Key Account Management

• Quick Start
• Need a detailed profile of key company, current or prospective clients or competitors in a geographic region or business sector.
• Need to undertake a search for target companies according to particular selections from a full range of business criteria.
• Need a daily / weekly / monthly feed of relevant news stories about business topics, competitors, customers, other companies, whole sectors or regions.
• Want to allocate a particular company to one of the following categories: Customers, Prospects, Competitors, Suppliers and Other.
• Edit your Favourite Searches.
• Edit your Favourite Companies.

Business Analysis and Planning

• Quick Start
• Searching for companies whose business performance over the last five years is positive, negative or neutral.
• Need to identify which business sectors are growing and profitable and to avoid those that are not.
• Need to identify which business regions are growing and profitable and to avoid those that are not.
• Looking for companies that are related or competitors or suppliers to a target company or mention it in their news or business descriptions.
• Need to view a general market overview, SWOT analysis, key companies, news and key recruiters for a particular sector.
• Want a paragraph on sector summary statistics.

Business Lead Generation

• Quick Start
• Planning a targeted mailing or phone campaign - need a business list of companies in a specific sector along with addresses, contact details, names and business summaries.
• Searching for companies in the news that are going places or making changes and want to use this information to open a dialogue.
• Want to target only high growth companies in a specific region.
• Need to identify companies at a postcode level and produce a list of region-specific companies.
• Want to view up to the minute news alerts on companies undergoing dynamic change.
• Need a concise weekly news report sent to your email about companies undergoing change.

General Use

• Quick Start
• Need a list of companies with head offices located in a specific region or postcode.
• Spotted an item in the business News and need a full company profile, fast.
• Want to search news by Topic, Sector or Region.
• Need a Market Focus Report for the private or public sector in the UK.

Key Account Management

• Quick Start

On Homepage the Search box is multifunctional. Use it to search for anything of interest, e.g. SIC code, sector description, location names, company names, people names, etc. Drill down to view results, refine search by using 'Filter Results by Region/District'.

• Need a detailed profile of key company, current or prospective clients or competitors in a geographic region or business sector.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page. Click ‘Search by UK region’ or ‘Search by Sector’, choose from options and select company of interest, click View Report, View Pdf or ‘Download to Excel’.

• Need to undertake a search for target companies according to particular selections from a full range of business criteria.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page, choose ‘General Search’, select from size, company type, sector and location and business topic criteria. Click Perform Search. Select all. Choose ‘Quick Report’ or ‘Download to Excel’.

• Need a daily / weekly / monthly feed of relevant news stories about business topics, competitors, customers, other companies, whole sectors or regions.

Find the company, region or sector in the database via the Search Companies option on homepage, choose click on ‘Make Favourite’. Click to ‘create a new favourite’ and ‘Edit Report Settings’ to give it a title and set frequency of reports.

• Want to allocate a particular company to one of the following categories: Customers, Prospects, Competitors, Suppliers and Other.

Find the company using the Search Companies option. Click on company name to view full profile. Under ‘Track This Company as a Favourite’ select the relation type from the drop down menu. Click ‘Add’.

• Edit your Favourite Searches.

Click ‘Favourite Searches’ on left side of home page. Select the search to edit and click ‘More Options’. Edit Criteria and Save. To change frequency or format click ‘Edit Report Settings’.

• Edit your Favourite Companies.

Click ‘Favourite Companies’ on left side of home page. On right hand side of Favourites page under ‘Topics and Companies’ click to edit/remove companies. Uncheck company to delete and Save. To change frequency or format click ‘Edit Report Settings’.

Business Analysis and Planning

• Quick Start

On Homepage the Search box is multifunctional. Use it to search for anything of interest, e.g. SIC code, sector description, location names, company names, people names, etc. Drill down to view results, refine search by using ‘Filter Results by Region/District’.

• Searching for companies whose business performance over the last five years is positive, negative or neutral.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page, choose from the six search options. Select target group, click ‘Growth Analysis’, choose parameters, click ‘Compare Data’, view results, deselect as required click ‘back to search results’, Select ‘Download to Excel’ or ‘Quick report’.

