The Business and Research library holds a wide range of business directories and databases:
- General national UK trade directories, eg: UK Kompass Register, Kelly's Industrial Pages, Key British Enterprises, Experian's Corporate Researcher database.
- Many specific trade directories, eg: Food Trades Directory of the UK and Europe, British Clothing Industry Year Book, Directory to the Furniture and Furnishing Industry etc. Please use our online library catalogue to search for particular titles.
- International directories, eg: many Kompass International Editions, Hoover's handbooks and Yellow Pages.
- WebLinks - the Library Service's virtual reference library of annotated links to useful information on the internet includes a large section of links to Online Business Directories which you can access free on the internet.
We publish a number of directories of local companies and services. You can see these by following the link to 'Leeds Directories':
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Employment agencies in Leeds
Details on over 300 local recruitment agencies, with full contact details, including email and website addresses, whether or not their website carries job adverts, and details about the areas of recruitment the agency deals in, etc. A fully classified index is included.
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Directory of IT Services in Leeds
Details on over 500 local companies and organisations involved in the many aspects of computing and information technology, including: suppliers of hardware, software and consumables, networks, consultancy services, training providers, internet services, e-commerce solutions, website designers. Contains full contact details for each company, a list of the services it provides, and under which it is indexed, together with further description of their services.
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Directory of Call Centres in Leeds and Yorkshire
Contains details on over 70 call centre operations in the region and provides their contact details, information about the nature of their operations and whether or not they provide services on behalf of third parties, etc.