Business Management: 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 - company accounts and share prices for a range of international companies
• 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'