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Entrance to City Business Library1 Brewers' Hall Garden (off Aldermanbury Square), London EC2V 5BX

Enquiries & opening times
City Business Library guides
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May 2008 newsletter(156kb)
Business Information Focus
FREE evening workshop for entrepreneurs (32kb)
- No time?  We can do your research for you.

Please note that any copying, whether downloading / printing from the databases or photocopying from printed material must be within the Copyright law.

Collections

The City Business Library is a public reference library specialising in current business information which is intended to be of practical use. If you need information more than five years old, or your are interested in business history, we advise you to contact Guildhall Library.

If you wish to consult student textbooks, theses and dissertations or academic journals we advise you to contact an academic library.

Company information

We have electronic and printed information on British and foreign companies. We have subscriptions to a number of company information databases. You can use them free of charge in the library. You can also use our extensive collection of printed annual reports and accounts of stock-exchange listed companies. If you want to check our holdings, and those of several other libraries, please visit SCoRe: the national UK catalogue of printed company reports.

If you would like more detailed information please download this guide:

I need some information on a company (135kb)

Country information

Our collections include business directories, economic background reports, business periodicals, financial and trade statistics and guides to doing business in other countries.  If you would like more information please download the following guides:

I need information on a country (77kb)
I need information on China (191 kb)
I need information on India (77 kb)

Market research

We have market research reports for both the UK and foreign markets, with an emphasis on consumer goods and services. Many reports are now published only in electronic format and are only available via online subscriptions. However, you can view them free of charge in the Library.
 
If you would like more detailed information please download this guide:

I need some market research (77 kb)

Other collections

We have smaller collections on the following subjects:  

Tours and training

We offer introductory tours of the library lasting about 40 minutes. We also offer workshops, providing an introduction to using some of our company information and market research databases, lasting two hours. They are all free but spaces are limited so please contact us if you would like to book a place.
Click here for the next available dates.


Last modified: 12 May 2008 | Author: Rosalina Del Campo | Contact author
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