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| SEARCH FOR COMPANY
INFORMATION |
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| 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 GO. |
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5 seconds to
produce the list, 60 seconds to complete the Excel download. |
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| 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 ‘Compare 5 years’, choose parameters, click ‘Compare’, view results, deselect as required click ‘back to search results’, Select ‘Download to Excel’ or ‘Quick report’. |
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30 seconds to
see 5 year trend picture. |
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| Need detailed profiles of key companies, 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, click View Full Company record, select Get Print Report or ‘Download to Excel’ for required companies. |
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10 seconds to find the company, plus 10 seconds to get the print report or to download to Excel. |
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| 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 other companies mentioning target, click ‘Go’, select companies from list, view full record, click Get Printable Report or Download. |
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10 seconds to
find the company, plus 10 seconds to get the print report or
to download to Excel. |
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| 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 GO. Select all. Choose ‘Quick Report’ or ‘Download to Excel’. |
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45 seconds to produce the list, 20 seconds to produce the Quick Report or complete the Excel download. |
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| 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’. |
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60 seconds. |
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| SEARCH FOR BUSINESS INFORMATION |
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| Spotted an item in the business News and need a full company profile, fast. |
Click ‘Search Companies’ on home page. Type company name into Search box, click ‘Go’, select company from list, view full company record, click ‘Get Printable Report’ or ‘Download to Excel’. |
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10 seconds to
find the company, plus 10 seconds to get the print report or
to download to Excel. |
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| 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 ‘Go’, view results. Click company name or news headline for fuller company information. |
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20 seconds |
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| ALERT SERVICES |
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| 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 home page, choose click on ‘Make Favourite’. Click to ‘create a new favourite’ and ‘edit this favourite’. |
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60 seconds |
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| BUSINESS TREND REPORTS |
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| Need to identify which business sectors are growing and profitable and to avoid those that are not. |
Click ‘View Business Trends’ on home page, select data, topics and time periods, view results, download tables and / or click through to specific companies. |
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20 seconds |
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