The Business and Research Library has access to a wide range of databases and directories providing company and industry information that can help you:
- source specialist products and services
- research a particular market and competitors
- find new customers
- get ideas to run a business more effectively
- investigate a company’s financial report and credit status
- Keep up to date with the latest company and industry news
- Prepare for an interview
Company details
Detailed financial reports can be found for medium to large sized companies. This can include:
- Company names and contact details
- Trade descriptions
- Directors details
- Profit and loss accounts
- Balance sheets
- Financial and profitability ratios
- Credit scores and county court judgements
- Date of incorporation
- Peer analysis
- Ownership tree
- Branches
Background information and current awareness
Sources of background information and current awareness include market research reports, trade journals and news articles:
- An extensive range of current and back issues of business and trade journals are held, covering business news, management, marketing, investment, statistics, etc.
- Access to online databases allow you to search thousands of authoritative business publications from across the globe.
- The Leeds Business Indexes, which are available on the internet, are the Library Service’s own in-house database of annotated references to resources such as articles in journals and newspapers.
- Market research reports help you to monitor market trends, key companies, and consumer behaviour
- The International Directory of Company Histories gives detailed information on historical development of over 3,200 of the world’s largest and most influential companies.
WebLinks
– our virtual reference library of annotated links to useful information on the internet includes a large section on business and industry information and free online business directories.
Further information regarding services can be found at www.BusinessandPatents.org