New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Nuneaton when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Nuneaton when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 155 companies were registered in Nuneaton during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 43.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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)	Nuneaton	UK
   2012	155	131,491
   2011	108	116,391
   % change	43.5%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (155)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	155	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	108	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	111	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	107	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	108	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	115	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	80	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	90	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	107	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	117	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	155	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Nuneaton when compared to any previous February.

   February 2012 was a record month for company registrations in Nuneaton when compared to any month in history.

   January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Nuneaton when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	47
   Feb 2012	44149	61
   Jan 2012	39401	47
   Dec 2011	30598	39
   Nov 2011	40319	43
   Oct 2011	38706	31
   Sep 2011	38920	36
   Aug 2011	38461	43
   Jul 2011	37131	30
   Jun 2011	39725	40
   May 2011	38130	43
   Apr 2011	34489	37

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	47	61	47
   New companies in 2011	31	33	44
   % change	51.6%	84.8%	6.8%
   Record Year	2012 (47)	2012 (61)	2010 (53)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   A total of 62 companies were dissolved in Nuneaton during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is a decrease of 30.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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)	Nuneaton	UK
   2012	62	67,576
   2011	89	90,987
   % change	-30.3%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2011 (89)	2009 (108,065)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	62	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	89	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	78	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	68	Q1 2009	108065	1
   Q1 2008	26	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	47	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	44	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	40	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	35	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	39	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2011	89	Q1 2009	108065	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	20
   Feb 2012	23245	25
   Jan 2012	23242	17
   Dec 2011	29283	21
   Nov 2011	31065	15
   Oct 2011	19635	12
   Sep 2011	22852	21
   Aug 2011	25745	31
   Jul 2011	23633	27
   Jun 2011	23848	35
   May 2011	31305	20
   Apr 2011	16171	16

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	17	25	20
   Closed companies in 2011	33	28	28
   % change	-48.5%	-10.7%	-29%
   Record Year	2011 (33)	2011 (28)	2009 (46)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Nuneaton when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for net growth in Nuneaton when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Nuneaton during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 93 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Nuneaton	UK
   2012	93	63,915
   2011	19	25,404
   Record Year	2012 (93)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	93	108	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	19	111	Q1 2011	25404	105137	1
   Q1 2010	33	107	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	39	108	Q1 2009	-17031	96698	1
   Q1 2008	82	115	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	68	80	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	36	90	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	50	107	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	72	117	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	78	62	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2012	93	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Nuneaton when compared to any previous February.

   February 2012 was a record month for net growth in Nuneaton when compared to any month in history.

   January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Nuneaton when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	27
   Feb 2012	20904	36
   Jan 2012	16159	30
   Dec 2011	1315	18
   Nov 2011	9254	28
   Oct 2011	19071	19
   Sep 2011	16068	15
   Aug 2011	12716	12
   Jul 2011	13498	3
   Jun 2011	15877	5
   May 2011	6825	23
   Apr 2011	18318	21

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	30	36	27
   Net growth in 2011	-2	5	16
   Record Year	2012 (30)	2012 (36)	2007 (33)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, Nuneaton formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Nuneaton
   2012	0.1%
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1962 (0.3%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.1179	155	1
   Q1 2011	0.0928	108	1
   Q1 2010	0.1056	111	1
   Q1 2009	0.1175	107	1
   Q1 2008	0.1117	108	1
   Q1 2007	0.0689	115	1
   Q1 2006	0.0733	80	1
   Q1 2005	0.0955	90	1
   Q1 2004	0.1170	107	1
   Q1 2003	0.1201	117	1
   Q1 1962	0.2741	5	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.0980	47
   Feb 2012	0.1382	61
   Jan 2012	0.1193	47
   Dec 2011	0.1275	39
   Nov 2011	0.1066	43
   Oct 2011	0.0801	31
   Sep 2011	0.0925	36
   Aug 2011	0.1118	43
   Jul 2011	0.0808	30
   Jun 2011	0.1007	40
   May 2011	0.1128	43
   Apr 2011	0.1073	37

