Wiltshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Wiltshire when compared to any previous February.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 1,044 companies were registered in Wiltshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 14.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares equally 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) Wiltshire UK 2012 1,044 131,491 2011 916 116,391 % change 14.0% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (1,159) 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 Wiltshire when compared to any previous February.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 288 370 386 New companies in 2011 258 289 369 % change 11.6% 28.0% 4.6% Record Year 2003 (328) 2012 (370) 2007 (561)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 468 companies were dissolved in Wiltshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 28.8% 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) Wiltshire UK 2012 468 67,576 2011 657 90,986 % change -28.8% -25.7% Record Year 2009 (846) 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 169 149 150 Closed companies in 2011 251 198 208 % change -32.7% -24.7% -28% Record Year 2011 (251) 2008 (227) 2009 (467)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Wiltshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 576 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Wiltshire UK 2012 576 63,915 2011 259 25,405 Record Year 2007 (772) 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 119 221 236 Net growth in 2011 7 91 161 Record Year 2003 (226) 2007 (227) 2007 (444)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Wiltshire formed 0.8% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Wiltshire 2012 0.8% 2011 0.8% 2010 0.8% 2009 0.8% 2008 0.8% Record Year (since 1960) 1996 (1.1%) 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 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% UK formation share in 2011 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% % change -4.3% 9.5% -2.1% Record Year 1967 (1.5%) 1970 (1.7%) 1966 (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 44.9.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.6% 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 Wiltshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
30.3% of all director appointments in Wiltshire 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 3.37% CONSULTING 5.07% CONSULTANCY 1.85% MANAGEMENT 4.74% MANAGEMENT 1.57% CONSULTANCY 3.30% ASSOCIATES 1.20% PROPERTY 2.37% BUSINESS 0.88% TRADING 2.07% PROPERTY 0.86% DESIGN 1.93% IT 0.80% ENGINEERING 1.86% MEDICAL 0.75% ASSOCIATES 1.84% J 0.67% CONSULTANTS 1.79% DESIGN 0.67% BUSINESS 1.73% SYSTEMS 0.58% MEDIA 1.72% CONSTRUCTION 0.54% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% SWINDON 0.54% LONDON 1.66% R 0.54% J 1.54% TRAINING 0.52% INVESTMENTS 1.51% CARE 0.52% GLOBAL 1.50% SCHOOL 0.52% IT 1.40% S 0.49% CARE 1.34% M 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.31% CONSULTANTS 0.49% ELECTRICAL 1.27% ENTERPRISES 0.47% M 1.27% C 0.47% BUILDING 1.24% PROJECT 0.47% ENERGY 1.20% (SWINDON) 0.47% S 1.20% ELECTRICAL 0.45% 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 1,220 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 396 52,735 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 293 19,704 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 230 35,233 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 197 14,303 99999 - Dormant Company 149 25,084 7414 - Business & management consultancy 143 12,113 9999 - Dormant Company 125 18,617 62090 - Other information technology service activities 105 8,145 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 83 13,637 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 79 6,934 7260 - Other computer related activities 78 7,154 9305 - Other service activities 76 8,818 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 73 9,892 74990 - Non-trading company 66 9,729 7499 - Non-trading company 56 9,102 41100 - Development of building projects 51 4,984 62012 - Business and domestic software development 48 4,356 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 43 5,169 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 43 4,132
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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