Business Information Services
The Business Library should be your first port of call for up to date business information in Liverpool.
We have extensive resources both online and hard copy.
Our main subject areas are:
- Company Information
The financial details of a company, its location, its directors and its ownership are essential tools in business.
We subscribe to major databases such as Fame and ICC Plum as well as maintaining a hard copy collection of trade and business directories. - Starting a Business
Starting a business is an information minefield. The services below offer an essential navigation guide.
As well as a collection of books dealing with starting a business we also subscribe to COBRA (Complete Business Reference Advisor). This database contains Business Opportunities Profiles and Business Information Files. - Market Research
Market research information is essential to all sizes of business, from the start up to the major international company, giving insight into the industry in which they compete.
We subscribe to Keynote and Mintel market research databases as well as having large holdings of hard copy reports. Cobra also holds a selection of reports on various sectors. - Products and Services
An essential aid to those searching for a product or service to acquire or sell. As well as a collection of general business directories such as Key British Enterprises and a variety of trade directories we also subscribe to the Kompass database. Using Kompass we can search for producers and suppliers throughout the UK and Western Europe. - Standards
The British Standards Institute offers an essential service to business through their publications. The Business Library offers free access to these documents and also allows printing of 10 % of a document. - European Information
We have access to online information about the European Union as well as holding an extensive collection of printed material.