Latest family and business statistics

This blog post was published on May 03, 2012 at 08:56 am GMT

The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics showed that in 2010:

·         5.5% of heterosexual marriages ended in divorce after four years

·         2.5% of a total of 42,778 civil partnerships in the same period were dissolved

·         44% of civil partnerships are entered into by women, but they file for 62% of dissolutions

The ICAEW reports that :

·         The number of UK businesses fell by nearly 20,000 (0.9 per cent) to 2.08 million in the year to March 2011

·         There was a reduction in both sole proprietors and partnerships, while corporate businesses increased by 0.6 per cent

·         All regions except London and Scotland saw a fall in the number of businesses