Easy as Pie - the FAME database

The FAME database allows you to manipulate company information as PIE Charts. Depicted on the left are the Top Ten Airline Companies in the UK. If you want advice on how to do this contact me.

I will be doing sessions on the database for Accountancy students

( Walter Mkuumbuzi's Group ) at the following times after Easter.

Tues 20th April ( 12.00 in C420 ), Friday 23rd April (9.00 in A420 ) & Friday 23rd April 4pm in C419 )

People behind the Companies...

If you know the name of a company's CEO or head honcho this can be a great way to find out about the company's policies and directions using the Newsbank database.

Here's a few I tried earlier :

Philip Green (BHS)

Theo Paphitis ( Ryman )

Terry Leahy ( Tesco CEO)

This week's Mary Portas article 'Shop !' is a reflective one ( Telegraph Magazine 13th March ). Surprisingly of the numerous businesses that Mary has looked at in these excellent pieces, only two have disappeared ....

Borders and Woolworths

Corporate Social Responsibility

If you are doing your project on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) don't neglect the considerable amount of information which you might find in print resources such as the Journal of Business Ethics ( pictured ). Browsing through a box of these in the Social Learning Centre may give you some ideas of the type of material which is being written about.

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http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/contact/recommend



We can't guarantee we'll buy it, but will consider each request.

For you Advances Project an Inter-Library loan might be an alternative

UK Brands an Intantigible assets

We had trouble finding UK companies the other day when a group were looking for material on brands and other intantigible assets.

Marketline database is useful here. You can select from over 2,000 UK companies under the country proile for the UK.

Clarks Shoes is a surprisingly big company, and we recognise their familar logo.

Depicted( left) is an advertisement from 1883.

UK Companies Case Studies

If your topic asks you to choose a UK company for a case study I think you will find plenty of examples on this site :

http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/

Don't become obsessed with witing solely facts about your chosen example though. Your lecturers will expect you to relate the case studies to academic theory from sources such as Business Source Premier.