Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Q1 2010 Business Confidence Report

Headlines
- January 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Huntingdon when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 102 companies were registered in Huntingdon during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is an increase of 32.5% 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) Huntingdon UK 2010 102 105,137 2009 77 91,034 % change 32.5% 15.5% Record Year 2007 (139) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2010 33 30 39 New companies in 2009 23 25 29 % change 43.5% 20.0% 34.5% Record Year 2007 (49) 1997 (52) 2007 (54)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 81 companies were dissolved in Huntingdon during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 19.0% 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) Huntingdon UK 2010 81 82,677 2009 100 108,060 % change -19.0% -23.5% Record Year 2009 (100) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
January 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Huntingdon when compared to any previous January.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2010 27 24 30 Closed companies in 2009 21 20 59 % change 28.6% 20.0% -49% Record Year 2010 (27) 2008 (39) 2009 (59)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
Net company growth for Huntingdon during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 21 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Huntingdon UK 2010 21 22,460 2009 -23 -17,026 Record Year 1997 (99) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2010 6 6 9 Net growth in 2009 2 5 -30 Record Year 1997 (33) 1997 (47) 2007 (41)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
In the first quarter of 2010, Huntingdon formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Huntingdon 2010 0.1% 2009 0.1% 2008 0.1% 2007 0.1% 2006 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1967 (0.3%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
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% 0.1% % change 33.2% 2.7% 11.8% Record Year 1960 (0.8%) 1961 (0.4%) 1964 (0.3%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 46.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.1% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 6.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The record first quarter for female directors in Huntingdon was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
28.7% of all director appointments in Huntingdon in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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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 MANAGEMENT 1.05% MANAGEMENT 5.01% CAMBRIDGE 0.90% CONSULTING 4.60% CONSULTANTS 0.90% CONSULTANCY 2.87% CONSULTING 0.90% PROPERTY 2.50% BUILDERS 0.75% ASSOCIATES 2.04% PROPERTY 0.75% TRADING 1.93% TRAINING 0.75% DESIGN 1.91% CONSULTANCY 0.75% CONSTRUCTION 1.87% DESIGN 0.75% MEDIA 1.84% J 0.60% BUSINESS 1.74% W 0.60% INTERNATIONAL 1.73% PREMIER 0.60% CONSULTANTS 1.63% TECHNOLOGY 0.60% ENGINEERING 1.54% GAS 0.60% J 1.48% TRANSPORT 0.60% LONDON 1.45% L 0.45% INVESTMENTS 1.45% LATUK 0.45% GROUP 1.37% PLUGTEST 0.45% GLOBAL 1.35% ENGINEERING 0.45% PROPERTIES 1.35% ASSOCIATES 0.45% BUILDING 1.34% AERO 0.45% CARE 1.33% HR 0.45% ELECTRICAL 1.30% SUPPORT 0.45% M 1.28% RED 0.45% SYSTEMS 1.25% PROFESSIONAL 0.45% S 1.23%
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 149 228,645 7487 - Other business activities 51 74,904 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 36 14,007 7414 - Business & management consultancy 28 17,003 93199 - Other sports activities 26 1,293 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 23 26,974 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 16 9,943 9999 - Dormant Company 15 19,948 7260 - Other computer related activities 14 10,331 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 11 9,659 10120 - Processing and preserving of poultry meat 10 16 7499 - Non-trading company 9 15,398 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 8 9,325 74990 - Non-trading company 8 8,149 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 8 8,154 62090 - Other information technology service activities 8 6,340 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 7 7,143 99999 - Dormant Company 7 13,808 7011 - Development & sell real estate 7 5,300 5263 - Other non-store retail sale 6 1,930
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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