Companiesandmarkets.com
Gives market research documents covering a wider range of industries. Use the contents pages for finding the top players then try EBSCO, the database attached to the CIPD Library resources page – Online journals and link to the companies section of EBSCO. If you need help call CIPD helplines on 020 612 6210.
Accenture
The consultancy has produced a series of podcasts on high performance business.
Bain and Company
US consultancy website from which you can download articles and briefs about a range of management and other topical issues.
Business Balls
A general HR and business website giving information on suppliers and a wide range of topics.
Business Continuity Institute
Website created to promote the art and science of business continuity management worldwide. Contains good practice guidelines and some online articles from the BCI’s journal
Business Link
This Government website, part of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, has launched two new services to give information and guidance on starting a business. The first site, called 'Start-up Service', includes tutorials and videos of case-studies.
The other is the Growth and Improvement Service which discusses common pitfalls and gives help on planning and growing the business. From this site you can apply for help from national network of more than 10,000 experienced mentors from a wide variety of business backgrounds
Carol
Company Annual Reports online - you need to register for free service.
Companies House
Basic company information free. WebCHeck service allows you to access to the most current information, for no more than £1 per document.
Corporateinformation.com
Has list of the world’s biggest companies by market capitalisation, sales and by three year comparison. Free financial reports on 31,000 companies.
Deloitte
The research area has information on Deloitte’s findings/reports on a range of subjects including the global economic outlook, demographics, leadership. Globalization and other strategic issues. You can sign up for alerts on subjects on interest.
The Economist
Website of The Economist magazine has podcasts on various countries and international issues.
European and Social Research Council
Website of the ESRC research programme – The Future of Work. Provides a number of online articles and research papers.
Eurofound
Website of the Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Has a paper on the initiatives taken by various European companies to address the effects fo the recession.
Ernst & Young
The Ernst & Young Library contains newsletters, reports, white papers and other thought leadership for you to download.
Foresight
A Government site with a strategic future planning tool, developed by Shell. You will need to register use use the planner either individaully or with a group.
FTSE
The website to find the FTSE indices. By altering the date menu you can see the Stock Exchange movements over various peiods.
Financial Times
Free annual reports service.
findarticles.com
Contains articles from the back issues of over 900 magazines, journals, trade publications and newspapers. Free and links to paid for subscriptions.
Google – useful tools
Can't do the maths? Google search bar can be used to solve arithmetical and mathematical problems. Google finance gives financial information about stocks, public and private companies along with charts, news and fundamental financial data.
Hemscott
Hemscott gives access to financial information, tools and free weekly newsletter. Free and paid for. Has financial information, tool and news. Free annual reports
Hoovers
Has an A-Z list of companies. Gives key data, employees and competitors and industry overviews.
Institute of Directors
Has a list of fact sheets covering topics of interest including: Payroll, Budgeting, Managing your sales team, SWOT analysis and Cost control. RSS feed facility.
JB Associates
This consultancy has produced two reports: What will the "workplace of the future" look like? (free to down load) and Smartworking: delivering £M in gains from existing assets (also free to download)
Keep Britain Working
Independent website, endorsed by some MPs, gives suggestions
on how to manage in a recession and how to avoid redundancies. Use the tabs at the top of the home page to see the drop-down menus. Has its own Useful Links page.
manta.com
International company information from Dun & Bradstreet, Datamonitor, Newstex, Icon, Reed etc. Free and paid for.
McKinsey Quarterly
The management magazine has a 13-minute video on risk management by Peter Bernstein.
New Economics Foundation (NEF)
Website of the New Economics Foundation which promotes economic, social and environmental issues through practical pilot projects, tools for change, in-depth research, campaigning, policy discussion, and raising awareness through the media and publications. Contains a section on its work on well-being, including a number of downloadable publications.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
This consultancy has produced its annual global CEO Survey. This time it looks at what adaptations have been made to strategy in view of the the Big Recession. Also looks at attitudes to risk, volaltility and flexibility.
Rialto
This consultancy has produced a report: Managing people costs in a downturn it lays out some alternatives to making people redundant while enabling the business to continue.
Small Business
Has a menu of recent podcasts and free and some subscriber information.
Strategy-Business.com
Has a useful newsletter called the Resilience Report . You need to register before being able to have access to it and its archive.
www.tictocs.ac.uk
Free access to scholarly journal tables of contents (TOCs). See journals listed under Business and Economics- Management and Business and Economics- Personnel Management. Registering allows you to future future TOCs and enables you to export them to feed readers.
TowersWatson
This consultancy has prodoced a paper: Surviving and thriving in economic turmoil: taking a lesson from high performing companies: Perspectives It looks at how high-performing weathered the Great Recession. Another survey of investment managers, taken in late 2009 to January 2010, throws light on future investment expectations 2010 survey of investment and economic expectations: expert views of capital markets, economy,investment and governance
Trade Association Forum
Through the searchable directory the Forum provides comprehensive links to information on UK trade associations and the business sectors they represent.