South Yorkshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in South Yorkshire when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 1,751 companies were registered in South Yorkshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 1.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares badly 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) South Yorkshire UK 2012 1,751 131,491 2011 1,773 116,391 % change -1.2% 13.0% Record Year 2011 (1,773) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in South Yorkshire when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 540 551 660 New companies in 2011 509 556 708 % change 6.1% -0.9% -6.8% Record Year 2012 (540) 2011 (556) 2007 (754)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 1,059 companies were dissolved in South Yorkshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 23.9% 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) South Yorkshire UK 2012 1,059 67,576 2011 1,391 90,986 % change -23.9% -25.7% Record Year 2011 (1,391) 2009 (108,060) 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 356 334 369 Closed companies in 2011 530 418 443 % change -32.8% -20.1% -17% Record Year 2011 (530) 2011 (418) 2009 (751)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for South Yorkshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 692 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) South Yorkshire UK 2012 692 63,915 2011 382 25,405 Record Year 2007 (1,107) 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 184 217 291 Net growth in 2011 -21 138 265 Record Year 2003 (251) 2007 (342) 2007 (533)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, South Yorkshire formed 1.3% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) South Yorkshire 2012 1.3% 2011 1.5% 2010 1.4% 2009 1.7% 2008 1.4% Record Year (since 1960) 1969 (2.1%) 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 1.4% 1.2% 1.4% UK formation share in 2011 1.5% 1.5% 1.6% % change -9.0% -15.2% -12.8% Record Year 1969 (2.7%) 1974 (2.4%) 2000 (2.1%)
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 42.7.
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 4.2% 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 South Yorkshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
26.1% of all director appointments in South Yorkshire 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 MANAGEMENT 1.74% CONSULTING 5.07% CONSULTANCY 1.24% MANAGEMENT 4.74% PROPERTY 1.13% CONSULTANCY 3.30% YORKSHIRE 1.08% PROPERTY 2.37% ENERGY 1.07% TRADING 2.07% SOLAR 1.04% DESIGN 1.93% CONSULTING 0.99% ENGINEERING 1.86% MY 0.92% ASSOCIATES 1.84% ELECTRICAL 0.83% CONSULTANTS 1.79% CONSTRUCTION 0.81% BUSINESS 1.73% J 0.74% MEDIA 1.72% CONSULTANTS 0.74% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% M 0.72% LONDON 1.66% CARE 0.65% J 1.54% S 0.65% INVESTMENTS 1.51% FREE 0.65% GLOBAL 1.50% TRADING 0.64% IT 1.40% ENGINEERING 0.64% CARE 1.34% RENEWABLE 0.63% PROPERTIES 1.31% (YORKSHIRE) 0.63% ELECTRICAL 1.27% PROPERTIES 0.63% M 1.27% BUSINESS 0.61% BUILDING 1.24% ASSOCIATES 0.61% ENERGY 1.20% DESIGN 0.61% S 1.20% TRAINING 0.58% 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 3,512 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 784 52,735 99999 - Dormant Company 361 25,084 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 351 35,233 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 268 13,637 9999 - Dormant Company 232 18,617 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 210 19,704 74990 - Non-trading company 158 9,729 7414 - Business & management consultancy 147 12,113 9305 - Other service activities 112 8,818 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 106 14,303 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 102 9,892 62090 - Other information technology service activities 101 8,145 7499 - Non-trading company 98 9,102 43210 - Electrical installation 85 3,573 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 83 3,931 5530 - Restaurants 82 4,633 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 80 5,169 7260 - Other computer related activities 77 7,154 41100 - Development of building projects 74 4,984
Recent Companies
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