Loughborough, Leicestershire
Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 180 companies were registered in Loughborough during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is a decrease of 27.7% 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) Loughborough UK 2015 180 161,156 2014 249 150,722 % change -27.7% 6.9% Record Year 2014 (249) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2015 51 53 76 New companies in 2014 68 89 92 % change -25.0% -40.4% -17.4% Record Year 2014 (68) 2014 (89) 2014 (92)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 99 companies were dissolved in Loughborough during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is a decrease of 7.5% 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) Loughborough UK 2015 99 89,523 2014 107 82,370 % change -7.5% 8.7% Record Year 2009 (144) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2015 32 31 36 Closed companies in 2014 30 30 47 % change 6.7% 3.3% -23% Record Year 2011 (51) 2010 (44) 2009 (88)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
Net company growth for Loughborough during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 81 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Loughborough UK 2015 81 71,633 2014 142 68,352 Record Year 2014 (142) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2015 19 22 40 Net growth in 2014 38 59 45 Record Year 2003 (47) 2006 (66) 2003 (64)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
In the first quarter of 2015, Loughborough formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Loughborough 2015 0.1% 2014 0.2% 2013 0.1% 2012 0.1% 2011 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 2003 (0.2%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2015 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2014 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% % change -26.5% -45.2% -24.7% Record Year 2003 (0.2%) 2006 (0.2%) 1991 (0.3%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 43.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.7% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The record first quarter for female directors in Loughborough was in 2013 when 35.4% of all directors were female.
27.9% of all director appointments in Loughborough 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
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.58% CONSULTING 5.23% HOLDINGS 1.16% MANAGEMENT 4.56% MANAGEMENT 1.16% CONSULTANCY 3.62% LOUGHBOROUGH 1.16% PROPERTY 2.72% PROPERTY 1.16% CONSTRUCTION 2.19% ENGINEERING 1.07% CARE 2.13% CHARNWOOD 1.07% ENGINEERING 2.12% CONSTRUCTION 0.71% LONDON 1.91% D 0.71% TRADING 1.88% S 0.62% TRANSPORT 1.82% J 0.62% ELECTRICAL 1.76% CONSULTANCY 0.62% DESIGN 1.65% HOUSE 0.62% PROPERTIES 1.63% TRADING 0.62% CO., 1.58% LOGISTICS 0.53% J 1.55% CO 0.53% CONSULTANTS 1.54% DEVELOPMENTS 0.53% BUSINESS 1.49% DEVELOPMENT 0.53% INVESTMENTS 1.49% LIFE 0.53% GLOBAL 1.46% TRANSPORT 0.53% ASSOCIATES 1.44% ASSOCIATES 0.53% DEVELOPMENTS 1.36% CATERING 0.45% BUILDING 1.31% PROPERTIES 0.45% IT 1.30% LODGE 0.45% MEDIA 1.28% HOMES 0.45% M 1.27%
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 338 288,953 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 64 43,081 99999 - Dormant Company 56 49,474 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 41 30,825 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 32 58,522 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 32 19,098 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 23 29,218 62090 - Other information technology service activities 21 12,862 45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles 21 5,392 49410 - Freight transport by road 17 12,485 86900 - Other human health activities 16 13,990 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 15 7,797 93199 - Other sports activities 14 4,220 41100 - Development of building projects 13 11,863 74100 - specialised design activities 13 4,892 74990 - Non-trading company 13 13,794 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 12 11,600 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 12 7,682 62012 - Business and domestic software development 11 9,651 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 11 10,200
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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