MarketLine AdvantageThis link opens in a new windowContains 1000’s of reports such as company profiles (including SWOT analyses), industry profiles, country profiles (including PESTLE analyses), case studies, news and financial deals.
If you are accessing MarketLine off campus, you will need to click 'Shibboleth' on the sign in page and then select Swansea University as your institution.
FAMEThis link opens in a new windowFAME is a database that contains information for companies in the UK and Ireland. FAME contains information on 2.8 million companies, 1.9 million of which are in a detailed format. For the top 1.9 million companies the reports typically include: contact information including phone, e-mail and web addresses plus main and other trading addresses, activity details, 29 profit and loss account and 63 balance sheet items, cash flow and ratios, credit score and rating, security and price information (listed companies only), names of bankers, auditors, previous auditors and advisors, details of holdings and subsidiaries (including foreign holdings and subsidiaries), names of current and previous directors with home addresses and shareholder indicator, heads of department, shareholders, news plus access to the scanned image of the latest annual returns and reports.
Nexis This link opens in a new windowAccess to hundreds of newspapers and other news sources from many countries around the world, including the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the USA. Nexis contains the text of many newspaper articles from the early 1990s onwards. Some newspapers are available full text from the 1970s and 1980s.
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To search Newspapers, click on News on the toolbar at the top. Or you can click on “All Content Types” and then select News before searching.
Mergers & Acquisitions; Deals; IPOs
Orbis M&AThis link opens in a new windowContains Mergers & Acquisitions, IPO and venture capital deals with links to detailed financial company information.
Consumer, market reports and statistics
MarketLine AdvantageThis link opens in a new windowContains 1000’s of reports such as company profiles (including SWOT analyses), industry profiles, country profiles (including PESTLE analyses), case studies, news and financial deals.
If you are accessing MarketLine off campus, you will need to click 'Shibboleth' on the sign in page and then select Swansea University as your institution.
Mintel ReportsThis link opens in a new windowContains market research reports on food, drink, leisure, technology, e-commerce, travel and sustainability. There are also reports on trends, brands, lifestyle (UK) and attitudes & trends (China).
If you are accessing Mintel off campus, you will need to click 'Federated login' on the sign in page and then select Swansea University as your institution.
StatistaThis link opens in a new windowWith a global focus Statista provides the latest and most relevant facts and data on markets, consumers and industries. It covers 1.9m statistics, forecasts and studies on 80,000 topics and 170 industries worldwide. Data can be easily downloaded to most commonly used formats.
Financial data for banks and other financial institutions
S&P Capital IQ (Pro) provides access to current and historical financial data and news for over 50,000 banks globally.
Why use S&P Capital IQ (Pro)
S&P Capital IQ (Pro) provides financial data for over 50,000 banks and financial institutions
Global coverage
Create alerts
News and reports about relevant companies and markets
In-built analysis tools
You can use S&P Capital IQ (Pro) to download data via Excel. To do this you need to use the University Remote PC access service. When logged into the remote PC go to the Unified Desktop, then School of Management, Specialist Apps and click on the icon named 'SNL-Excel Plugin'.
All topics: UK & Europe
Office for National StatisticsThis link opens in a new windowONS is the official UK statistics site for health, education, social issues, economics, commerce and labour and all government policy areas, including Census 2021.
UK Data ServiceThis link opens in a new windowThe UK Data Service is a comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC and provides a single point of access to a wide range of secondary data including large-scale government surveys, international macrodata, business microdata, qualitative studies and census data from 1971 to 2011.
EuroStatThis link opens in a new windowThe Statistical Office of the European Communities in Luxembourg is known as Eurostat. Eurostat does not collect data itself, but gathers data from the official statistical agencies in member countries. It then has to ensure that the data is harmonized so that meaningful comparisons can be made across several countries.
StatistaThis link opens in a new windowWith a global focus Statista provides the latest and most relevant facts and data on markets, consumers and industries. It covers 1.9m statistics, forecasts and studies on 80,000 topics and 170 industries worldwide. Data can be easily downloaded to most commonly used formats.
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