Business information on the web

North Lincolnshire Libraries and Information Services have put together a comprehensive list of business information sources which can be found on the web.

General information

• Age Positive - the Government's campaign to tackle age discrimination and promote the business benefits of age diversity in the workplace.
• British Standards Institute - guide to the services offered by the BSI.
• Buy Local - information about companies local to North & North East Lincolnshire.
• CAROL - Top 500 company reports.
• Kellysearch - includes 12,000 business entries.
• Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) -Business and Management Gateway - comprehensive guide to business information on the web.
• ThomWeb - Thomson directories online.
• The Ultimate Directory - national business directory
• Yellow Pages - Electronic Yellow pages, plus an index to UK based websites.

Europe

• European Information on the Web - a North Lincolnshire Libraries and Information Services guide.

Finance

• Bank of England - news, press releases, publications, etc.
• Bank of Ireland - exchange rates, stop press, info on EMU and the Euro.
• Hemscott - includes UK equities direct & company information.
• The Motley Fool - lots of information and advice on personal finance.
• Olsen & Associates (OANDA) - useful site for both tourists and businesses giving details of foreign exchange rates, both current and retrospective.

Funding

• Access Funds - provides information about sources of funding for the British non-profit sector.
• Business Community Connections - helping charities obtain more support from business.
• CAF Online - the Charities Aid Foundation website.
• Funders Online - search Europe's "online philanthropic community".
• Grants On-line - portal to European and UK funding opportunities.
• Profunding - up-to-date source of funding opportunities, information and news for not-for-profit organisations.

Government

• HM Land Registry - including downloadable application forms.
• HM Treasury - press releases, jobs, economic forecasts.
• Office of Public Sector Information
• Learning and Skills Council - responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England.
• 10 Downing Street - the 10 Downing Street site.
• Directgov - the UK government information portal.
• United Kingdom Parliament - includes Hansard.

Jobs

• Jobsite UK - job vacancies.
• JobsGoPublic - jobs in Local and Central Government, Health, Charities and the Voluntary Sector.
• Directgov Jobseekers - the government's national jobs and learning website.

Local information

• Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber.
• Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce.
• Humber Economic Partnership - the public private strategic partnership for economic development and regeneration for the Humber.
• Lincs Web - Lincolnshire business directory.
• Yorkshire Forward - Yorkshire and Humberside Development Agency.

News

• Financial Times - free search and access to the last 30 days of the FT.

Small businesses

• Federation of Small Businesses.