New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Newbury when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Newbury when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 156 companies were registered in Newbury during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 30.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Newbury	UK
   2010	156	105,137
   2009	120	91,034
   % change	30.0%	15.5%
   Record Year	2010 (156)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	156	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	120	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	134	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	151	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	118	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	100	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	123	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	136	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	104	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	89	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2010	156	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   January 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Newbury when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	56
   Feb 2010	33214	46
   Jan 2010	29144	54
   Dec 2009	25819	27
   Nov 2009	30706	32
   Oct 2009	29458	59
   Sep 2009	33700	40
   Aug 2009	29371	46
   Jul 2009	31600	56
   Jun 2009	31660	48
   May 2009	28623	47
   Apr 2009	30704	39

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	54	46	56
   New companies in 2009	35	35	50
   % change	54.3%	31.4%	12.0%
   Record Year	2010 (54)	2000 (51)	2007 (68)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   A total of 87 companies were dissolved in Newbury during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 17.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 23.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Newbury	UK
   2010	87	82,677
   2009	106	108,060
   % change	-17.9%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2009 (106)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	87	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	106	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	54	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	57	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	64	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	65	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	55	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	65	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	55	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	74	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2009	106	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   February 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Newbury when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	43
   Feb 2010	24398	30
   Jan 2010	24409	14
   Dec 2009	31581	43
   Nov 2009	25313	23
   Oct 2009	28242	28
   Sep 2009	72972	79
   Aug 2009	46302	32
   Jul 2009	40127	34
   Jun 2009	54906	54
   May 2009	78275	78
   Apr 2009	47995	33

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	14	30	43
   Closed companies in 2009	23	17	66
   % change	-39.1%	76.5%	-35%
   Record Year	2003 (29)	2010 (30)	2009 (66)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Net company growth for Newbury during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 69 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Newbury	UK
   2010	69	22,460
   2009	14	-17,026
   Record Year	2007 (94)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	69	120	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	14	134	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	80	151	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	94	118	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	54	100	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	35	123	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	68	136	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	71	104	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	49	89	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	15	122	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2007	94	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   January 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Newbury when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	13
   Feb 2010	8816	16
   Jan 2010	4735	40
   Dec 2009	-5762	-16
   Nov 2009	5393	9
   Oct 2009	1216	31
   Sep 2009	-39272	-39
   Aug 2009	-16931	14
   Jul 2009	-8527	22
   Jun 2009	-23246	-6
   May 2009	-49652	-31
   Apr 2009	-17291	6

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	40	16	13
   Net growth in 2009	12	18	-16
   Record Year	2010 (40)	2004 (30)	2007 (52)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   In the first quarter of 2010, Newbury formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Newbury
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   2006	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1976 (0.3%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.1484	156	1
   Q1 2009	0.1318	120	1
   Q1 2008	0.1386	134	1
   Q1 2007	0.0905	151	1
   Q1 2006	0.1081	118	1
   Q1 2005	0.1062	100	1
   Q1 2004	0.1344	123	1
   Q1 2003	0.1396	136	1
   Q1 2002	0.1599	104	1
   Q1 2001	0.1467	89	1
   Q1 1976	0.3418	12	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.1309	56
   Feb 2010	0.1385	46
   Jan 2010	0.1853	54
   Dec 2009	0.1046	27
   Nov 2009	0.1042	32
   Oct 2009	0.2003	59
   Sep 2009	0.1187	40
   Aug 2009	0.1566	46
   Jul 2009	0.1772	56
   Jun 2009	0.1516	48
   May 2009	0.1642	47
   Apr 2009	0.1270	39

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	43.2%	12.6%	-7.0%
   Record Year	1967 (0.5%)	1961 (0.5%)	1976 (0.4%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 48.1.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 0.0% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.7% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2010	48.1179	4.7170	0.0000	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	48.8662	7.6433	0.0000	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	49.4760	6.9869	0.4367	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	50.0824	5.9925	0.3745	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	51.6486	11.5942	0.0000	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	50.8522	10.8374	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	52.2844	11.1111	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	51.7529	8.1081	0.3861	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	53.4637	10.0559	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	53.1038	10.3825	0.0000	52.4938	0.1011	13.1636

