Reading, Berkshire
Q3 2010 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
A total of 709 companies were registered in Reading during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 7.0% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 7.2% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Reading UK 2010 709 101,492 2009 762 94,671 % change -7.0% 7.2% Record Year 2005 (1,256) 2003 (107,203) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2010 235 233 241 New companies in 2009 261 210 291 % change -10.0% 11.0% -17.2% Record Year 1999 (422) 2005 (444) 2005 (423)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
A total of 821 companies were dissolved in Reading during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 45.1% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 45.0% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Reading UK 2010 821 87,705 2009 1,495 159,401 % change -45.1% -45.0% Record Year 2009 (1,495) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2010 281 316 224 Closed companies in 2009 324 373 798 % change -13.3% -15.3% -72% Record Year 2007 (349) 2008 (540) 2009 (798)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
Net company growth for Reading during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) was -112 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Reading UK 2010 -112 13,787 2009 -733 -64,730 Record Year 2004 (888) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2010 -46 -83 17 Net growth in 2009 -63 -163 -507 Record Year 1999 (369) 2004 (247) 2004 (291)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
In the third quarter of 2010, Reading formed 0.7% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Reading 2010 0.7% 2009 0.8% 2008 0.9% 2007 1.0% 2006 1.2% Record Year (since 1960) 2004 (1.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2010 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% UK formation share in 2009 0.8% 0.7% 0.9% % change -16.3% 0.7% -20.6% Record Year 1999 (2.2%) 2004 (1.5%) 1964 (1.9%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2010 was 44.1.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.1% compared to the UK figure of 2.7%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
The record third quarter for female directors in Reading was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
25.2% of all director appointments in Reading in the third quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2009-Sep 2010)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 3.04% MANAGEMENT 5.06% MANAGEMENT 2.11% CONSULTING 4.99% CONSULTANCY 1.21% CONSULTANCY 3.12% BUSINESS 1.01% PROPERTY 2.38% ASSOCIATES 0.90% TRADING 2.04% TRADING 0.72% ASSOCIATES 2.01% IT 0.70% DESIGN 1.93% SERVICE 0.70% CONSTRUCTION 1.86% CONSULTANTS 0.57% BUSINESS 1.80% READING 0.57% MEDIA 1.75% MARKETING 0.46% CONSULTANTS 1.73% PARTNERS 0.46% LONDON 1.59% MEDIA 0.46% ENGINEERING 1.59% GLOBAL 0.46% INVESTMENTS 1.49% CARE 0.46% CARE 1.44% ENTERPRISES 0.46% J 1.44% CAPITAL 0.46% INTERNATIONAL 1.43% PROJECT 0.44% GLOBAL 1.42% INTERNATIONAL 0.44% IT 1.35% DESIGN 0.44% PROPERTIES 1.35% EUROPE 0.44% BUILDING 1.32% PROPERTY 0.41% ELECTRICAL 1.30% CONSTRUCTION 0.41% M 1.28% SALES 0.39% SYSTEMS 1.26% ENERGY 0.39% S 1.24%
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 2,161 202,902 7487 - Other business activities 429 69,802 7499 - Non-trading company 402 13,408 7414 - Business & management consultancy 174 14,940 74990 - Non-trading company 165 7,649 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 160 25,053 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 158 8,292 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 148 8,183 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 121 13,161 9999 - Dormant Company 117 21,484 7260 - Other computer related activities 116 8,967 99999 - Dormant Company 90 14,072 62090 - Other information technology service activities 76 5,716 9305 - Other service activities 76 9,454 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 46 6,460 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 43 7,767 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 39 7,634 98000 - Residents property management 37 3,273 62012 - Business and domestic software development 33 2,548 5530 - Restaurants 31 5,181
Recent Companies
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