Accounting, Finance & Economics: Finding Company, Industry, & Financial Information

Company Information

• FAME - UK company reports

• Orbis Europe - European company reports

• ORBIS Bank Focus - accounts for major international banks

• Capital IQ PRO (with ESG Scores) - company, financial, and market information for a range of international companies. This includes ESG scores (i.e. environmental, social, and governance ratings) for over 11,500 companies and industry averages.

• FT.com - The Financial Times offers rapidly updated business and stock market information.

• Company Profiles - Datamonitor and Life Science Analytics company profiles available via Business Source Complete. Worldwide coverage.

Marketing / Industry Reports

• Statista - Access to more than 1 million statistics, 60,000 reports and 1000+ market insights with data covering 170 industries and 150 countries. Topics include a wide range of industries, economies, companies, countries, consumers, sports, technology, advertising, health, environment, and tourism.
• Mintel - market research reports - access userguides and tutorials here
• Passport (Euromonitor International) - international company data and industry reports
• MarketLine Industry Profiles (available via Business Source Ultimate) - Up to date industry profiles by industry name and code. Search "industry profile" and your desired industry keywords. 

There are resources available to help you understand financial accounts -

Free resources - 

Reading a Balance Sheet

A basic introduction from the BBC News Channel on how to read financial accounts

Open mySearch and search for 'Company Reports and Accounts'

The ACCA website has a wide range of resources for Accounting & Finance students from study skills support to the latest information on the ACCA Qualifications