Portsmouth, Hampshire
Q1 2010 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 169 companies were registered in Portsmouth during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is an increase of 22.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares equally 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) Portsmouth UK 2010 169 105,137 2009 138 91,034 % change 22.5% 15.5% Record Year 2007 (216) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2010 51 52 66 New companies in 2009 37 45 56 % change 37.8% 15.6% 17.9% Record Year 2004 (56) 2007 (64) 2007 (107)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 157 companies were dissolved in Portsmouth during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 10.8% 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) Portsmouth UK 2010 157 82,677 2009 176 108,060 % change -10.8% -23.5% Record Year 2009 (176) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2010 47 44 66 Closed companies in 2009 47 36 93 % change 0.0% 22.2% -29% Record Year 2009 (47) 2008 (60) 2009 (93)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
Net company growth for Portsmouth during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 12 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Portsmouth UK 2010 12 22,460 2009 -38 -17,026 Record Year 2007 (121) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2010 4 8 0 Net growth in 2009 -10 9 -37 Record Year 1999 (37) 2007 (38) 2007 (76)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
In the first quarter of 2010, Portsmouth formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Portsmouth 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% 2008 0.2% 2007 0.1% 2006 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1962 (0.3%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2010 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2009 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% % change 27.9% -1.0% -2.0% Record Year 1975 (0.4%) 1960 (0.4%) 1964 (0.4%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 44.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.0% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The record first quarter for female directors in Portsmouth was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.8% of all director appointments in Portsmouth in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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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 1.76% MANAGEMENT 5.01% CONSTRUCTION 1.27% CONSULTING 4.60% PORTSMOUTH 1.27% CONSULTANCY 2.87% PROPERTY 1.18% PROPERTY 2.50% (PORTSMOUTH) 1.08% ASSOCIATES 2.04% CONSULTANCY 0.98% TRADING 1.93% ASSOCIATES 0.88% DESIGN 1.91% IT 0.88% CONSTRUCTION 1.87% BUSINESS 0.69% MEDIA 1.84% DEVELOPMENTS 0.59% BUSINESS 1.74% SOUTHERN 0.59% INTERNATIONAL 1.73% HAMPSHIRE 0.59% CONSULTANTS 1.63% SYSTEMS 0.59% ENGINEERING 1.54% CLEANING 0.59% J 1.48% GROUP 0.49% LONDON 1.45% P 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.45% ENGINEERING 0.49% GROUP 1.37% HOLDINGS 0.49% GLOBAL 1.35% TRUST 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.35% STORE 0.49% BUILDING 1.34% D 0.49% CARE 1.33% S 0.49% ELECTRICAL 1.30% SALES 0.49% M 1.28% SOUTH 0.49% SYSTEMS 1.25% SOLENT 0.39% S 1.23%
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 322 228,645 7487 - Other business activities 164 74,904 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 87 26,974 9999 - Dormant Company 29 19,948 7260 - Other computer related activities 27 10,331 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 23 9,325 7499 - Non-trading company 21 15,398 9305 - Other service activities 19 9,038 4545 - Other building completion 18 3,346 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 17 9,659 43390 - Other building completion and finishing 17 2,540 62090 - Other information technology service activities 16 6,340 4534 - Other building installation 15 2,840 98000 - Residents property management 14 3,892 99999 - Dormant Company 14 13,808 7414 - Business & management consultancy 14 17,003 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 13 9,943 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 13 14,007 5510 - Hotels and Motels with (or without) restaurant 13 917 74990 - Non-trading company 11 8,149
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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