Information on Companies
& the Australian Business Environment
Background
information on the Australian Market
Reports on all Industry Sectors and Profiles of Largest 1000 Organisations
in Australia
www.ibisworld.com.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics
www.abs.gov.au
Australian Industry Group (peak employers' association)
www.aigroup.asn.au
Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
Business association "bringing professionalism to
company directorship". Main body in offering professional
training and qualifications on corporate governance and
other specifics of being on the board. Also hold many
events in each State, both educational and for networking.
www.companydirectors.com.au
Family Business Australia (FBA)
FBA offers family business improvement opportunities to
family businesses, to help them achieve their family,
business and personal goals. FBA is the premier family
business support organisation in Australia. Members are
businesses of all sizes, from all industry sectors, ranging
from first generation start-ups to sixth generation businesses.
Annual turnovers range from $100,000 to in excess of $500
million.
www.fambiz.com.au
Sydney Hills Business Chamber
Chamber of commerce for Sydney's Hills District, currently Sydney's most vigorous area of economic growth.
www.hillschamber.com.au
InvestAustralia
Invest Australia is Australia’s national inward investment
agency, set up by the Australian Federal Government. The
agency promotes Australia’s competitive advantages
as an investment destination and actively facilitates
investment projects into Australia. Invest Australia has
investment advisory specialists in 12 locations around
the world, including New York, San Francisco, London,
Paris, Frankfurt, Singapore, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Beijing
to provide potential investors with a comprehensive, free
and totally confidential service.
www.investaustralia.com
NSW Department of State & Regional Development
Department of the State Government of NSW that stimulates business growth.
www.business.nsw.gov.au
Trans
Tasman Business Circle
Business
community and networking association
www.transtasmanbusiness.com.au
ABC
Business News
Video & radio segment replay, program transcripts,
text stories, and ABC News Radio streaming.
http://abc.net.au/news/business/default.htm
Financial
Times special report on Australia (FT subscription necessary
to access detailed report).
www.ft.com/reports/australia2005
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Information on Australian Companies
Australian
Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Useful source of data on individual businesses in Australia.
Businesses operating in Australia must lodge financial
reports with ASIC, though the reports may be somewhat
dated (up to 18 months old). These reports are obtainable
(usually for a small fee) through the ASIC website or
through "information brokers" named on this
site.
www.asic.gov.au
ASIC
National Names Index
Useful if you know the trading name of a business, but
not the legal / reporting entity. Links from the ASIC
site allow you to learn about the ownership, directors
names, and financial reports of a company. You can enter the ABN or ACN of a company and find out basic company details. Also provides links to official company records loged with ASIC.
www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html
IBISworld
Reports on all Industry Sectors and Profiles of Largest
1000 Organisations in Australia
www.ibisworld.com.au
The MIS100
Profiles (from an IT use perspective) of the largest 100
IT users in Australia. Published by Fairfax's MIS magazine
www.misaustralia.com/specialeditions/mis100.aspx
Fairfax
Business Research "MarketBase"
Details
of the largest 5,000+ IT users in Australia. Contact list
and IT product usage database (must pay $$ for usage licence).
Informally known as "the MIS 5000" database.
Widely used by IT vendors. Also has data for NZ, UK, Singapore,
HK.
http://fairfaxbr.com.au/product1.asp?pid=61
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US Company Information
Fortune Magazine's annual Fortune 500 listings (subscription may be needed for full access):
The Global 500:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/index.html
Fortune 500 American companies list: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/full_list/
UK Company Information
Citywire
Commercial financial news portal aimed at retail investors which provides news throughout the working day including Fund Manager Ratings, Rankings, company factsheets, and an archive of stories going back to 1999.
www.citywire.co.uk
Companies House
Government body which stores (and makes available to the public) company information delivered under the UK Companies Act and related legislation. An Executive Agency of The Department of Trade and Industry.
www.companieshouse.gov.uk
FTSE 100 Index (UK's largest companies)
FTSE Group is an independent company whose sole business
is the creation and management of indices and associated
data services. FTSE has no capital markets involvement.
The company originated as a joint venture between the
Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange.
www.ftse.com
Investigate
Financial newsfeed service (mostly free, unrestricted access) with announcements from UK companies listed on the FTSE-100, FTSE-250 and more.
www.investegate.co.uk
Jordans OnLine Reports
A UK market leader in company formation & company registration; a leading property search provider; and a major player in the company search and business information sector.
www.jordans.co.uk
London
Stock Exchange
www.londonstockexchange.com
Reuters UK Finance
http://today.reuters.co.uk/investing
Yahoo! Finance - UK & Ireland
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com
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