Swindon, Wiltshire
Q3 2010 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
A total of 305 companies were registered in Swindon during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).
This figure is an increase of 8.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 7.2% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Swindon UK 2010 305 101,492 2009 282 94,671 % change 8.2% 7.2% Record Year 2006 (377) 2003 (107,203) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2010 106 89 110 New companies in 2009 93 83 106 % change 14.0% 7.2% 3.8% Record Year 2005 (136) 2005 (122) 2006 (185)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
A total of 278 companies were dissolved in Swindon during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 44.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 45.0% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Swindon UK 2010 278 87,705 2009 504 159,401 % change -44.8% -45.0% Record Year 2009 (504) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2010 78 114 86 Closed companies in 2009 104 177 223 % change -25.0% -35.6% -61% Record Year 2009 (104) 2008 (241) 2009 (223)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
Net company growth for Swindon during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) was 27 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Swindon UK 2010 27 13,787 2009 -222 -64,730 Record Year 2004 (246) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2010 28 -25 24 Net growth in 2009 -11 -94 -117 Record Year 2005 (107) 2003 (68) 2006 (152)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
In the third quarter of 2010, Swindon formed 0.3% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) Swindon 2010 0.3% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.3% 2007 0.3% 2006 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 1962 (0.6%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2010 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% UK formation share in 2009 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% % change 6.0% -2.7% -0.5% Record Year 1986 (0.5%) 1962 (0.7%) 1962 (0.6%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2010 was 44.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.7% compared to the UK figure of 2.7%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)
The record third quarter for female directors in Swindon was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
25.8% of all director appointments in Swindon in the third quarter of 2010 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 (Sep 2009-Sep 2010)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.55% MANAGEMENT 5.06% CONSULTANCY 1.72% CONSULTING 4.99% SWINDON 1.48% CONSULTANCY 3.12% MANAGEMENT 1.42% PROPERTY 2.38% (SWINDON) 0.83% TRADING 2.04% ENGINEERING 0.77% ASSOCIATES 2.01% CONSTRUCTION 0.65% DESIGN 1.93% ELECTRICAL 0.65% CONSTRUCTION 1.86% BUSINESS 0.65% BUSINESS 1.80% DESIGN 0.65% MEDIA 1.75% IT 0.65% CONSULTANTS 1.73% CONSULTANTS 0.65% LONDON 1.59% TRAINING 0.59% ENGINEERING 1.59% H 0.59% INVESTMENTS 1.49% PROPERTY 0.59% CARE 1.44% ASSOCIATES 0.53% J 1.44% R 0.53% INTERNATIONAL 1.43% CONTRACTORS 0.53% GLOBAL 1.42% S 0.47% IT 1.35% FINANCIAL 0.47% PROPERTIES 1.35% J 0.47% BUILDING 1.32% M 0.47% ELECTRICAL 1.30% CARE 0.41% M 1.28% MEDIA 0.41% SYSTEMS 1.26% SYSTEMS 0.41% S 1.24%
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 493 202,902 7487 - Other business activities 201 69,802 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 85 13,161 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 61 25,053 7414 - Business & management consultancy 58 14,940 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 55 8,292 9999 - Dormant Company 53 21,484 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 43 8,183 7499 - Non-trading company 37 13,408 7260 - Other computer related activities 31 8,967 62090 - Other information technology service activities 31 5,716 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 25 7,634 99999 - Dormant Company 25 14,072 71129 - Other engineering activities 20 1,418 9305 - Other service activities 20 9,454 74990 - Non-trading company 17 7,649 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 17 7,767 62012 - Business and domestic software development 16 2,548 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 14 6,460 41100 - Development of building projects 13 3,688
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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