Resources to be used

1. Library and Learning
Resources
FINDING COMPANY INFORMATION – FAME AND MINTEL

2. Today we will cover:
How to access BCU Library Resources
An overview of the FAME and
Mintel Databases
Identify additional resources for
finding company information

4. FAME

5. Contains information for companies in
the UK and Ireland. Information can be
found on 3.8 million companies, 2.8
million of which are in detailed format.
It also includes information on 4 million
inactive companies available for
historical research.
FAME

6. FAME
Types of information available include:
Company profile – company activities, director contacts, filing details at
Companies House.
Financials - income, turnover, cash flow, financial trends,
Stock data and corporate ownership
News
Research – this page provides links to relevant reports in Marketline
Intelligence (consumer database.)

7. FAME: Searching for a company
Looking for information on a particular company
Type the name of the company in the search box and click
search

8. Example of a company entry

9. Financial Data

10. Exporting an Excel spreadsheet
Select the Excel tab and you can
then download and email an Excel
spreadsheet.
You can download a section of the
company information and the
complete book which contains all
of the information relating to the
chosen company.

11. Peer comparison tab – compares a selection of similar
companies

12. Peer Analysis
The benchmarking tool you can
use to compare the companies in
your active search against one
another. The comparison can be
based on any financial variable
for any of the available years.
You will need to search for the
companies you want to compare
individually.
Select each company and click on
the tools tab.

14. Once on the
Peer analysis
section you
can select
how you want
to compare
companies

15. Example of financial ratios you can select for a peer
comparison

17. Example of Peer Analysis

18. Further Help
There are a
series of video
tutorials available
and further
guidance
available the
Help tab.

19. MINTEL

20. MINTEL
Market Information Issues and insights
Market drivers
Key players
Consumer Attitudes Brands and behaviour
Purchases and shopping behaviour
DATABook Statistics
Demographic Information

22. Results Display – you can refine your results by selecting the
relevant heading.

23. Market
Information
entry
The report includes a
section on the market,
consumer and relevant
companies.
You can download the
report into a PDF file.

24. Databook example

25. Additional Resources

27. Other resources for finding company information
https://libguides.bcu.ac.uk/compinfo