• Need to identify which business sectors are growing and profitable and to avoid those that are not.

Click ‘UK Growth by Sector’ on home page, select data, topics and time periods, view results, download tables and/or click through to specific sectors.

• Need to identify which business regions are growing and profitable and to avoid those that are not.

Click ‘UK Growth by Region’ on home page, select data, topics and time periods, view results, download tables and/or click through to specific regions.

• Looking for companies that are related or competitors or suppliers to a target company or mention it in their news or business descriptions.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page. Type company name into Company name search box, click ‘Include Associated Companies’ click ‘Go’, select companies from list, view full record, click Get Printable Report or Download.

• Need to view a general market overview, SWOT analysis, key companies, news and key recruiters for a particular sector.

Click ‘Market Focus Reports’ on home page. Select a Private Sector or Public Sector report from the drop down menus. View report or download as a Quick Report.

• Want a paragraph on sector summary statistics.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page. Under ‘Search by Sector’ select your sector of interest. Intro paragraph at top of page.

Business Lead Generation

• Quick Start

On Homepage the Search box is multifunctional. Use it to search for anything of interest, e.g. SIC code, sector description, location names, company names, people names, etc. Drill down to view results, refine search by using ‘Filter Results by Region/District’.

• Planning a targeted mailing or phone campaign - need a business list of companies in a specific sector along with addresses, contact details, names and business summaries.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page, choose from 6 search options covering, company names, indices, regions, sectors, general search or news. Select target group, click Quick Report’ or ‘Download to Excel’ button, choose content, click Get Report.

• Searching for companies in the news that are going places or making changes and want to use this information to open a dialogue.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page. Choose ‘Search for companies in the News’, make selections, click ‘Filter’, view results. Click company name or news headline for fuller company information.

• Want to target only high growth companies in a specific region.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page. Choose ‘General Search’ and select sector, region and other parameters. In ‘Sort Results’ drop down box select Turnover Growth (Highest First). Click ‘Perform Search’. Check Select Everything and view as Pdf or download to Excel. Check Growth Analysis and select parameters to produce list.

• Need to identify companies at a postcode level and produce a list of region-specific companies.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page, choose ‘General Search’, select Region. Tick ‘Match Primary Addresses Only’, select/ deselect postcodes, click 'Perform Search’. Can filter results further by selecting specific postcode under ‘Filter Results by District’ on the right hand side.

• Want to view up to the minute news alerts on companies undergoing dynamic change.

Click ‘Search News’. Select Topic, Region or Sector of interest. Filter results further using Filter drop down menu. Select date range. Click ‘Filter’. View results. Click through on company name to view full company profile.

• Need a concise weekly news report sent to your email about companies undergoing change.

Get in touch. Tell us your key parameters and we will subscribe you to a specialist weekly business intelligence report.

General Use

• Quick Start

On Homepage the Search box is multifunctional. Use it to search for anything of interest, e.g. SIC code, sector description, location names, company names, people names, etc. Drill down to view results, refine search by using ‘Filter Results by Region/District’.

• Need a list of companies with head offices located in a specific region or postcode.

Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page, choose ‘General Search’, select Region(s). Tick ‘Match Primary Addresses Only’, select/ deselect postcodes, click 'Perform Search’. Select everything. Choose ‘Quick Report’ or ‘Download to Excel’.

• Spotted an item in the business News and need a full company profile, fast.

In Search News the companies are listed under ‘Organisation’ heading. Click on company name to bring up profile, view Report, view Pdf or Download to Excel.

• Want to search news by Topic, Sector or Region.

In Search News select the Topic, Sector or Region tabs at the top of the page. Use the Filter drop down box to select your topic of interest. Set date parameters and click ‘Filter’. Can further sort results by double clicking on column headings e.g. Turnover.

• Need a Market Focus Report for the private or public sector in the UK.

Click ‘Market Focus Reports’ and select a Private or Public Sector Report from the drop down menus. Click ‘Quick Report’ to view as a report.