The Financial Times Newspaper
http://www.ft.com

News and broadcasting information from the BBC online service.
http://www.bbc.com

News and television information from the CNBC network.
http://www.cnbc.com

Business Technology Magazine Sites

Tornado-Insider magazine - aims to accelerate the growth of the ICT industry by providing information, education and inspiration.
http://www.tornado-insider.com

Business Week with expanded coverage, breaking news, and online-only features.
http://www.businessweek.com

Harvard Business Review brings its readers original research and first hand perspectives from leading business thinkers from around the world.
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/products/hbr/index.html

Red Herring magazine provides timely market information, strategic insight and access to growing entrepreneurial communities.
http://www.herring.com

MIT technical review magazine of innovation.
http://www.techreview.com

Covers key business issues and trends affecting high – tech companies in computing, software, telecommunications and e-commerce.
http://www.upside.com

An online publication covering both international business and world affairs.
http://www.economist.com

Market Research Sites

The Gartner Group providing business technology research, consumer and market intelligence, consulting, conferences and decision-making tools.
http://www.gartner.com

International Data Corporation (IDC) is the world's leading provider of information technology (IT) industry analysis, market data and insight, and strategic and tactical guidance to builders, providers and users of information technology.
http://www.idc.com

Forward Concepts is a consulting firm concerned with electronics market research and strategic product planning. The company's foundation is in microelectronics, computers, communications
and multimedia.
http://www.fwdconcepts.com

Focus Center Research Program
http://www.fcrp.org

Datamonitor conduct primary market research for clients.
http://www.datamonitor.com

Strategy Analytics is based upon a global network of information analysts and consultants dedicated to the evaluation of new business opportunities, competitive threats, emerging trends, and critical success factors in the digital economy.
http://www.strategyanalytics.com

Company Research Sites

Dun & Bradstreet is the provider of business-to-business credit, marketing, purchasing, and receivable management and decision-support services worldwide.
http://www.dnb.com

Hoover UK allows you to find fast, reliable answers to your company and other business questions in their easy-to-search collection of 50,000 companies worldwide, including more than 1,400 enterprises based in the UK and Europe.
http://www.hoovers.co.uk

Companies House regulates and provides company information online.
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk

Throughout the year, every U.S. public company is required to disclose critical business, financial and competitive details of their activities to the SEC. EDGAR Online gives the professional and individual user fast and easy access to this SEC information.
http://www.edgar-online.com

Government Sites

Scottish Executive website.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk

Scottish Higher Education Funding Council website.
http://www.shefc.ac.uk

Locate in Scotland is Scotland's inward investment agency. It is a joint operation between the Government and Scotland's economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise.
http://www.lis.scotent.co.uk

Department of Trade and Industry website.
http://www.dti.gov.uk

The official UK statistics site.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk

Reference Sites

Currency convertor calculator
http://www.oanda.com

Maps for all over the world
http://www.mapquest.com

Publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web.
http://www.bartleby.com

A Dictionary and Thesaurus available online.
http://www.thesaurus.com

Britannica.com editors bring you the best websites, leading magazines, related books, and the complete Encyclopædia Britannica.
http://www.britannica.com

The British Library
http://www.bl.uk

Travel Sites

Find out times, book tickets and reserve seats from any train operator in mainland UK.
http://www.thetrainline.com

Travel Information
http://www.expedia.com

Find out what’s happening on the planet with the Lonely Planet online travel guide website
http://www.lonelyplanet.com

Unwind Sites

Some comical light relief
http://www.dilbert.com

The Skeptic’s dictionary
http://www.skepdic.com

Everything you ever wanted to know the answer to
http://www.discovery.com

Send someone an e-card
http://www.bluemountain.com

The Tate Gallery website
http://www.tate.org.uk