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All listed sites have been reviewed and are considered valuable to business users. If you have any comments (good or bad) about listed sites or want to recommend a site, please send an email.
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| www.ukdirectory.co.uk | Find new suppliers |
Clearly laid out site that provides more refined searches than yell.com. Good word search facility with ability to restrict to areas around a centre. Short but useful descriptions given with links to the businesses you chose. Pick list allows you to select the most likely entries into a sub-list for easier surfing of those sites.
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| www.yell.com | Find new suppliers |
Yellow pages on the web. Most extensive listings, but many entries have no web site which limits more detailed information gathering. Description of products / services is by category only. Can build up own address book of companies found in your searches.
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| www.ft.com | Information |
Seminal business site packed with information & links to major businesses world-wide.
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| www.business.com | Information |
Thorough business site that takes you easily by category to the area that you are looking for. Good basic information on numerous business topics on a world wide basis. Not so good for UK searches.
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| www.google.com | Information |
THE search engine of choice. Somehow you always find what you are looking for more quickly than the others. I am sure that there must be technical reasons for this but who cares as long as it works. Most regular web users I know have Google as their home page - it just makes sense. Just for fun, try the "I'm feeling lucky" search button every know and again.
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| www.dti.gov.uk | Information |
A government site that is packed with useful information, focussed mainly on business improvement in its' widest context. Many links to useful sites, such as business links and best practice visits.
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| www.hse.gov.uk | Information |
Useful health & Safety Executive site. Likely to have information specific to your industry. FAQ includes: What is the maximum/minimum temperature in the workplace? What breaks am I entitled to under the working time regulations? How can I keep up to date with health and safety? Am I entitled to an eyesight test if I work on a VDU? Can people smoke in the workplace? How do I carry out a risk assessment?
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| www.hmce.gov.uk | Information |
Plain looking but useful Gov site with useful AT, customs and excise information for businesses and the public, mostly in the form of documents for download.
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| www.companies-house.gov.uk | Information |
Essential site for information about any UK company. You can check out potential suppliers or competitors by searching by Business Name or Registration Number. Downloads of accounts and returns are available for a small fee. Also very useful if you are starting a new business, want to register new business names or want to check out the Disqualified Directors List.
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| www.bellisjoneshill.co.uk | Information |
Performance Management Systems.
For managers who need to understand product, service, customer and channel profitability and unit costs have a clear competitive advantage.
Activity based costing, activity based management, profit analysis, strategic business planning, strategic business planning, balanced scorecard and the Prodacapo Enterprise Performance Management solution. Consultancy, software, training and examples.
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| www.multimap.com | Travel |
Site for finding addresses and directions from just a post code. Maps easily zoom in & out to give as much detail as you need, with the largest scale town maps of A to Z quality. You can also create links into multimap from your site, so providing your customers with more value on your own site. But be warned, a postcode only address may not always be accurate. Check the street name before you depart!
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| www.theaa.com | Travel |
The AA - Great for finding route information, traffic problems and the like. Personally I find directions and place finding better with multimap.
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| www.shellgeostar.com | Travel |
Excellent site for planning European journeys. In addition to detailed trans-continental routes there is also plenty of information on hotels, restaurants and (well it would wouldn't it) Shell garages that are en-route or at the destination. Many other travel features such as weekend breaks, flights etc. Geared to business and pleasure users in equal amounts.
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| Yorkshire hotels | Travel |
Yorkshire hotels, holiday cottages, bed and breakfast, B&B, Caravan Parks, Guest houses, flats and apartments for tourist and business traveller alike. Prices from luxury to cheap and conference and leisure facility selections.
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| Blackpool, Manchester, Liverpool hotels | Travel |
Blackpool, Manchester, Liverpool hotels, holiday cottages, bed and breakfast, B&B, Caravan Parks, Guest houses, flats and apartments for tourist and business traveller alike. Prices from luxury to cheap; Wedding Conference and Leisure venues are clearly distinguished.