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Newbury was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   23.4% of all director appointments in Newbury in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2010	23.3607	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	32.0442	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	32.6996	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	33.4416	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	24.6575	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	34.2593	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	38.8430	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	29.2419	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	32.8125	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	26.8041	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1935	100.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2009-Mar 2010)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   MANAGEMENT	2.48%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   CONSULTING	2.48%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   ASSOCIATES	1.51%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   CONSULTANCY	1.51%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   PROPERTY	1.08%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   BUSINESS	0.97%	TRADING	1.93%
   ENGINEERING	0.75%	DESIGN	1.91%
   MEDIA	0.75%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   CONSULTANTS	0.75%	MEDIA	1.84%
   WYNN	0.75%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   CASUALTY	0.65%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   HOLDINGS	0.65%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   GEDARO	0.65%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   D	0.65%	J	1.48%
   CAPITAL	0.54%	LONDON	1.45%
   NEWBURY	0.54%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   MARKETING	0.54%	GROUP	1.37%
   DESIGN	0.54%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   HIRE	0.54%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   SECURITY	0.54%	BUILDING	1.34%
   PROPERTIES	0.54%	CARE	1.33%
   R	0.43%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   PRODUCTIONS	0.43%	M	1.28%
   GROUP	0.43%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   WINDOWS	0.43%	S	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	168	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	124	74,904
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	51	26,974
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	38	17,003
   9999 - Dormant Company	34	19,948
   99999 - Dormant Company	33	13,808
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	31	14,007
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	30	9,943
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	20	6,340
   7260 - Other computer related activities	18	10,331
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	18	9,659
   7499 - Non-trading company	17	15,398
   74990 - Non-trading company	15	8,149
   61900 - Other telecommunications activities	14	1,036
   6420 - Telecommunications	14	1,529
   9305 - Other service activities	10	9,038
   7011 - Development & sell real estate	9	5,300
   43220 - Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation	8	2,179
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	8	8,154
   41100 - Development of building projects	7	4,513

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07140573	WILLIAM BUICK LIMITED	29 Jan 2010
   07137839	SECEUROTEK SECURITY LTD	27 Jan 2010
   07134188	PROPERTY DNA LIMITED	22 Jan 2010
   07130227	FOTF LIMITED	19 Jan 2010
   07130223	BLS MEDIA LIMITED	19 Jan 2010
   07129827	ECIGSOUTLET LIMITED	19 Jan 2010
   07128056	P D RITCHIE LIMITED	18 Jan 2010
   07126791	OPUS ACCOUNTING LIMITED	15 Jan 2010
   07126660	I-GC CORPORATE LIMITED	15 Jan 2010
   07126168	PROHAIRNOWUK LIMITED	15 Jan 2010
   07126141	CENTURION TOOL HIRE LTD	15 Jan 2010
   07125176	ADEPTCO LIMITED	14 Jan 2010
   07124390	CALM RECRUITMENT LIMITED	13 Jan 2010
   07123874	GRI RETAIL LIMITED	13 Jan 2010
   07123479	EASTERN IMPORTERS LIMITED	12 Jan 2010
   07123418	ADHESIVE SPECIALITIES (GROUP) LIMITED	12 Jan 2010
   07123255	DESIGN APPLICATIONS LIMITED	12 Jan 2010
   07122563	Y-REGULATORY LTD	12 Jan 2010
   07118647	SAPIENCE BUSINESS CONSULTING LIMITED	07 Jan 2010
   07116003	IBCTA LTD	05 Jan 2010
   07115797	BEL CAPPELLI LIMITED	04 Jan 2010
   07115069	N-RICH CONSULTANTS LIMITED	04 Jan 2010
   07141305	THE RESCUE REINDEER COMPANY LIMITED	31 Jan 2010
   07136317	OPENWIDE DENTAL SUPPLIES LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07128032	FLAME AGENCY LTD	18 Jan 2010