Appendix D. Checklist of published information sources

  • Newspapers

  • Commercial databases

  • News clippings services (McCarthy’s etc)

  • News services (Reuters, Bloomberg etc)

  • General trade directories (Kompass, Kelly's, Key British Enterprises etc)

  • Specialised trade directories

  • Yellow Pages

  • Buyers’ guides

  • Published market reports (Mintel, Keynote, Frost & Sullivan, Euromonitor etc)

  • Brokers’ reports

  • Trade association handbooks/membership listings

  • Trade show catalogues

  • Trade magazines

  • Government reports and statistics

  • Companies House

  • Industry regulators

  • In-house journals and magazines

  • Company brochures and promotional material

  • The Internet

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