Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 220 companies were registered in Wakefield during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 1.9% 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) Wakefield UK 2012 220 131,491 2011 216 116,391 % change 1.9% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (514) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 78 69 73 New companies in 2011 68 63 85 % change 14.7% 9.5% -14.1% Record Year 2006 (168) 2007 (167) 2007 (194)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 169 companies were dissolved in Wakefield during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 34.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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) Wakefield UK 2012 169 67,576 2011 257 90,987 % change -34.2% -25.7% Record Year 2009 (415) 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 57 68 44 Closed companies in 2011 94 70 93 % change -39.4% -2.9% -53% Record Year 2011 (94) 2010 (123) 2009 (328)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Wakefield during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 51 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Wakefield UK 2012 51 63,915 2011 -41 25,404 Record Year 2006 (367) 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 21 1 29 Net growth in 2011 -26 -7 -8 Record Year 2006 (138) 2005 (109) 2008 (143)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Wakefield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Wakefield 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 2008 (0.4%) 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 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2011 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change -1.6% -6.3% -19.6% Record Year 2006 (0.5%) 1965 (0.7%) 2008 (0.4%)
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 44.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 10.3% 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 Wakefield was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.7% of all director appointments in Wakefield 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 1.87% CONSULTING 5.07% MANAGEMENT 1.80% MANAGEMENT 4.74% CONSULTANCY 0.87% CONSULTANCY 3.30% WAKEFIELD 0.87% PROPERTY 2.37% DESIGN 0.80% TRADING 2.07% YORKSHIRE 0.80% DESIGN 1.93% ACADEMY 0.67% ENGINEERING 1.86% BUSINESS 0.60% ASSOCIATES 1.84% MEDIA 0.60% CONSULTANTS 1.79% SERVICE 0.60% BUSINESS 1.73% GLOBAL 0.53% MEDIA 1.72% (YORKSHIRE) 0.53% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% CONSULTANTS 0.53% LONDON 1.66% TRAINING 0.53% J 1.54% ASSOCIATES 0.53% INVESTMENTS 1.51% CONSTRUCTION 0.53% GLOBAL 1.50% UND 0.47% IT 1.40% B 0.47% CARE 1.34% (WAKEFIELD) 0.47% PROPERTIES 1.31% LOGISTICS 0.47% ELECTRICAL 1.27% ENGINEERING 0.47% M 1.27% ELECTRICAL 0.47% BUILDING 1.24% INVESTMENTS 0.40% ENERGY 1.20% TRADING 0.40% S 1.20% CENTRE 0.40% 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 630 216,665 7499 - Non-trading company 91 9,102 74990 - Non-trading company 69 9,729 7487 - Other business activities 54 52,735 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 48 35,233 99999 - Dormant Company 36 25,084 7414 - Business & management consultancy 26 12,113 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 26 19,704 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 23 14,303 7260 - Other computer related activities 20 7,154 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 19 13,637 7440 - Advertising 15 1,628 9305 - Other service activities 15 8,818 62090 - Other information technology service activities 14 8,145 9999 - Dormant Company 14 18,617 86900 - Other human health activities 14 5,066 41100 - Development of building projects 13 4,984 6024 - Freight transport by road 12 2,121 73110 - Advertising agencies 11 2,000 33200 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment 10 415
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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