Luton, Bedfordshire
Q3 2011 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q3 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Luton when compared to any previous Q3.
- August 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Luton when compared to any previous August.
- July 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Luton when compared to any previous July.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
Q3 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Luton when compared to any previous Q3.
A total of 378 companies were registered in Luton during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is an increase of 22.3% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 12.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Luton UK 2011 378 114,512 2010 309 101,492 % change 22.3% 12.8% Record Year 2011 (378) 2011 (114,512) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
August 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Luton when compared to any previous August.
July 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Luton when compared to any previous July.
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2011 119 131 128 New companies in 2010 104 98 107 % change 14.4% 33.7% 19.6% Record Year 2011 (119) 2011 (131) 1998 (137)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 225 companies were dissolved in Luton during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 10.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 17.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Luton UK 2011 225 72,230 2010 251 87,705 % change -10.4% -17.6% Record Year 1999 (385) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2011 69 84 72 Closed companies in 2010 71 101 79 % change -2.8% -16.8% -9% Record Year 1999 (135) 2008 (150) 2009 (182)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
Net company growth for Luton during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) was 153 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Luton UK 2011 153 42,282 2010 58 13,787 Record Year 1998 (270) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2011 50 47 56 Net growth in 2010 33 -3 28 Record Year 1998 (93) 1998 (74) 1998 (103)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
In the third quarter of 2011, Luton formed 0.3% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Luton 2011 0.3% 2010 0.3% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.3% 2007 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1998 (0.6%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2011 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% UK formation share in 2010 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% % change 4.7% 12.5% 8.0% Record Year 1968 (0.9%) 1966 (1.0%) 1969 (0.9%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2011 was 40.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.7% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The record third quarter for female directors in Luton was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
24.9% of all director appointments in Luton in the third quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.0% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2010-Sep 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTANCY 1.20% CONSULTING 5.11% MANAGEMENT 1.20% MANAGEMENT 4.75% LUTON 1.11% CONSULTANCY 3.19% CONSULTANTS 0.96% PROPERTY 2.41% PROPERTY 0.91% TRADING 2.06% CONSULTING 0.87% DESIGN 1.94% CONSTRUCTION 0.82% ASSOCIATES 1.85% IT 0.77% BUSINESS 1.82% (LUTON) 0.77% CONSULTANTS 1.76% CO 0.77% ENGINEERING 1.74% SECURITY 0.77% MEDIA 1.72% CAR 0.72% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% HIRE 0.72% LONDON 1.63% ENTERPRISES 0.72% J 1.47% CARS 0.72% GLOBAL 1.46% M 0.67% INVESTMENTS 1.43% GLOBAL 0.67% CARE 1.42% S 0.67% IT 1.38% BUSINESS 0.63% BUILDING 1.30% CLAIMS 0.58% PROPERTIES 1.28% TRADING 0.53% ELECTRICAL 1.27% C 0.53% M 1.25% ENGINEERING 0.53% ENERGY 1.22% DESIGN 0.53% TRAINING 1.21% LONDON 0.48% S 1.21%
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 812 204,493 7487 - Other business activities 144 65,177 9999 - Dormant Company 57 22,587 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 56 29,245 5530 - Restaurants 46 5,640 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 42 15,760 99999 - Dormant Company 39 18,281 7260 - Other computer related activities 38 8,686 9305 - Other service activities 38 10,525 7414 - Business & management consultancy 32 14,755 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 32 8,345 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 31 10,018 7499 - Non-trading company 30 11,543 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 28 10,137 62090 - Other information technology service activities 23 6,798 56101 - Licensed restaurants 21 2,332 6024 - Freight transport by road 19 2,601 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 18 6,321 8042 - Adult and other education 17 2,521 41100 - Development of building projects 16 3,697
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07731980 CAKE O'LICIOUS LIMITED 08 Aug 2011 07738564 MJK SOULTIONS SERVICES (UK) LTD 12 Aug 2011 07743126 GREEN ENERGY POWER FLOW LIMITED 17 Aug 2011 07747125 LORDS & PEERS SOLICITORS LTD 19 Aug 2011 07750097 MONROS ENTERPRISES LIMITED 23 Aug 2011 07750695 LUTON BED CENTRE LIMITED 24 Aug 2011 07752325 DOUGIE MILLINGS & SON LIMITED 25 Aug 2011 07756906 DS CONTRACTS (GB) LTD 30 Aug 2011 07757526 RT & CG LIMITED 31 Aug 2011 07739009 CUTZ & BLADEZ LIMITED 12 Aug 2011 07734389 DENEDO SERVICES LTD 09 Aug 2011 07740353 LYNN ACCOUNTANCY LTD 15 Aug 2011 07748427 CRUISE CAR SALES LIMITED 22 Aug 2011 07741356 S KLEJSZMID LIMITED 16 Aug 2011 07725334 LUTON MEET AND GREET PARKING LTD 02 Aug 2011 07726373 WEBBSTORE UK LTD 02 Aug 2011 07730497 SYSWORLD (UK) LTD 05 Aug 2011 07733133 F1 DS (DATA SERVICES) LIMITED 08 Aug 2011 07733773 B LYALL LIMITED 09 Aug 2011 07737616 O'BRIEN PLUMBING & HEATING LTD 11 Aug 2011 07737944 ANGEL EYES CARE LTD 11 Aug 2011 07741023 NYABINGI ENTERPRISE CIC 15 Aug 2011 07741735 TAGO COSMETICS LTD 16 Aug 2011 07746295 ZAZI EUROPE LTD. 19 Aug 2011 07749378 LIVE IT HALAL LIMITED 23 Aug 2011
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