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Library links - Business
Medway Libraries' subject guide to the internet for
business
Medway Libraries also has a business information service and online resources for
businesses.
Please note that clicking on the links below will take you away
from the Medway Libraries' webpages.
Business (general)
Biz/ed (www.bized.co.uk)
A website for students and educators in
business studies, economics, accounting, leisure, sport and
recreation, travel and tourism.
British brands group (www.britishbrandsgroup.org.uk)
Information about business brands. Contains
case studies which may be of use to marketing students - but also
makes entertaining general reading.
Business Innovation Centre
Medway (http://innovationcentremedway.co.uk)
Provides the facilities and expert support
necessary to help your business grow.
Companies House webcheck (www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/chips1.shtml)
Search for basic details on over 2million
registered companies.
Europages: The European Business Directory
(www.europages.com)
Looking for a product in Europe, including
Eastern Europe? Includes 500,000 companies covering all market
sectors with consultation in six languages, and lists company
catalogues available on the web. Includes links to Yellow Pages
across Europe.
FreePint (www.freepint.com)
FreePint is a publisher of sites and resources
for the business information industry.
Hemscott (www.hemscott.com)
Provides up-to-date information on companies
and markets.
Kompass (www.kompass.co.uk/info/hp_about_us.htm)
Kompass is a provider of locally collected
business information that can be used for multiple purposes such as
sales, marketing, procurement and research.
Medway Council - Business pages
Medway Council's webpages for business
information.
Northcote (www.northcote.co.uk)
Northcote Internet Ltd have traced listed
company annual reports on the Internet, which are accessible via
the Northcote search engine.
Scoot (www.scoot.co.uk)
A business service also available via an 0800
number and Vodaphone, this lists around 2million businesses in the
UK and can be searched by type and location.
Survey monkey (www.surveymonkey.com)
Create a professional online survey quickly,
easily, and free of charge.
Thomweb (www.infospace.com/uk.thomw/)
Calls itself "the ultimate search on the Net
for more than 2million UK businesses". Run by Thomson
Directories.
Touch local (www.touchlocal.com)
Local businesses reviewed by public
Trade partners (www.ukti.gov.uk/export.html?guid=none)
This is the Government's website with free
information to help you export successfully.
UPS - Europe Business Monitor (www.ebm.ups.com)
Annual survey of 1,500 directors from Europe's
top 15,000 companies, showing business trends.
Charities
Charities direct (www.charitiesdirect.com)
Listings of charities, also done by income /
funds etc. Compiled by CarisData, a publisher.
Charity choice (www.charitychoice.co.uk)
Lists thousands of UK charities with contact
information.
The Charity Commission
(www.charity-commission.gov.uk/)
Covers England and Wales. Offers a database
where you can search for a charity by name or area and gives you
contact details.
Charity net (www.cafonline.org)
Put together by the Charities Aid Foundation,
this site offers a wide range of information about all charity
issues.
Intelligent giving: guide to charities
(www.intelligentgiving.com)
A free, not-for-profit independent guide to
charities - to guide people when they're deciding how or whether to
give to charity.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (www.jrf.org.uk)
A social policy research and development
charity that carries out research into the causes of social
difficulties and better ways to overcome them.
National Trust (www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main)
Lots of information and offers good links to
other areas of interest, arts, museums, gardening etc.
V-Day - until the violence
stops (www.vday.org/home)
V-Day raises funds and awareness for UK and
international charities preventing violence towards women and
children.
Voluntary Organisations Internet
Server (VOIS) (www.vois.org.uk)
VOIS hosts a number of charity and voluntary
organisations' websites.
Planning
See local
information for local planning information.
Building regulations (www.planningportal.gov.uk/buildingregulations)
View and download for free the 'approved
documents' and other planning related legislation and guidance.
(The library does charge for printing - please enquire at the
desk)
Planning aid (http://www.rtpi.org.uk/planningaid/)
Provides free, independent and professional
town planning advice and support to communities and individuals who
cannot afford to pay planning consultant fees. It complements the
work of local planning authorities, but is wholly independent of
them.
Planning Portal - Planning policy statements and
guidance (PPS & PPG) (www.planningportal.gov.uk/planning/planningpolicyandlegislation/currentenglishpolicy/ppgpps)
Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPGs), and their replacements
Planning Policy Statements (PPSs), are prepared by the government
after public consultation to explain statutory provisions and
provide guidance to local authorities and others on planning policy
and the operation of the planning system.
Postcodes
Postcodes online (www.royalmail.com/postcode-finder)
Royal Mail have created this database. You
need to register, which is free. Enter an address and it will tell
you what the postcode is.
Services
Electrical Contractors' Association (www.eca.co.uk)
Find a local electrician out of its 30000
members.
Federation of Master Builders (www.fmb.org.uk)
Find a local builder by entering your
postcode. Plenty of advice included.
The Glass and Glazing Federation (www.ggf.org.uk)
Trade association representing companies who make, supply or
fit, glass and glazing related products.
Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating
Engineers (www.ciphe.org.uk)
Find a local registered plumber by entering
your postcode.
National Register of Roofing
Engineers (www.nfrc.co.uk)
Click on Roofnet to find a roofing expert.
Telephone directories
British Telecom (BT) residential telephone
directory (www.bt.com/directory-enquiries)
Phone directories covering the United
Kingdom.
Calling codes - international (www.countrycallingcodes.com)
Searchable list of international calling
codes.
Directories search (www.118118.com)
Free directories search for businesses,
individuals, cinemas and trains.
Electronic Yellow Pages (www.eyp.co.uk)
Phone directories covering the country.
Family searches (http://content.ancestry.co.uk/)
British phone books from 1880-1984.
Registration may be necessary.
International white and yellow
pages (www.wayp.com)
Search by country.
Mobile numbers (www.mobilenumbers.org)
An online directory for business and personal
mobile numbers in the UK. Free registration to add and search
entries.
Telephone directories around the world
(www.infobel.be/inter/world.asp)
A slow site, but seems to cover all the
telephone directories on the internet.
Thomson Directory (www.thomweb.co.uk)
Local directory online
UK dialling codes (www.dialme.co.uk)
Dialling and STD codes for the United
Kingdom.
Yellow Pages (www.yell.com/yellow-pages-uk/home.html)
Information about businesses around the UK
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