Resources for business

Whether you’re involved in an established business, hoping to start a new venture, or are a student wanting help with coursework, Kirklees Libraries will have something for you. The largest collection is at Huddersfield Reference Library, but the larger branch libraries such as Batley, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury Holmfirth and Mirfield will have some business information too. The collection at Huddersfield includes the following…

• Business directories, including: Kompass, Kelly’s Industrial Directory and Key British Enterprises. Also specialist trade directories, such as the Building Construction Handbook, the Caterer & Hotelkeeper Directory, the Insurance Directory and Yearbook, the Creative Handbook and the White Book. We also have the International Directory of Company Histories.
  
• Access to a suite of specialist information websites.
  
• An extensive collection of reference books on business-related subjects e.g. finance, IT, management skills, business start-up.
  
• A selection of business and professional journals.
  
• Local and national newspapers.
  
• Official publications, including: legislation, statistics, Government reports, Customs & Excise Tariff of the United Kingdom.
  
• Legal information: a collection of books and supporting materials, including a range of Croner’s publications covering such topics as employment law, VAT, buying and selling, import and export.
  
• Market research information.
  
• A collection of European Community information.
  
• Careers and Training information.
  
• Computing facilities: access to the internet and MS Word, Access, Excel and PowerPoint. Printing available.
  
• Telephone directories and Yellow Pages.
  
• Postcode directories.
  
• Maps, street plans and atlases.
  
• Faxing service.
  
• Photocopying facilities.
  

Specialist Services

• We can produce company listings that are tailored to your individual requirements. Searches can be made according to such criteria as: geographical area, line of business, turnover and number of employees. Listed information can include: company name and address and other contact details, size of company by employees/turnover, activity/industry, etc. Please note that we can only produce this information on ‘limited’ companies.