Tracking Down U.K. Company Information.

Company information perennially ranks as the most important type of information demanded in business libraries. Headland's Business Information Resources Survey [1], which has been tracking changes in the use of business information for the last ten years in the U.K., reveals that, year after year, the majority of requests for information involve company data of some sort.

Each country's government regulatory requirements and culture dictate the amount, timeliness, and quality of information available on companies. Fortunately, for those researching British companies, t