Lanarkshire

Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • March 2015 saw a new record in net growth in Lanarkshire when compared to any previous March.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    A total of 2,762 companies were registered in Lanarkshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is a decrease of 5.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 6.9% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)LanarkshireUK
    20152,762161,156
    20142,922150,722
    % change-5.5%6.9%
    Record Year 2014 (2,922) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 20157919441,027
    New companies in 20148229781,122
    % change-3.8%-3.5%-8.5%
    Record Year2014 (822)2014 (978)2014 (1,122)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    A total of 1,693 companies were dissolved in Lanarkshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is a decrease of 5.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)LanarkshireUK
    20151,69389,523
    20141,79382,370
    % change-5.6%8.7%
    Record Year 2012 (2,016) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2015755475463
    Closed companies in 2014636443714
    % change18.7%7.2%-35%
    Record Year2012 (854)2012 (576)2014 (714)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    Net company growth for Lanarkshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 1,069 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)LanarkshireUK
    20151,06971,633
    20141,12968,352
    Record Year 2014 (1,129) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    March 2015 saw a new record in net growth in Lanarkshire when compared to any previous March.

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 201536469564
    Net growth in 2014186535408
    Record Year2007 (403)2014 (535)2015 (564)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    In the first quarter of 2015, Lanarkshire formed 1.7% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)Lanarkshire
    20151.7%
    20141.9%
    20131.8%
    20121.8%
    20111.7%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1991 (2.2%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20151.7%1.8%1.7%
    UK formation share in 20141.8%2.0%2.0%
    % change-5.6%-11.1%-16.6%
    Record Year1997 (2.9%)1991 (2.7%)1995 (2.2%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 43.1.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Lanarkshire was in 2008 when 29.6% of all directors were female.

    24.0% of all director appointments in Lanarkshire in the first quarter of 2015 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    (SCOTLAND)2.66%CONSULTING5.23%
    SCOTLAND1.85%MANAGEMENT4.56%
    GLASGOW1.82%CONSULTANCY3.62%
    CONSULTING1.70%PROPERTY2.72%
    MANAGEMENT1.63%CONSTRUCTION2.19%
    CONSULTANCY1.62%CARE2.13%
    ENGINEERING1.45%ENGINEERING2.12%
    PROPERTY1.13%LONDON1.91%
    ELECTRICAL1.10%TRADING1.88%
    CONSTRUCTION0.87%TRANSPORT1.82%
    L.P.0.86%ELECTRICAL1.76%
    INVESTMENTS0.83%DESIGN1.65%
    PROPERTIES0.80%PROPERTIES1.63%
    J0.76%CO.,1.58%
    S0.74%J1.55%
    DESIGN0.71%CONSULTANTS1.54%
    GROUP0.71%BUSINESS1.49%
    CONTRACTS0.68%INVESTMENTS1.49%
    BUSINESS0.67%GLOBAL1.46%
    ENERGY0.67%ASSOCIATES1.44%
    TRADING0.66%DEVELOPMENTS1.36%
    LEISURE0.64%BUILDING1.31%
    (GLASGOW)0.63%IT1.30%
    M0.63%MEDIA1.28%
    ENTERPRISES0.61%M1.27%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied6,752288,953
    99999 - Dormant Company87749,474
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified63558,522
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management54543,081
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified47729,218
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities38830,825
    74990 - Non-trading company38313,794
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified37919,098
    56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands3768,607
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate31511,600
    56101 - Licensed restaurants2858,909
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified2359,080
    56302 - Public houses and bars2276,355
    96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment2166,815
    71129 - Other engineering activities2066,278
    47110 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating1934,256
    62090 - Other information technology service activities17612,862
    56210 - Event catering activities1652,454
    86900 - Other human health activities15613,990
    41100 - Development of building projects15411,863

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    SC496651 HMS (BHSL) LIMITED 03 Feb 2015
    SC497222 GRANT & WILSON RESIDENTIAL FACTORS LIMITED 09 Feb 2015
    SC497818 THISTLE & ROSE LTD 13 Feb 2015
    SC497949 NIKSAM ENGINEERING LTD 16 Feb 2015
    SC498082 NUDIE LTD 17 Feb 2015
    SC498134 LM ENGINEERING LTD 18 Feb 2015
    SC498186 SUDO STREAM LTD 18 Feb 2015
    SC498333 THE BOWERY Q STREET LTD 19 Feb 2015
    SC498553 WNI HOLDINGS LIMITED 23 Feb 2015
    SC496581 A R ONLINE LIMITED 02 Feb 2015
    SC496659 ETHICO LIVE LIMITED 03 Feb 2015
    SC496680 LIFE M LIMITED 03 Feb 2015
    SC496854 BGLIDE LIMITED 04 Feb 2015
    SC496951 OAKMORE PROPERTY LTD 05 Feb 2015
    SC496956 CITY GENTS BARBER LTD 05 Feb 2015
    SC496970 ACHNACARRY LIMITED 05 Feb 2015
    SC496975 FINTIEDE SOLUTIONS LIMITED 05 Feb 2015
    SC497141 ALTOX LTD 06 Feb 2015
    SC497267 EAST KILBRIDE POST LTD 09 Feb 2015
    SC497420 S E BAY TRADING LIMITED 10 Feb 2015
    SC497500 SOUND INFLUENCE LIMITED 11 Feb 2015
    SC497529 MH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED 11 Feb 2015
    SC497588 KOMOLAFE MEDICAL SERVICES LTD 12 Feb 2015
    SC497735 IAN DUNN WINDOW BLINDS LTD 12 Feb 2015
    SC497793 FOUR A PROPERTIES LTD 13 Feb 2015