Slough, Berkshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous Q1.
- Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Slough when compared to any quarter in history.
- March 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous March.
- March 2012 was a record month for company registrations in Slough when compared to any month in history.
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous January.
- Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Slough when compared to any previous Q1.
- Q1 2012 was a record quarter for net growth in Slough when compared to any quarter in history.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous Q1.
Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Slough when compared to any quarter in history.
A total of 488 companies were registered in Slough during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 8.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Slough UK 2012 488 131,491 2011 449 116,391 % change 8.7% 13.0% Record Year 2012 (488) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
March 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Slough when compared to any previous March.
March 2012 was a record month for company registrations in Slough when compared to any month in history.
January 2012 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 2012 149 144 195 New companies in 2011 144 171 134 % change 3.5% -15.8% 45.5% Record Year 2012 (149) 2011 (171) 2012 (195)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 273 companies were dissolved in Slough during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 11.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Slough UK 2012 273 67,576 2011 308 90,987 % change -11.4% -25.7% Record Year 2009 (399) 2009 (108,065) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 89 93 91 Closed companies in 2011 116 93 99 % change -23.3% 0.0% -8% Record Year 2011 (116) 2008 (112) 2009 (290)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Slough when compared to any previous Q1.
Q1 2012 was a record quarter for net growth in Slough when compared to any quarter in history.
Net company growth for Slough during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 215 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Slough UK 2012 215 63,915 2011 141 25,404 Record Year 2012 (215) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 60 51 104 Net growth in 2011 28 78 35 Record Year 2009 (61) 2011 (78) 2008 (119)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Slough formed 0.4% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Slough 2012 0.4% 2011 0.4% 2010 0.4% 2009 0.4% 2008 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% UK formation share in 2011 0.4% 0.5% 0.3% % change -11.3% -28.0% 36.1% Record Year 1971 (0.6%) 1971 (0.5%) 1970 (0.7%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 39.6.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.7% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in Slough was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.1% of all director appointments in Slough in the first quarter of 2012 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 (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.83% CONSULTING 5.07% MANAGEMENT 1.22% MANAGEMENT 4.74% CONSULTANCY 1.14% CONSULTANCY 3.30% IT 1.06% PROPERTY 2.37% CONSTRUCTION 0.85% TRADING 2.07% CONSULTANTS 0.73% DESIGN 1.93% TRADING 0.73% ENGINEERING 1.86% BUSINESS 0.65% ASSOCIATES 1.84% ASSOCIATES 0.61% CONSULTANTS 1.79% SLOUGH 0.57% BUSINESS 1.73% CARE 0.57% MEDIA 1.72% S 0.57% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% MEDIA 0.53% LONDON 1.66% GLOBAL 0.53% J 1.54% SYSTEMS 0.53% INVESTMENTS 1.51% INVESTMENTS 0.49% GLOBAL 1.50% ENGINEERING 0.45% IT 1.40% HOUSE 0.45% CARE 1.34% ENTERPRISES 0.45% PROPERTIES 1.31% LOGISTICS 0.41% ELECTRICAL 1.27% TECHNOLOGIES 0.41% M 1.27% TRANSPORT 0.41% BUILDING 1.24% TRAVEL 0.41% ENERGY 1.20% CLAIMS 0.41% S 1.20% LONDON 0.41% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
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 968 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 142 52,735 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 139 14,303 7414 - Business & management consultancy 85 12,113 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 77 35,233 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 68 19,704 9999 - Dormant Company 61 18,617 99999 - Dormant Company 53 25,084 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 50 6,934 7260 - Other computer related activities 48 7,154 62090 - Other information technology service activities 47 8,145 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 45 13,637 9305 - Other service activities 32 8,818 7499 - Non-trading company 32 9,102 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 29 9,892 74990 - Non-trading company 26 9,729 86900 - Other human health activities 23 5,066 62012 - Business and domestic software development 23 4,356 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 23 4,132 96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment 21 2,798
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07934854 ST PETER HOTEL LIMITED 03 Feb 2012 07936564 RENEW GLASS LIMITED 06 Feb 2012 07937639 MASHIANA LIMITED 06 Feb 2012 07940425 BMM RESOURCES LTD 07 Feb 2012 07940978 AG & CO. LTD 08 Feb 2012 07941293 UK SOUTH ENGINEERS LIMITED 08 Feb 2012 07942051 ALPHA & OMEGA TRADERS LTD 08 Feb 2012 07942846 MYA SKIP HIRE LIMITED 09 Feb 2012 07949405 EURASIA AUTOTRADE LIMITED 14 Feb 2012 07950175 MOBILE CONNECT LTD 15 Feb 2012 07950627 SHIVANJI LIMITED 15 Feb 2012 07950729 BAYSAN BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD 15 Feb 2012 07951096 BURGEON SOFTWARE LIMITED 15 Feb 2012 07952319 NEW BEGINNNINGS IN CHRIST CHURCH UK LTD 16 Feb 2012 07952624 THAMES CORINTHIANS FOOTBALL COACHING ACADEMY LIMITED 16 Feb 2012 07954669 GBR MARKETING LIMITED 17 Feb 2012 07954977 UTTARA LIMITED 20 Feb 2012 07961444 VALLEY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LTD 23 Feb 2012 07966956 SIRIUS MEDIA NETWORK LTD 28 Feb 2012 07970021 GROUND 0ERO LIMITED 29 Feb 2012 07931132 DRB TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 01 Feb 2012 07935275 ARTISELFDRIVE LIMITED 03 Feb 2012 07936536 TRANQUILITY COUNSELLING LTD 06 Feb 2012 07939098 STOKE HEALTH LTD 07 Feb 2012 07961742 MSTRP LTD 23 Feb 2012
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