Warwickshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Warwickshire when compared to any previous February.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 971 companies were registered in Warwickshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 2.5% 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) Warwickshire UK 2012 971 131,491 2011 947 116,391 % change 2.5% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (1,037) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Warwickshire when compared to any previous February.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 293 315 363 New companies in 2011 307 287 353 % change -4.6% 9.8% 2.8% Record Year 2011 (307) 2012 (315) 2007 (456)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 525 companies were dissolved in Warwickshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 31.8% 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) Warwickshire UK 2012 525 67,576 2011 770 90,986 % change -31.8% -25.7% Record Year 2011 (770) 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 185 181 159 Closed companies in 2011 296 218 256 % change -37.5% -17.0% -38% Record Year 2011 (296) 2011 (218) 2009 (456)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Warwickshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 446 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Warwickshire UK 2012 446 63,915 2011 177 25,405 Record Year 2007 (653) 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 108 134 204 Net growth in 2011 11 69 97 Record Year 2003 (173) 2007 (201) 2007 (323)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Warwickshire formed 0.7% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Warwickshire 2012 0.7% 2011 0.8% 2010 0.8% 2009 0.9% 2008 0.9% Record Year (since 1960) 1969 (1.2%) 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 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% UK formation share in 2011 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% % change -18.2% -6.1% -3.8% Record Year 1969 (2.1%) 1963 (1.5%) 1962 (1.4%)
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 44.4.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.0% 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 Warwickshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
27.9% of all director appointments in Warwickshire 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 1.66% CONSULTING 5.07% MANAGEMENT 1.45% MANAGEMENT 4.74% CONSULTANCY 1.13% CONSULTANCY 3.30% DESIGN 1.02% PROPERTY 2.37% TRANSPORT 0.99% TRADING 2.07% ENGINEERING 0.85% DESIGN 1.93% J 0.76% ENGINEERING 1.86% CONSULTANTS 0.74% ASSOCIATES 1.84% CO., 0.74% CONSULTANTS 1.79% BUSINESS 0.69% BUSINESS 1.73% INTERNATIONAL 0.67% MEDIA 1.72% ASSOCIATES 0.65% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% TRADING 0.65% LONDON 1.66% EUROPE 0.62% J 1.54% PROPERTY 0.60% INVESTMENTS 1.51% MEDIA 0.60% GLOBAL 1.50% LOGISTICS 0.55% IT 1.40% M 0.53% CARE 1.34% D 0.53% PROPERTIES 1.31% ELECTRICAL 0.53% ELECTRICAL 1.27% TRAINING 0.51% M 1.27% ENERGY 0.51% BUILDING 1.24% MARKETING 0.51% ENERGY 1.20% IT 0.48% S 1.20% P 0.46% 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 1,486 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 490 52,735 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 286 35,233 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 222 19,704 99999 - Dormant Company 203 25,084 7414 - Business & management consultancy 156 12,113 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 125 14,303 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 122 9,892 9999 - Dormant Company 122 18,617 7499 - Non-trading company 94 9,102 74990 - Non-trading company 91 9,729 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 90 13,637 62090 - Other information technology service activities 80 8,145 6024 - Freight transport by road 62 2,121 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 62 6,934 49410 - Freight transport by road 61 2,781 7260 - Other computer related activities 56 7,154 86900 - Other human health activities 51 5,066 9305 - Other service activities 50 8,818 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 46 5,169
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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