Business Information Services - Libraries
Walsall Libraries offer a wide range of information and services to our customers in the business community.
Business and Finance Recommended Websites
Starter Business Information
- Start-up business information - COBRA database
- Books on starting and running a business
- Grantnet - help with starting a business
- Help with selecting a business name - access to a database of names already in existence
- Free access to computers, including internet access and use of various software packages and business databases
Company and Financial Information
- Business Products and Services - Kompass database - company details
- Company Information - FAME database - addresses, directors’ details and financial details of UK companies
- Complete set of British Telephone Books and Yellow Pages
- Postcodes online
- Retail Directory Online
- Share information
- Thomson Business Search PRO
- Wide range of business directories and year books giving product and business information
Market Research
- Keynote - summaries of market research reports
- Trade magazines and daily newspapers (including the Financial Times)
- Newspapers, Magazines and the Times Digital Archive online - search media reports for news of your industry or specific companies
Law
- Current Acts of Parliament and Statutory Regulations
- Full range of legal textbooks and dictionaries
- Guides to company and business law
- Health and safety regulations
Local Information
- Data on the local economy and employment
- Searchable database of local organisations and groups
- Council information including minutes and reports
- Details of hotel/guest house accommodation and local attractions
For further information and help, please contact:
Information Services
Central Reference Library
Lichfield Street
Walsall WS1 1TR
Tel: (01922) 653110
Fax: (01922) 654013
Email: reference@walsall.gov.uk