Slough, Berkshire
Q1 2011 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q1 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous Q1.
- Q1 2011 was a record quarter for company registrations in Slough when compared to any quarter in history.
- February 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous February.
- January 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous January.
- January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Slough when compared to any previous January.
- February 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Slough when compared to any previous February.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
Q1 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous Q1.
Q1 2011 was a record quarter for company registrations in Slough when compared to any quarter in history.
A total of 449 companies were registered in Slough during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).
This figure is an increase of 20.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Slough UK 2011 449 116,391 2010 373 105,137 % change 20.4% 10.7% Record Year 2011 (449) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
February 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous February.
January 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2011 144 171 134 New companies in 2010 111 129 133 % change 29.7% 32.6% 0.8% Record Year 2011 (144) 2011 (171) 2007 (186)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
A total of 308 companies were dissolved in Slough during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).
This figure is an increase of 10.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Slough UK 2011 308 90,986 2010 279 82,677 % change 10.4% 10.0% Record Year 2009 (399) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Slough when compared to any previous January.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2011 116 93 99 Closed companies in 2010 69 88 122 % change 68.1% 5.7% -19% Record Year 2011 (116) 2008 (112) 2009 (290)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
Net company growth for Slough during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 141 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Slough UK 2011 141 25,405 2010 94 22,460 Record Year 2007 (178) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
February 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Slough when compared to any previous February.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2011 28 78 35 Net growth in 2010 42 41 11 Record Year 2009 (61) 2011 (78) 2008 (119)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
In the first quarter of 2011, Slough formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) Slough 2011 0.4% 2010 0.4% 2009 0.4% 2008 0.3% 2007 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2011 0.4% 0.5% 0.3% UK formation share in 2010 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% % change 11.9% 16.6% -3.9% Record Year 1971 (0.6%) 1971 (0.5%) 1970 (0.7%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 39.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.3%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)
The record first quarter for female directors in Slough was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
19.5% of all director appointments in Slough in the first quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2010-Mar 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.88% CONSULTING 5.04% MANAGEMENT 1.68% MANAGEMENT 4.97% TRADING 1.37% CONSULTANCY 3.16% CONSULTANCY 1.33% PROPERTY 2.38% BUSINESS 1.02% TRADING 2.10% SLOUGH 0.97% DESIGN 1.93% CONSULTANTS 0.88% ASSOCIATES 1.92% ASSOCIATES 0.75% BUSINESS 1.87% FOR 0.75% CONSTRUCTION 1.80% CARS 0.71% CONSULTANTS 1.76% SIMPLY 0.71% MEDIA 1.69% IT 0.66% ENGINEERING 1.61% CONSTRUCTION 0.66% LONDON 1.60% MEDIA 0.66% CARE 1.45% LONDON 0.62% J 1.45% ENTERPRISES 0.62% GLOBAL 1.44% SERVICE 0.58% INVESTMENTS 1.43% INTERNATIONAL 0.58% IT 1.41% RECRUITMENT 0.53% PROPERTIES 1.36% EDUCATION 0.53% BUILDING 1.34% BERKSHIRE 0.49% M 1.30% PROPERTY 0.49% ELECTRICAL 1.28% TECHNOLOGY 0.49% S 1.24% TRAVEL 0.49% INTERNATIONAL 1.23% TECHNOLOGIES 0.49% SYSTEMS 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 890 202,798 7487 - Other business activities 178 60,968 7414 - Business & management consultancy 107 12,916 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 82 10,246 9999 - Dormant Company 70 19,765 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 59 30,253 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 49 16,150 62090 - Other information technology service activities 46 6,996 99999 - Dormant Company 45 18,336 9305 - Other service activities 45 8,740 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 44 7,000 7260 - Other computer related activities 43 7,789 7499 - Non-trading company 37 11,316 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 33 10,085 7210 - Hardware consultancy 24 834 5530 - Restaurants 22 4,898 62012 - Business and domestic software development 22 3,168 74990 - Non-trading company 18 8,695 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 16 3,436 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 16 7,788
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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