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| Lake District Accommodation | Travel |
Lake District Accommodation and Tourist information. Select by Price - Cheap to Luxury; Location - Cumbria and Lakes; Type - Hotels, B&Bs, Holiday Cottages; Speciality - Dog friendly, disabled, entertainment, leisure facilities, wedding and conference venues, and gay friendly.
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| Know-Insurance | Travel |
Travel and holiday insurance information and company/agent reviews. Business, family, group, over 65, sport and ski insurance explained. Single Multi and Annual cover analysed. The EHIC Card/E111 form transition explained. Details on how to obtain cheaper quotes online.
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| Online Marketing | Recommended |
Most websites sit somewhere in hyperspace and fail to generate much interest. High Visibility websites for professional online marketing on the other hand produce truly incredible results. These UK ecommerce business consultants are experts in ecommerce communication, business to business, Internet ecommerce and ecommerce system design. The payback will certainly be the fastest for any marketing investment you have ever made.
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| Computer Network Management | Recommended |
Controlkey provide computer network services and solutions from project design through to network implementation and support. Controlkey are a Microsoft Certified partent, Authorised Cisco Reseller, WatchGuard Expert partner, and Symantec software partner they implement wireless (WLAN), local area (LAN), wide area (WAN), and virtual private networks (VPNs). Network security hardware and software, and mission critical server implemetation are among the range of Controlkey's network products.
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| Cleaning Machines | Recommended |
Chapel Cleaning is an ideal site for managers of factories, warehouses, retail sites, estates and sports facilities. You all know that your place needs cleaning so here is the site that will show you what cleaning machine to use. From simple industrial vacuum cleaners to very big sweepers, scrubbers, steam cleaners and pressure washers they have a machine and advice for all applications.
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| T-Shirt printing | Recommended |
Getting the right corporate garments that are good quality at a reasonable price is a hard job. Screenhaus.co.uk are expert in t-shirt printing and make it simple to cost requirements with this clear website that shows printed and embroidered t-shirts and many other leisurewear garments. They can produce most designs and offer a very friendly, knowledgeable service.
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| Loft Conversions | Recommended |
Loft conversions and dormers, professionally constructed and finished. For Velux windows, loft insulation and installation of electric radiant heating. Manchester, Liverpool, Lancs, Northwest and Yorkshire. UK service for architectural plans, designs, surveys, planning applications and construction.
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| www.t-numbers.co.uk | Reduce Costs |
Free 0870 phone numbers, cheap and low cost selection of 0870, 0854 lo call / local rate numbers, and 0800 freephone numbers. Ideal solution where you select your non-geographic inbound phone number online and recieve a callback within hours to confirm details, take payment or give an administration number to re-point to another landline. Additional services such as flexible routing, itemised billing and multi-site setup are available.
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| www.printing.com | Reduce Costs |
Printing can be a major business cost. These people will almost certainly be able to cut your printing costs significantly. Web site allows limited on-line ordering, so best to use it to find a local store to use as your main point of contact. Once designs have been set up for letterheads and business cards you can re-order and make amendments on line.
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| Liability Insurance | Reduce Costs |
Business insurance from www.liabilityquotes.co.uk is a cost that all businesses endure. Employers liability insurance is a legal requirement as soon as you employ someone and public liability insurance just makes plain sense. You can obtain a quick quote on this site to see if your costs can be lowered.
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| Invoice Discounting and Factoring | Reduce Costs |
Many businesses spend a fortune on finance such as loans, overdrafts, leases, mortgages and so on. Nationwide (www.nationwide-asset-finance.co.uk) specialise in reducing the cost of finance with specialised advice on invoice factoring, invoice discounting and lease breaks, loans, to mention just four.
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| www.expensereductionanalysts.com | Reduce Costs |
Want to reduce your purchasing costs? These are the people who will do it for you and the best thing is that there are no up-front costs as they simply take a percentage of the savings that you agree they have made. They do all the analysis and tendering for you on anything that is a major expense for your business from utilities and telecoms to packaging and transport.
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