 was a record month for company registrations in Hove when compared to any month in history.

   August 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Hove when compared to any previous August.

   July 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Hove when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2010	35149	143
   Aug 2010	32366	119
   Jul 2010	33977	132
   Jun 2010	35198	123
   May 2010	30031	116
   Apr 2010	33383	139
   Mar 2010	42779	129
   Feb 2010	33214	96
   Jan 2010	29144	93
   Dec 2009	25819	73
   Nov 2009	30706	92
   Oct 2009	29458	98

   New Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   New companies in 2010	132	119	143
   New companies in 2009	105	118	110
   % change	25.7%	0.8%	30.0%
   Record Year	2010 (132)	2010 (119)	2010 (143)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   Q3 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Hove when compared to any previous Q3.

   A total of 205 companies were dissolved in Hove during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 17.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 45.0% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Hove	UK
   2010	205	87,705
   2009	174	159,401
   % change	17.8%	-45.0%
   Record Year	2010 (205)	2009 (159,401)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2010	205	Q3 2010	87705	1
   Q3 2009	174	Q3 2009	159401	1
   Q3 2008	162	Q3 2008	82747	1
   Q3 2007	154	Q3 2007	58665	1
   Q3 2006	105	Q3 2006	51444	1
   Q3 2005	117	Q3 2005	50134	1
   Q3 2004	110	Q3 2004	44295	1
   Q3 2003	118	Q3 2003	46606	1
   Q3 2002	117	Q3 2002	40963	1
   Q3 2001	108	Q3 2001	37611	1
   Q3 2010	205	Q3 2009	159401	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   July 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Hove when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2010	29093	66
   Aug 2010	32913	63
   Jul 2010	25699	76
   Jun 2010	35162	57
   May 2010	38045	85
   Apr 2010	21747	43
   Mar 2010	33870	69
   Feb 2010	24398	64
   Jan 2010	24409	57
   Dec 2009	31581	88
   Nov 2009	25313	58
   Oct 2009	28242	72

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   Closed companies in 2010	76	63	66
   Closed companies in 2009	40	52	82
   % change	90.0%	21.2%	-20%
   Record Year	2010 (76)	2008 (126)	2009 (82)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   Q3 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Hove when compared to any previous Q3.

   Net company growth for Hove during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) was 189 companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Hove	UK
   2010	189	13,787
   2009	159	-64,730
   Record Year	2010 (189)	2003 (60,597)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q3 2010	189	333	Q3 2010	13787	94671	1
   Q3 2009	159	200	Q3 2009	-64730	84894	1
   Q3 2008	38	223	Q3 2008	2147	95412	1
   Q3 2007	69	239	Q3 2007	36747	95504	1
   Q3 2006	134	216	Q3 2006	44060	90727	1
   Q3 2005	99	201	Q3 2005	40593	85252	1
   Q3 2004	91	238	Q3 2004	40957	107203	1
   Q3 2003	120	250	Q3 2003	60597	80207	1
   Q3 2002	133	136	Q3 2002	39244	55588	1
   Q3 2001	28	167	Q3 2001	17977	58825	1
   Q3 2010	189	0	Q3 2003	60597	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   September 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Hove when compared to any previous September.

   month	uk net	net
   Sep 2010	6056	77
   Aug 2010	-547	56
   Jul 2010	8278	56
   Jun 2010	36	66
   May 2010	-8014	31
   Apr 2010	11636	96
   Mar 2010	8909	60
   Feb 2010	8816	32
   Jan 2010	4735	36
   Dec 2009	-5762	-15
   Nov 2009	5393	34
   Oct 2009	1216	26

   Net Growth by Month

   	July	August	September
   Net growth in 2010	56	56	77
   Net growth in 2009	65	66	28
   Record Year	2006 (68)	2009 (66)	2010 (77)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   In the third quarter of 2010, Hove formed 0.4% of all UK companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Hove
   2010	0.4%
   2009	0.4%
   2008	0.2%
   2007	0.2%
   2006	0.3%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1961 (0.8%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q3 2010	0.3882	394	1
   Q3 2009	0.3517	333	1
   Q3 2008	0.2356	200	1
   Q3 2007	0.2337	223	1
   Q3 2006	0.2503	239	1
   Q3 2005	0.2381	216	1
   Q3 2004	0.2358	201	1
   Q3 2003	0.2220	238	1
   Q3 2002	0.3117	250	1
   Q3 2001	0.2447	136	1
   Q3 1961	0.7722	12	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   month	percentage	num town
   Sep 2010	0.4068	143
   Aug 2010	0.3677	119
   Jul 2010	0.3885	132
   Jun 2010	0.3495	123
   May 2010	0.3863	116
   Apr 2010	0.4164	139
   Mar 2010	0.3015	129
   Feb 2010	0.2890	96
   Jan 2010	0.3191	93
   Dec 2009	0.2827	73
   Nov 2009	0.2996	92
   Oct 2009	0.3327	98

