Reading, Berkshire
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
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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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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08164641 OVIDIU ION LTD 01 Aug 2012 08167275 LAPTOPPARTS4YOU LTD 03 Aug 2012 08168562 CAFE PONCE OF PUERTO RICO UK LTD 06 Aug 2012 08171771 OM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 08 Aug 2012 08174402 CUSTOM WATERS LIMITED 09 Aug 2012 08174941 SRG CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED 10 Aug 2012 08175990 OEI RECRUITMENT LTD 10 Aug 2012 08179929 BLUE DOG CREATIVE LTD 14 Aug 2012 08180959 D R TECH SOLUTIONS LTD 15 Aug 2012 08181575 OBAN CARE SERVICES LTD 16 Aug 2012 08182205 JAVIER INFANDE MERA CONSULTING LIMITED 16 Aug 2012 08189351 SETTLE MY PPI LIMITED 23 Aug 2012 08195399 DEXA UK LTD 30 Aug 2012 08167477 COMPUCLINIC LIMITED 03 Aug 2012 08173034 SPECTRAL BUSINESS SERVICES LTD 09 Aug 2012 08177622 CARLSBURGER LTD 13 Aug 2012 08196101 BERKSHIRE MOBILITY TRANSPORT LTD 30 Aug 2012 08163816 DW MEDICOLEGAL SERVICES LIMITED 01 Aug 2012 08164706 GREENTECH INSULATION UK LIMITED 01 Aug 2012 08174566 READING STORAGE SOLUTIONS LTD 09 Aug 2012 08179937 RSSB TELECOM LIMITED 14 Aug 2012 08191238 KAFLE CONSULTING LIMITED 24 Aug 2012 08196773 ON A LOOP LTD 30 Aug 2012 08167867 WEBSTER'S CLASSICS LIMITED 03 Aug 2012 08177544 EKON EQUIPMENT LIMITED 13 Aug 2012
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