Warwickshire
Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 946 companies were registered in Warwickshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is a decrease of 5.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 6.9% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Warwickshire UK 2015 946 161,156 2014 1,005 150,722 % change -5.9% 6.9% Record Year 2007 (1,037) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2015 284 304 358 New companies in 2014 304 321 380 % change -6.6% -5.3% -5.8% Record Year 2013 (336) 2014 (321) 2007 (456)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 547 companies were dissolved in Warwickshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is an increase of 5.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Warwickshire UK 2015 547 89,523 2014 520 82,370 % change 5.2% 8.7% Record Year 2011 (770) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2015 147 198 202 Closed companies in 2014 150 189 181 % change -2.0% 4.8% 12% Record Year 2011 (296) 2011 (218) 2009 (455)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
Net company growth for Warwickshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 399 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Warwickshire UK 2015 399 71,633 2014 485 68,352 Record Year 2007 (654) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2015 137 106 156 Net growth in 2014 154 132 199 Record Year 2003 (173) 2007 (202) 2007 (323)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
In the first quarter of 2015, Warwickshire formed 0.6% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) Warwickshire 2015 0.6% 2014 0.7% 2013 0.7% 2012 0.7% 2011 0.8% Record Year (since 1960) 2008 (0.9%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2015 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% UK formation share in 2014 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% % change -8.4% -12.8% -14.1% Record Year 2009 (0.9%) 1992 (1.0%) 2008 (1.0%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 44.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.4% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The record first quarter for female directors in Warwickshire was in 2008 when 30.9% of all directors were female.
28.8% of all director appointments in Warwickshire in the first quarter of 2015 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage TRANSPORT 1.93% CONSULTING 5.23% MANAGEMENT 1.76% MANAGEMENT 4.56% CONSULTING 1.72% CONSULTANCY 3.62% ENGINEERING 1.68% PROPERTY 2.72% CONSULTANCY 1.45% CONSTRUCTION 2.19% DESIGN 1.34% CARE 2.13% PROPERTY 0.84% ENGINEERING 2.12% J 0.75% LONDON 1.91% TRANS 0.73% TRADING 1.88% CO., 0.73% TRANSPORT 1.82% PROPERTIES 0.71% ELECTRICAL 1.76% ASSOCIATES 0.69% DESIGN 1.65% CONSTRUCTION 0.69% PROPERTIES 1.63% BUSINESS 0.61% CO., 1.58% CONSULTANTS 0.61% J 1.55% INTERNATIONAL 0.57% CONSULTANTS 1.54% LOGISTICS 0.52% BUSINESS 1.49% POWER 0.52% INVESTMENTS 1.49% ELECTRICAL 0.50% GLOBAL 1.46% MEDIA 0.50% ASSOCIATES 1.44% PROJECT 0.46% DEVELOPMENTS 1.36% EVENTS 0.44% BUILDING 1.31% C 0.44% IT 1.30% INVESTMENTS 0.44% MEDIA 1.28% CARE 0.42% M 1.27%
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 1,499 288,953 49410 - Freight transport by road 373 12,485 99999 - Dormant Company 372 49,474 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 364 43,081 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 314 58,522 74990 - Non-trading company 223 13,794 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 166 30,825 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 159 29,218 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 148 19,098 41100 - Development of building projects 102 11,863 62090 - Other information technology service activities 80 12,862 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 74 11,600 71129 - Other engineering activities 68 6,278 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 66 10,200 86900 - Other human health activities 65 13,990 62012 - Business and domestic software development 57 9,651 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 54 7,682 45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles 53 5,392 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate 51 7,450 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 50 7,797
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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