   Company Share by Month

   	July	August	September
   UK formation share in 2010	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%
   % change	16.9%	-8.5%	24.6%
   Record Year	1961 (0.9%)	1961 (0.7%)	1963 (0.9%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2010 was 43.6.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.8% compared to the UK figure of 2.7%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q3 2010	43.6302	3.3854	1.8229	44.1040	2.6545	4.3760
   Q3 2009	39.3384	3.9046	22.3427	45.0196	1.9363	5.1277
   Q3 2008	45.3597	5.3957	0.3597	45.7773	1.2079	5.3952
   Q3 2007	44.4239	3.2836	0.2985	46.7855	0.7349	6.2511
   Q3 2006	45.2092	4.8662	0.4866	47.6734	0.4904	6.9245
   Q3 2005	46.7995	6.2657	0.2506	48.5090	0.2806	7.7910
   Q3 2004	48.2992	8.4399	0.2558	49.3684	0.1860	9.1307
   Q3 2003	49.9207	10.7417	0.0000	50.5510	0.1275	10.1545
   Q3 2002	51.1667	11.5819	0.2825	51.6440	0.1157	11.8134
   Q3 2001	49.6102	10.1695	0.6780	51.8211	0.1238	12.0478

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   The record third quarter for female directors in Hove was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

   27.0% of all director appointments in Hove in the third quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q3 2010	26.9663	Q3 2010	25.1918	1
   Q3 2009	19.1606	Q3 2009	25.6133	1
   Q3 2008	27.2131	Q3 2008	26.2196	1
   Q3 2007	25.1295	Q3 2007	26.8994	1
   Q3 2006	33.1849	Q3 2006	26.9861	1
   Q3 2005	28.1106	Q3 2005	26.4092	1
   Q3 2004	29.2453	Q3 2004	27.0507	1
   Q3 2003	32.0930	Q3 2003	29.5942	1
   Q3 2002	31.0078	Q3 2002	29.4906	1
   Q3 2001	28.3537	Q3 2001	26.1062	1
   Q3 1862	50.0000	Q3 1953	83.3333	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2009-Sep 2010)

   Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	3.38%	MANAGEMENT	5.06%
   BRIGHTON	1.48%	CONSULTING	4.99%
   CONSULTANCY	1.43%	CONSULTANCY	3.12%
   MANAGEMENT	1.23%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   HOVE	1.18%	TRADING	2.04%
   DESIGN	1.13%	ASSOCIATES	2.01%
   ROAD	1.02%	DESIGN	1.93%
   MEDIA	0.97%	CONSTRUCTION	1.86%
   DIGITAL	0.97%	BUSINESS	1.80%
   SUSSEX	0.97%	MEDIA	1.75%
   PROPERTY	0.92%	CONSULTANTS	1.73%
   BUSINESS	0.77%	LONDON	1.59%
   CREATIVE	0.77%	ENGINEERING	1.59%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.72%	INVESTMENTS	1.49%
   ASSOCIATES	0.72%	CARE	1.44%
   CONSULTANTS	0.72%	J	1.44%
   IT	0.67%	INTERNATIONAL	1.43%
   (SUSSEX)	0.67%	GLOBAL	1.42%
   PROPERTIES	0.61%	IT	1.35%
   PRODUCTIONS	0.56%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   TRADING	0.56%	BUILDING	1.32%
   RTM	0.51%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.46%	M	1.28%
   TECHNOLOGY	0.46%	SYSTEMS	1.26%
   M	0.46%	S	1.24%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	360	202,902
   7487 - Other business activities	187	69,802
   7011 - Development & sell real estate	62	3,743
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	57	25,053
   7260 - Other computer related activities	55	8,967
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	49	13,161
   9999 - Dormant Company	43	21,484
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	42	5,716
   99999 - Dormant Company	37	14,072
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	36	14,940
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	35	8,292
   68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate	33	2,447
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	31	8,183
   7499 - Non-trading company	24	13,408
   98000 - Residents property management	23	3,273
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	22	6,460
   9305 - Other service activities	20	9,454
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	20	7,767
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	18	2,548
   90030 - Artistic creation	16	1,255

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07393261	1729 LTD	30 Sep 2010
   07392016	23 THIRD AVENUE RTM COMPANY LIMITED	29 Sep 2010
   07388396	THE MILLS PUBS (SUSSEX) LTD	27 Sep 2010
   07388088	MORE ADVENTURE LTD	27 Sep 2010
   07387518	DIGITAL BOOM LTD	24 Sep 2010
   07386696	CIGITAL LTD	24 Sep 2010
   07386665	ADITI SOLUTIONS LIMITED	24 Sep 2010
   07385674	GAIA PUBLISHING LIMITED	23 Sep 2010
   07385296	SOUNDHAND LTD	23 Sep 2010
   07384284	BRIGHTON AND HOVE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	22 Sep 2010
   07383966	SPORTS SENSORY LTD	22 Sep 2010
   07383895	OPZCLOUD LIMITED	22 Sep 2010
   07383733	PIXEL 8000 LTD	22 Sep 2010
   07382810	RAREBRIGHT DESIGN LIMITED	21 Sep 2010
   07381796	SUPER MUTANT LTD	20 Sep 2010
   07381569	BDC INTERIORS LIMITED	20 Sep 2010
   07377912	K & S GENERAL SERVICES LTD	16 Sep 2010
   07377894	M S INVESTORS LTD	16 Sep 2010
   07377738	PERFECTLY GREEK LIMITED	16 Sep 2010
   07376613	SWS HOSTEL MANAGEMENT LTD	15 Sep 2010
   07376306	OCTOBER ENTERPRISES LIMITED	15 Sep 2010
   07375357	IAN WHITINGTON PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM LTD	14 Sep 2010
   07373645	I AM CAHOOTS LTD	13 Sep 2010
   07372709	ADELANTE NEW BUSINESS LTD	10 Sep 2010
   07372362	HATKESH CONSULTING AND IT SERVICES LTD	10 Sep 2010