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
    SC494859 FIRST CALL FILM & TELEVISION LTD 12 Jan 2015
    SC494992 C&J (GLASGOW) LTD 13 Jan 2015
    SC495550 SWL STONEMASONRY SPECIALISTS LTD 20 Jan 2015
    SC495551 PACKING BOXES 4U LTD 20 Jan 2015
    SC495643 LOCAL AUTHORISED ADVERTISING PROJECTS LTD 21 Jan 2015
    SC496139 EFFICIENT CHANGE INVESTMENT LIMITED 27 Jan 2015
    SC494334 OPENCHANNELS LTD 05 Jan 2015
    SC494398 TMC (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 06 Jan 2015
    SC494451 POTENTIAL ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD 06 Jan 2015
    SC494491 FILIP TRANS LIMITED 07 Jan 2015
    SC494498 BIGSTORE LTD 07 Jan 2015
    SC494627 YOUR DEBT HELP LIMITED 09 Jan 2015
    SC494679 ANTELOPE BAUTISTA LIMITED 09 Jan 2015
    SC494768 VETROX GLASS SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES LTD 12 Jan 2015
    SC494837 M&EINSPECTION LIMITED 12 Jan 2015
    SC494877 BATH STREET CANDLE COMPANY LIMITED 13 Jan 2015
    SC494969 STL MFH LIMITED 13 Jan 2015
    SC494998 LEVEL5PR LTD 13 Jan 2015
    SC495049 RIDDLE ROOMS LTD 14 Jan 2015
    SC495460 REBIRTH NATION LIMITED 19 Jan 2015
    SC495495 HIGH NOON INVESTMENTS LTD 20 Jan 2015
    SC495593 JOLLY & BEA'S LIMITED 21 Jan 2015
    SC495604 ECOWISE SCOTLAND LTD 21 Jan 2015
    SC495625 BIOTANGENTS LIMITED 21 Jan 2015
    SC495657 SELLAR GALLERIES LIMITED 21 Jan 2015