Product category:
Database management, list services
News Release from: Selectabase | Subject: Startupsplus UK Business Start-Ups Index
Edited by the Marketingservicestalk Editorial
Team on 12 November 2007
Selectabase launches UK Business
Start-Ups Index
A UK Business Start-Ups Index from Selectabase shows the number of new businesses launched in the UK has dipped recently, but that Pubs and Hairdressing remain the most popular businesses to start.
The latest figures released for September 2007 show a 15.5 per cent drop in the number of new businesses starting in the UK compared to the previous month Coincidentally, August start-ups were also 15.5 per cent down on the previous month
This article was originally published on Marketingservicestalk on 13 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
London leads the way for high growth business
A survey of companies featured in a new direct marketing list called Prospa, has identified where the UK's fastest growing businesses are located.
TPS signs up 60 per cent of UK phone users
Over 60 per cent of UK households and more than 55 per cent of businesses have registered telephone numbers with the Telephone Preference Service in order to block unwanted sales calls.
The UK Business Start-Ups Index also shows that the most popular type of business started remains constant.
public houses are the most prolific of new business start-ups, followed in order of popularity by hairdressers, builders, plumbers, electricians, beauty salons, driving schools, employment consultants, cleaning services and decorators.
This profile of new business start-ups is typical of the year to date.
Public houses and hairdressers have consistently featured among the top three start-ups for 10 out of the past 12 months.
London remains the most popular area for new business start-ups, followed by Kent, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Essex.
These regions have also been the top start-up locations in the UK for the past 12 months.
Steve Sellwood of Startupsplus believes the decline in overall start-ups is probably down to a seasonal dip: "In previous years we have often seen a fall in start-up businesses around the August holiday period and it is therefore likely that business start-up numbers will pick up again in the back end of this year".
The UK Business Start-Ups Index will release figures on a monthly basis to identify the latest trends amongst new business start-ups in the UK.
The data is compiled by Startupsplus, a small business marketing service that gathers details of new and changing businesses and makes this list available to other businesses.
• Selectabase: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Marketingservicestalk email newsletter
• Marketingservicestalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
