Reading, Berkshire
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 712 companies were registered in Reading during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 10.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Reading UK 2012 712 118,868 2011 793 114,512 % change -10.2% 3.8% Record Year 2005 (1,256) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 254 208 250 New companies in 2011 250 243 300 % change 1.6% -14.4% -16.7% Record Year 1999 (422) 2005 (444) 2005 (423)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 627 companies were dissolved in Reading during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 23.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Reading UK 2012 627 74,772 2011 816 72,230 % change -23.2% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (1,495) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 246 215 166 Closed companies in 2011 397 218 201 % change -38.0% -1.4% -17% Record Year 2011 (397) 2008 (540) 2009 (798)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Reading during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 85 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Reading UK 2012 85 44,096 2011 -23 42,282 Record Year 2004 (888) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 8 -7 84 Net growth in 2011 -147 25 99 Record Year 1999 (369) 2004 (247) 2004 (291)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Reading formed 0.6% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Reading 2012 0.6% 2011 0.7% 2010 0.7% 2009 0.8% 2008 0.9% Record Year (since 1960) 2004 (1.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% UK formation share in 2011 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% % change -8.8% -13.7% -17.6% Record Year 1999 (2.2%) 2004 (1.5%) 1964 (1.9%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 41.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.4% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in Reading was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
24.5% of all director appointments in Reading in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.84% CONSULTING 5.05% MANAGEMENT 1.91% MANAGEMENT 4.75% CONSULTANCY 1.23% CONSULTANCY 3.28% READING 1.15% PROPERTY 2.35% ASSOCIATES 0.80% TRADING 2.08% J 0.73% DESIGN 1.87% IT 0.73% ASSOCIATES 1.84% CONSULTANTS 0.68% ENGINEERING 1.83% BERKSHIRE 0.65% CONSULTANTS 1.76% BUSINESS 0.63% BUSINESS 1.72% PROPERTY 0.60% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% GLOBAL 0.58% MEDIA 1.67% MEDIA 0.58% LONDON 1.67% TECHNOLOGIES 0.55% J 1.55% TECHNOLOGY 0.53% GLOBAL 1.53% C 0.53% INVESTMENTS 1.46% SYSTEMS 0.50% IT 1.43% MARKETING 0.50% PROPERTIES 1.34% CAPITAL 0.48% CARE 1.32% PARTNERS 0.45% M 1.27% ENGINEERING 0.45% BUILDING 1.22% SECURITY 0.45% ENTERPRISES 1.20% PROJECT 0.45% ELECTRICAL 1.20% RECRUITMENT 0.45% S 1.17% CORPORATE 0.43% SECURITY 1.16%
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 2,501 331,455 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 219 14,774 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 204 19,425 74990 - Non-trading company 185 9,203 7487 - Other business activities 184 35,545 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 155 33,677 99999 - Dormant Company 120 25,035 7499 - Non-trading company 111 6,164 7414 - Business & management consultancy 97 8,437 62090 - Other information technology service activities 94 7,869 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 83 4,997 62012 - Business and domestic software development 69 4,584 9999 - Dormant Company 68 12,598 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 66 9,891 7260 - Other computer related activities 63 4,979 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 63 13,716 98000 - Residents property management 50 2,786 9305 - Other service activities 49 6,142 41100 - Development of building projects 37 4,965 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 32 4,119
Recent Companies
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