Business websites

UK GOVERNMENT INFORMATION WEB SITES

GOVT. SEARCH FACILITY www.open.gov.uk/search.htm
10 Downing Street www.number-IO.gov.uk
Cabinet Office Regulatory Unit www.cabinet-office.gov.uk
Companies House On-Line www.companieshouse.gov.uk
Countryside Agency www.countryside.gov.uk
Customs & Excise www.hmce.gov.uk
Dept Education & Employment www.dfee.gov.uk
Dept Environment,Transport, Regions www.detr.gov.uk
Dept of Trade & Industry www.dti.gov.uk
Direct Access Govt (Forms) www.dag-business.gov.uk
Export Market Info Centre www.dti.gov.uk/ots/emic
Foreign & Commonwealth Office www.fco.gov.uk
Foresight Knowledge Pool www.foresight.gov.uk
H.M. Treasury www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Highways Agency www.highways.gov.uk
Inland Revenue www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Innovation Unit www.innovation.gov.uk
New Deal www.newdeal.gov.uk
Office of National Statistics www.ons.gov.uk
Overseas Trade Services www.dti.gov.uk/ots/
Patent Office + Trade Marks www.patent.gov.uk
Small Business Service www.dti.gov.uk/franchise
Valuation Officers Rating Lists www.voa.gov.uk

OTHER USEFUL PUBLIC BODIES

ACAS Advisory Service www.acas.org.uk
ADAS Agric Advisory Service www.adas.co.uk
Better Payment Practice Group www.payontime.co.uk
British Franchise Association www.british-franchise.org.uk
British Tourist Authority www.visitbritain.com
British Chambers of Commerce www.britishchambers.org.uk
British Standards www.bsi.org.uk
British Trade International www.brittrade.com
British Venture Capital Association www.brainstorm.co.uk/BVCA
BT Business Division www.business.bt.com
Building Research Establishment www.bre.co.uk/brecsu
Business Crime Check www.crimecheck.co.uk
Confederation of British Industry www.cbi.org.uk
Connect Best Practice www.connectbestpractice.com
Business-Connect Wales www.bc-wales.org.uk
Business Link www.businesslink.co.uk
Design Council www.design-council.org.uk
Export Trade Directory www.tradeuk.com
Factors & Discounters Association www.factors.org.uk
Federation of Small Businesses www.fsb.co.uk
Forum of Private Business www.fpb.co.uk
Houses of Parliament www.parliament.uk
LEDU NI SME Support www.ednet-ledu.gov.uk
LiveWire www.shell-livewire.org
Nature Conservancy www.tnc.org
Planning Exchange - Regeneration www.regen.net
Princes' Trust www.princes-trust.org.uk
Royal Mail www.royalmail.co.uk
Scottish Enterprise www.technologyventurs.org
SOS Export Enquiry Service www.export.co.uk
Telephone Companies www.numberchange.org


OFFICIAL REGULATORS & OMBUDSMEN

Banking Ombudsman www.obo.ork.uk
Data Protection Registrar www.open.gov.uk/dpr/
Financial Services Authority www.fsa.gov.uk
Insurance Ombudsman Bureau www.theiob.org.uk
Investment Ombudsman www.imro.co.uk
National Health Service Ombudsman www.nhs5O.nhs.uk
Securities & Futures Authority www.sfa.org.uk
Office of Fair Trading www.oft.gov.uk
Office of Telecommunications www.oftel.gov.uk

UK POLITICAL PARTIES

Conservative Party www.conservative-party.org.uk
Labour Party www.labour.org.uk
Liberal Democrats www.libdems.org.uk
Plaid Cymru - Wales www.plaid-cymru.wales.com
Scottish National Party www.snp.org.uk
Alliance Party (NI) www.allianceparty.org.uk
Democratic Unionist Party www.dup.org.uk
SDLP (NI) www.indigo.ie/sdlp
Sinn Fein (NI) www.sinnfein.ie
Ulster Democratic Party (NI) www.udp.org.uk
Ulster Unionist Party www.uup.org.uk

EUROPEAN INFORMATION SOURCES

CORDIS EU R&D Programme www.cordis.lu
EU Information Society Projects www.ukishelp.co.uk
EU Regional Policy www.inforegio.cec.eu.int
EUREKA R&D Collaboration www.eureka.be
Europages Business Directory www.europages.com
European Commission www.europa.eu.int
European Info Centres www.euro-info.org.uk
European Investment Bank www.eib.org
European Parliament www.europarl.eu.int
Tenders Electronic Daily www.ted.eur-op.eu.int
Treasury - Euro Preparations www.euro.gov.uk
World Chambers of Commerce www.worldchambers.com

PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES etc

Assn Chartered Certified Accts. www.acca.org.uk
Assn of Accounting Technicians www.aat.co.uk
Chtd Inst of Mngmnt Accountants www.cima.org.uk
Chartered Institute of Marketing www.cim.co.uk
Chartered Institute of Taxation www.tax.org.uk
Intl Council for Small Business www.icsb.org
Inst of Chtd Accountants E&W www.icaew.co.uk
Inst of Chtd Accountants Scotland www.icas.org.uk
Institute of Directors www.iod.co.uk
Institute of Export www.export.co.uk
Institute of Management www.inst-mgt.org.uk
Inst of Management Consultancy www.imc.co.uk
Institute of Small Business Affairs www.isbauk.org
Law Society of England & Wales www.lawsociety.org.uk

BUSINESS INFORMATION SOURCES

Au*** Bureau of Circulations www.abc.org.uk
BT Directory Enquiries (FREE) www.bt.com/phonenetuk/
BT Number Change (22/04/00) www.numberchange.bt.com
Business Telephone Numbers www.192enquiries.com
Business Bureau for LTK SMEs www.u-net.com/bureau
Business Zone - SME News www.businesszone.co.uk
Entrepreneurial America Inc. www.entainerica.com
Entrepreneurs Guide (USA) www.entrepreneurs.about.com
MINTEL Market Research www.mintel.com
SCORE Association USA www.score.com
Small Business Administn USA www.sba.gov
THOMSON Directories On-line www.thomweb.org.uk
Trade UK Export Database www.tradeuk.com
LJK Trade Fairs & Exhibitions www.exhibitions.co.uk
YELLOW PAGES Directory www.yell.co.uk

NEWS MEDIA WEB SITES

BBC NEWS www.news.bbc.co.uk
CNN WORLD NEWS www.cnn.com
DAILY TELEGRAPH www.telegraph.co.uk
ENCYCL. BRITANNICA www.britannica.com
EVENING STANDARD www.standard.co.uk
FINANCIAL TIMES www.ft.com
GUARDIAN www.guardian.co.uk
NEWS LINK - Online Guide www.newslink.org
NEWS NOW - continuous feed www.newsnow.co.uk
NEWS Unlimited (Archive) www.newsunlimited.co.uk
NEWS WATCH overview www.newswatch.co.uk
NEW YORK TIMES www.nytimes.com
PRESS ASSOCIATION www.pa.press.net
REUTERS www.reuters.com/news
SCOTSMAN www.scotsman.com
SKY NEWS www.sky.co.uk/news
TIMES www.the-times.co.uk
THE WEEK www.theweek.co.uk

COMPANY & INVESTMENT INFORMATION

Annual Reports Service (FT) www.icbinc.com/ft
City Wire - UK Smaller Shares www.citywire.co.uk
Companies House On-Line www.companieshouse.gov.uk
CompuServe Portfolio Tracker www.compuserve.co.uk/p
Digital Look (summary service) www.digital-look.com
Finance Guide www.captum.com
Financial Info Net Directory www.find.co.uk
FreeServe UK Investment Info www.uk-invest.com
Hemmington Scott Ltd www.hemscott.co.uk
Interactive Investor International www.iii.co.uk
Investment Research Network www.multex.com
Invest-O-Rama (USA) www.investroraina.com
Jordans OnLine Reports www.jordans.co.uk
Key Financial Data Service www.sharetracker.co.uk
Market Eye UK www.market-eye.co.uk
MoneyExtra & MoneyWorld www.moneyextra.com
Motley Fool UK - Share Tracker www.fool.co.uk
One Stop Investment www.Istopinvestment.FS.co.uk
Share Pages www.sharepages.com
Sharescope www.sharescope.co.uk
This is Money - Daily Mail etc www.thisismoney.co.uk
Trustnet-Investment & Unit Trusts www.trustnet.co.uk
YAHOO Finance www.finance.yahoo.co.uk

