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Businessline is devoted to supporting local enterprises and can provide a range of services to help established businesses. Subscribing to a number of market leading resources, we have the capabilities to work with companies to achieve set goals and objectives through the provision of business information.

We offer both a wide and diverse range of services which can help your company:

  • Generate sales leads and identify marketing opportunities
  • Source new suppliers
  • Check the credit worthiness of the suppliers and companies you’re working with
  • Manage your human resources effectively
  • Become more aware of modern management techniques
  • Research specific companies
  • Identify grant opportunities and eligibility
  • Make effective day-to-day business decisions
  • Research particular market sectors for key trends, consumer profiles etc.
  • Network your business

Businessline is able to help you:

Create Mailing / Telesales lists

Looking to target new customers and enhance your existing sales? If so, don’t waste time and money generating your own mailing lists, which may not pinpoint the businesses of specific interest to your company. Businessline has access to a number of UK-wide, specialist company databases i.e. Kompass Extranet and Thomson Business Search Pro. Allow our experienced team to create a company listing tailored to your exact needs and requirements. The databases we subscribe to can be thoroughly filtered by incorporating numerous search options, such as the geographical location, type, size (by employee numbers and turnover) etc. of the businesses you are looking to target. Information which includes named contacts within organisations can be exported into spreadsheet format from which mailing lists can be easily created.

Source new suppliers

Take advantage of our specialist databases and directories to source new suppliers for your company. Kompass Extranet, a national database we subscribe to, containing both manufacturers and distributors, has more than 57,000 product and service headings and over 23 million product references, allowing you to locate the exact companies of interest to you. Results to your search requirements can be provided in either PDF or spreadsheet format. Along with our online databases, we also have access to a number of up-to-date directories which are dedicated to specific industries / market sectors.

Identify Market trends

Research the potential market for your product or service using the reports we’re able to provide. Businessline subscribes to leading market research providers such as Keynote. Often costing over £500 each, we can provide extracts from reports completely free of charge, which will help you analyse the size of your market. The abundance of statistical information will also allow you to effortlessly identify key trends, consumer profiles, market shares and future forecasts. This information may be of particular interest should your company be diversifying into new business markets.

Research your competitors

Increase your knowledge of your key competitors or find partners for your service. We can provide you with company details, which overview their size in terms of turnover and employee numbers, the location of their premises and direct links to company websites, where you will be able to conduct further background research into each area of interest.

Check the Credit Worthiness of Companies

Unsure whether a limited company you may be working with has the means to pay for goods or services you’ve been requested to supply? Interested in verifying the financial viability of your existing / potential suppliers? Looking to investigate possible business partners before signing a contract? Then feel free to take advantage of our credit checking service. The reports provided by Credit Safe which we’re able to provide, are both comprehensive and of high quality, providing the information from which well-informed decisions can be made. Reports will ultimately highlight any companies with a poor credit worthiness rating and those in a poor financial situation before you enter into business with them, thereby greatly reducing the risks associated with financial investments. We also have access to the Companies House database, which allows us to access details of directors, accounts, dissolved companies and disqualified directors.

Manage your staff

All companies need to ensure they comply with employment law. Not only will our resources allow you to do this with ease, but they will also allow you to maximise your personnel through following best practice procedures. Allow us to help you with your employment issues by providing free, legally binding templates such as contracts of employment, which you can easily tailor to your company. We can also provide model policies, step-by-step guides, factsheets and in-depth reports, covering virtually every aspect of human resources management. Information is constantly updated in line with changes in legislation etc. We’re also able to provide you with both hourly and annual pay-benchmarking data, which can be narrowed down to specific sectors, job titles and by geographical area.

Identify grants and funding your business may be entitled to

Interested in ascertaining whether your business is entitled to any grants and other such funding? Businessline has access to J4B Advisor which is essentially a database of grants, finance and awards for businesses throughout the UK. This resource can be searched using numerous filters, such as location, or what purpose a grant is required for, e.g. IT purchase. Not every grant available is listed on this database, so it should be taken as a guide only and other routes investigated with business support organisations.

Acquire an insight into many areas of business

Businessline maintains a library covering all the major areas of business, such as marketing, communications, management, human resources etc. The large majority of our books are available for loan free of charge. Anyone interested in borrowing books from our section will need to be a member of Wrexham Library service. Membership is free and for details on how to join, please see the main library pages. We also have access to the Cobra database, which contains a wealth of information for anyone running a business. The factsheets available from this resource can be provided in either electronic or hard copy.

Network

If you’re interested in networking with other local businesses you’ll be interested to learn that we run a business club for small enterprises in the local area. The club is called Network. Network provides a friendly and supportive environment for business people to interact, share experiences, solve problems and form contacts. You will have the opportunity to meet new people, promote your business and listen to relevant speakers on a variety of topics throughout the year.

Please feel free to download a Businessline service overview pack, which provides a more comprehensive insight into a selection of our most popular services and resources.

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