Lincolnshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Lincolnshire when compared to any previous February.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 1,242 companies were registered in Lincolnshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 7.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Lincolnshire UK 2012 1,242 131,491 2011 1,156 116,391 % change 7.4% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (1,545) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Lincolnshire when compared to any previous February.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 352 407 483 New companies in 2011 343 348 465 % change 2.6% 17.0% 3.9% Record Year 2003 (404) 2012 (407) 2007 (936)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 591 companies were dissolved in Lincolnshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 14.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Lincolnshire UK 2012 591 67,576 2011 687 90,986 % change -14.0% -25.7% Record Year 2009 (812) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 224 192 175 Closed companies in 2011 242 222 223 % change -7.4% -13.5% -22% Record Year 2010 (263) 2008 (235) 2009 (503)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Lincolnshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 651 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Lincolnshire UK 2012 651 63,915 2011 469 25,405 Record Year 2007 (1,032) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 128 215 308 Net growth in 2011 101 126 242 Record Year 2003 (288) 2003 (269) 2007 (781)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Lincolnshire formed 0.9% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Lincolnshire 2012 0.9% 2011 1.0% 2010 0.9% 2009 0.9% 2008 0.9% Record Year (since 1960) 1968 (2.1%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% UK formation share in 2011 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% % change -12.0% 0.0% -2.8% Record Year 1961 (2.1%) 1961 (2.2%) 1968 (2.7%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 44.5.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.7% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in Lincolnshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
27.7% of all director appointments in Lincolnshire in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage TRANSPORT 3.29% CONSULTING 5.07% DRIVING 1.42% MANAGEMENT 4.74% MANAGEMENT 1.40% CONSULTANCY 3.30% J 1.33% PROPERTY 2.37% D 1.13% TRADING 2.07% CONSULTANCY 1.11% DESIGN 1.93% ENGINEERING 1.11% ENGINEERING 1.86% PROPERTY 1.05% ASSOCIATES 1.84% S 1.02% CONSULTANTS 1.79% DRIVER 0.96% BUSINESS 1.73% M 0.89% MEDIA 1.72% LINCOLN 0.83% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% G 0.81% LONDON 1.66% LOGISTICS 0.79% J 1.54% CONSULTING 0.78% INVESTMENTS 1.51% ELECTRICAL 0.76% GLOBAL 1.50% P 0.76% IT 1.40% R 0.76% CARE 1.34% ASSOCIATES 0.76% PROPERTIES 1.31% C 0.74% ELECTRICAL 1.27% LINCOLNSHIRE 0.72% M 1.27% CONSTRUCTION 0.70% BUILDING 1.24% PROPERTIES 0.68% ENERGY 1.20% TRAINING 0.68% S 1.20% LINCS 0.68% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
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 1,698 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 327 52,735 49410 - Freight transport by road 236 2,781 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 211 35,233 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 177 19,704 99999 - Dormant Company 169 25,084 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 142 13,637 9999 - Dormant Company 133 18,617 6024 - Freight transport by road 119 2,121 9305 - Other service activities 104 8,818 86210 - General medical practice activities 103 2,594 7414 - Business & management consultancy 95 12,113 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 81 9,892 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 65 5,169 74990 - Non-trading company 65 9,729 8512 - Medical practice activities 64 2,116 7499 - Non-trading company 63 9,102 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 62 3,931 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 54 14,303 86220 - Specialists medical practice activities 53 1,845
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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