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	30.0%	58.1%	-0.1%
   Record Year	1972 (0.4%)	1962 (0.4%)	1965 (0.4%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.5.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2012	43.5070	3.7559	6.1033	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	44.6712	1.3699	0.6849	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	46.9422	6.9364	0.5780	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	47.0053	3.7037	0.5291	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	44.5930	1.5075	1.0050	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	46.6466	4.8193	1.2048	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	48.8319	7.9832	0.8403	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	49.8370	6.5217	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	49.3785	7.4766	1.4019	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	51.6717	10.1887	0.3774	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

   28.5% of all director appointments in Nuneaton in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2012	28.5124	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	29.2398	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	26.8421	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	23.5000	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	36.7769	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	34.7079	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	30.3846	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	36.7150	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	29.5652	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	37.0748	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1963	75.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. 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
   CO.,	2.67%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   INTERNATIONAL	2.09%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   NUNEATON	1.28%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   TRADE	1.04%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   (NUNEATON)	1.04%	TRADING	2.07%
   ENGINEERING	0.81%	DESIGN	1.93%
   TRAINING	0.81%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   TRANSPORT	0.81%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   ELECTRICAL	0.70%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   GLOBAL	0.70%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   CONSULTING	0.58%	MEDIA	1.72%
   DESIGN	0.58%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   S	0.58%	LONDON	1.66%
   CO	0.58%	J	1.54%
   SHOP	0.58%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   (MIDLANDS)	0.58%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   CENTRAL	0.58%	IT	1.40%
   FINANCIAL	0.46%	CARE	1.34%
   D	0.46%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   TRADING	0.46%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   INDUSTRY	0.46%	M	1.27%
   LOGISTICS	0.46%	BUILDING	1.24%
   CENTRE	0.46%	ENERGY	1.20%
   PROPERTIES	0.46%	S	1.20%
   COMMERCIAL	0.46%	ENTERPRISES	1.19%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	151	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	49	52,735
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	30	35,233
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	26	13,637
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	25	19,704
   86900 - Other human health activities	15	5,066
   99999 - Dormant Company	12	25,084
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	12	12,113
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	12	8,145
   6024 - Freight transport by road	12	2,121
   9999 - Dormant Company	12	18,617
   7260 - Other computer related activities	12	7,154
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	11	14,303
   6420 - Telecommunications	8	1,067
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	8	9,892
   25990 - Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified	8	597
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	8	5,169
   49410 - Freight transport by road	7	2,781
   7499 - Non-trading company	6	9,102
   74990 - Non-trading company	6	9,729

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07898164	STARCLEAN MIDLANDS LIMITED	05 Jan 2012
   07903975	PROJECT MAGNET PENSION LIMITED	10 Jan 2012
   07904899	IVOR KING PROPERTIES LIMITED	10 Jan 2012
   07906753	STEPHEN MOYLE LIMITED	12 Jan 2012
   07914432	SCHOLAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LIMITED	18 Jan 2012
   07918662	WILBEC LIMITED	20 Jan 2012
   07926590	INDIVIDUAL FUTURES DAY SERVICE LTD	27 Jan 2012
   07928987	MAHI TRANSPORT LTD	30 Jan 2012
   07901553	MAID2CLEAN EDINBURGH LTD	09 Jan 2012
   07903153	TRUCK SERVICES 90 LIMITED	10 Jan 2012
   07905545	HORESTON MOTORS LIMITED	11 Jan 2012
   07910174	AT SALON 57 LTD	16 Jan 2012
   07910812	KJ (UK) LIMITED	16 Jan 2012
   07913617	M.D.O. SOLUTIONS LTD	17 Jan 2012
   07916996	IMAGING SOLUTIONS & SERVICES LIMITED	19 Jan 2012
   07917269	TRUCK SMART LIMITED	20 Jan 2012
   07919051	SUFYAN AND CO LTD	23 Jan 2012
   07920235	ATHERSTONE CORPORATION LTD	23 Jan 2012
   07922058	JETBLACK SOLUTIONS LIMITED	24 Jan 2012
   07922175	ELSTEN SOFTWARE LIMITED	24 Jan 2012
   07924628	BRADGATE INHERITANCE LIMITED	26 Jan 2012
   07929262	ESSENTIALLY FEET LIMITED	30 Jan 2012
   07929276	BRIGHTLINES CLR LIMITED	30 Jan 2012
   07910914	BALLJOINT INTERIORS LTD	16 Jan 2012
   07912038	MCG MEDIA LTD	17 Jan 2012