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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.
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.
NPC (http://www.thinknpc.org/)
NPC occupies a unique position at the nexus between charities
and funders, helping them achieve the greatest impact..
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 telephone code locator (www.ukphoneinfo.com/locator.php()
Takes telephone numbers, std codes, access/short codes, exchange
names or the name of a location.
Yellow Pages (www.yell.com/yellow-pages-uk/home.html)
Information about businesses around the UK
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