Understanding your market, competitors, and customer trends is essential for any business. We can help you access resources, tools, and networks to grow your business effectively.
The Business & IP Centre Cambridgeshire (BIPC)
Part of a national network led by the British Library, BIPC provides free and low-cost business support and advice to start-up business owners, entrepreneurs and inventors.
Local hubs are available at Cambridge Central Library and Ely Library (set up with our support), as well as Wisbech and Huntingdon. They offer events, workshops, networking opportunities, and access to resources such as:
- online market reports from top publishers
- company data for over 144 million UK and global companies
- start-up books and business directories
- 700,000 historical annual reports
- over 60 million patents available for you to access for free
Find out more on Cambridgeshire County Council's website, or get in touch with the BIPC direct.
COBRA
COBRA is a complete business reference advisor. It provides critical business facts, compliance and trading details covering common small business trades, sectors and professions. You can use any device to:
- access COBRA with a Cambridgeshire Libraries membership card
- access COBRA with a Peterborough Libraries membership card
Kompass EasyBusiness
Whether you have a small or large sales and marketing resource, having access to accurate and up-to-date company and contact information is essential. Kompass EasyBusiness provides detailed business information. Available in Cambridge Central, Peterborough Centre, Ely, Huntingdon and Wisbech libraries.
You can also access Kompass EasyBusiness from any device with a library membership card.
Statista
Statista is the global number one business data platform. The statistics database is well-known and acknowledged throughout the world as the basis for fast and comprehensive searches for numbers, data and facts. Available at Cambridge Central, Peterborough Central, Cambourne, Ely, Huntingdon and Wisbech libraries.
Growth Works
Growth works with skills support businesses in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region to fill job roles with the right people, identifying training solutions and creating business growth to the region overall.
They are experts in the skills arena, with a vast network of connections across industry and education to narrow the skills and employment gaps, helping your business access the support it needs.
Visit the Growth Works website for more information.
Business Events and Networking
For details on local business events and networking opportunities, please see Eventbright.
- Business & IP Centre Cambridgeshire
- Small businesses in and around Cambridgeshire
- Ely (Cambridgeshire) Business Community
- Cambridgeshire Business Ads
- East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Cambridgeshire Business
- Business & IP Centre Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
- Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce: Inspiring Women's Network
Websites
- Cambridge Network - a business networking group and technology organisation based in the heart of Cambridge, which encourages collaboration for shared success
- FSB - see its small business bulletin for Beds, Cambs and Herts
- Chamber of Commerce: Ely and East Cambs - committed to improving the environment in which local companies operate. Monthly networking evenings take place at Poets House in Ely.