UK CLEARING BANKS & ON-LINE BANKS

Abbey National www.abbeynational.co.uk
Alliance & Leicester www.alliance-leicester.co.uk
Bank of England www.bankofengland.co.uk
Bank of Scotland www.bankofscotland.co.uk
Barclays Bank On-line www.barclays.co.uk/online
Co-operative Bank www.co-operativebank.co.uk
Egg (Prudential Corporation) www.egg.com
First-e - Internet only bank www.first-e.com
Halifax www.halifax.co.uk
Lloyds TSB Bank www.Iloydstsb.co.uk
National Westminster Bank www.natwest.co.uk

ON-LINE STOCKBROKERS (UK)

Barclays Stockbrokers www.barclays-stockbrokers.co.uk
Charles Schwab www.charlesschwab.co.uk
Charles Stanley www.xest.com
DLJ Direct www.dljdirect.co.uk
E*Trade (was ESI) www.etrade.co.uk
Killick & Co www.killik.co.uk
NatWest Stockbrokers www.natweststockbrokers.co.uk
Brewin Dolphin Securities www.stocktrade.co.uk
Yorkshare www.tdwaterhouse.co.uk

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT FOR ADVISERS

BBV Bolton Business Venture www.boltonbusinessventures.co.uk
DFEE Entrepreneurship Training www.business-info.org.uk
Enterprise Support Ass. Doncaster www.esaonline.co.uk
ENTRUST Newcastle upon Tyne www.entrust.co.uk
Durham Foundn for SME Devel. www.biz-kit.org
Business Link Wilts & Swindon www.blwilts&swindon.co.uk
Investors in People UK www.iipuk.co.uk
Learning Direct www.lifelongleaming.co.uk
Small Firms Ent.Devel.Initiative www.sfedi.co.uk
South Lincs Enterprise Agency www.springfieldpark.co.uk
Thames Business Advice Centre www.oxlink.co.uk/business/tbac
The Shelf - repository of T&D info. www.the-shelfcom

UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOLS

BUBL financial links www.bubl.ac.uk/link
Durham - Foundn for SME Devel. www.biz-kit.org
Limelight Publishing (Case studies) www.limelightpub.co.uk
Strathclyde - business information www.dis.strath.ac.ukibus
University for Industry, Leamdirect www.ufiltd.co.uk
Arkansas - Small Bus. Adv. Centre www.sbaer.uca.edu
ecollege Distance Leaming www.ecollege.com
Harvard Business School www.harvard.edu
Virtual University for SMEs www.vuSME.org

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (UK)

AOL America Online www.aol.co.uk
BT Internet www.btclick.com
CompuServe www.compuserve.co.uk
CLARA NET www.clara.net
DEMON www.demon.net
Domain Name Registration www.nic.uk
FREENETNAME ITG www.freenetname.co.uk
FREESERVE www.freeserve.net
SN FreeWeb www.msnfreeweb.co.uk
MISTRAL www.mistral.co.uk
PLANET www.theplanet.net
WHICH? ONLINE www.which.net

E-COMMERCE INFORMATION SOURCES

Action 2000 www.bug2OOO.co.uk
CommerceNet Membership www.commerce.net
E-commerce Awards Scheme www.isi-interfonnn-awards.com
E-commerce Information www.ecommerce.intemet.com
E-commerce solutions -LJK www.webfusion.co.uk
E-commerce solutions - USA www.icat.com
Ecash Internet payment system www.ecashtechnologies.com
Electronic Commerce Assocn www.eca.org.uk
Enterprise Zone www.enterprisezone.org.uk
Information Society Initiative www.isi.gov.uk
InterForum UK Advisory Orgn www.interforum.org
Internet Marketing www.interbiznet.com/nomad
Internet Marktg & Advtg Assocn www.imaa.org
Internet User Statistics www.net-profit.co.uk
IT for all www.itforall.org.uk
Listing of UK Sites www.globalcommerce.co.uk
MasterCard payment guidelines www.mastercard.com
Simpler Trade Procedure Board www.sitpro.org.uk
VISA payment guidelines www.visa.com

UK ON-LINE SHOPPING SITES

AMAZON Books, music www.amazon.co.uk
RGOS Catalogue Store www.argos.co.uk
BARCLAY SQUARE Mall www.barclaysquare.co.uk
W H SMITH Online www.bookshop.co.uk
Cost Reduction Partnership www.buy.co.uk
CLASSIC ENGLAND Mall www.classicengland.co.uk
DIXONS www.dixons.co.uk
FORTNUM & MASON www.fortnumandmason.com
HOMETOWN - UK www.hometown.co.uk
PCWORLD QXL Online auction site www.qxl.com
SAINSBURY Supermarkets www.sainsburys.co.uk
SHOPPERS UNIVERSE www.shoppersuniverse.co.uk
TESCO Supermarkets www.tesco.co.uk
VALUE DIRECT www.value-direct.co.uk
VIKING - Office supplies www.viking.co.uk
WATERSTONES - Books www.waterstones.co.uk

INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES

ALTAVISTA www.altavista.digital.com
ASK JEEVES www.ask.com
BACKFLIP (articles) www.backflip.com
EXCITE UK e***ion www.excite.co.uk
GO TO (Portal) www.goto.com
HOTBOT www.hotbot.com
INFIND cross-engine www.infind.com
INFOSEEK www.infoseek.com
LYCOS www.lycos.com
METACRAWLER - multi www.metacrawler.com
METADOG (web names) www.metadog.com
NORTHERN LIGHT - multi www.northemlight.com
ONE SEEK www.oneseek.com
SCOOT www.scoot.co.uk
UK PLUS - UK general www.ukplus.co.uk
WEB CRAWLER www.webcrawler.com
WHO IS? (web names) www.whois.net
YAHOO - UK e***ion www.yahoo.co.uk
YELL www.yell.co.uk

AIRLINES & AGENCIES

Aer Lingus www.aerlingus.ie
American Airlines www.aa.com
British Airways www.britishairways.com
British Midland www.britishmidland.com
BUZZ (KLM) www.buzzaway.com
EASYJET www.easyjet.com
GO (BA) www.go-fly.com
Jersey European www.jersey-european.co.uk
KLM UK www.klmuk.com
Lufthansa www.lufthansa.co.uk
Quantas www.quantas.com.au
Ryan Air www.ryanair.ie
Sabena www.sabena.com
SAS Scandinavian www.scandinavian.net
Virgin Atlantic www.virgin-atlantic.com

FLIGHT BOOKING AGENCIES etc

www.bargainholidays.com
www.cheapflights.co.uk
www.dialaflight.co.uk
www.ebookers.com
www.expedia.co.uk
www.farebase.net
www.flightbookers.co.uk
www.lastminute.com
www.telme.com
www.trailfinder.com
www.travelcity.co.uk
www.travelselect.co.uk


UK RAIL TRAVEL

The Trainline (all UK) www.thetrainline.com
Great North Eastern www.gner.co.uk
Midland Mainline www.mml.rail.co.uk
North Western www.nwt.rail.co.uk
Northern Ireland www.nirailways.co.uk
Northern Spirit www.northem-spirit.co.uk
Railtrack (Timetables) www.railtrack.co.uk
Railways on the Net www.rail.uk
South West Train www.swtrains.co.uk
Virgin Trains www.virgintrains.co.uk

CAR RENTAL

AVIS www.avis.com
BUDGET www.budgetrentacar.com
EUROPCAR www.europcar.com
HERTZ www.hertz.com

GENERAL TRAVEL INFORMATION

Bradmans Business Guides www.bradmans.com
Automobile Association www.theaa.co.uk
Digital Passport Info www.rubicon.com/passport
FODORS Travel Guides www.fodors.com
Mediamap - city & world www.multimap.com
Time Zones World-wide www.webshaman.com/zone
Tourist Offices Worldwide www.mbnet.ca/lucas/travel
Travel-o-City Town Info www.travelocity.com
Travel World www.travel.world.co.uk
Where to go www.leisurelocator.co.uk
What's on? www.event-locator.co.uk
Worldwide Travel Info www.city.net
World Weather Forecasts www.intellicast.com/weather/intl

BEST SMALL BUSINESS WEB SITES

FT Business Web Sites Awards for SMES.
Winner - Photodisc Europe www.photodisc.com
Commended - Ministry of Sound www.ministryofsound.co.uk
Commended- Seanet www.seanet.co.uk

BEST BIG COMPANY WEBSITES (FT recomm)

DELL, Europe www.dell.co.uk
GEC www.gec.com
Cellnet www.genie.co.uk
Eastman Kodak www.kodak.com
Kingfisher www.kingfisher.co.uk
Lucozade www.lucozade.com
National Grid www.ngc.co.uk
Road Tech Computer Systems www.roadrunner.uk.com
RS Components www.rswww.com
Severn Trent www.severn-trent.com
TIMBERWeb www.timberweb.co.uk
WPP www.wpp.com