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Accountancy Networks

PROBIZ Network
Within an 18 month period, the PROBIZ Network has built a strong reputation for its ability to train accountants to become all-round quality-assured business advisors. Many leading brands throughout the UK are endorsing, supporting and sponsoring PROBIZ Accountants. As a result, many PROBIZ accountants are growing fast through referrals for both traditional and strategic advisory work. Click here to visit >

The 2020 Group
The 2020 Group was set up by three of the best-known consultants to the profession: Ian Fletcher, Chris Frederiksen and Gordon Gilchrist to address the needs of successful go ahead firms of accountants. Click here to visit >

AVN
AVN is a network of accountants committed to helping UK owner managed businesses become the most successful and enjoyable to run in the world. Click here to visit >

CharterGroup
The CharterGroup Partnership was founded in 1986 and is the UK’s premier national network of Quality Independent Accountancy Practices. There are currently 42 member firms encompassing a diverse range of clients and expertise, with a fee income in excess of £120 million in 75 locations throughout the UK. Click here to visit >

Mindshop
Mindshop was founded in 1995 by leading, Australian management consultant, Chris Mason as a consulting group specialising in strategic business planning, export market development and continuous improvement. It has now expanded to a network accommodating hundreds of business advisors, consultants and senior managers located through-out Australia, Europe and North America. Click here to visit >

RAN ONE
RAN ONE is a world leader in the provision of business solutions and training to facilitate business growth in the small-to-medium market sector. Click here to visit >

The UK 200 Group
The UK 200 Group is the largest mutual association of its kind of well established firms of Chartered Accountants covering the whole of the UK with comprehensive international coverage throughout the world's major commercial centres. Click here to visit >

Accountancy Professional Bodies

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
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Institute of Chartered Accountants Of Scotland
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Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
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Association of Accounting Technicians
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Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
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Association of International Accountants
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Institute of Internal Auditors
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Accountancy - Other

Audit Commission
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Chartered Institute of Taxation
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Companies House On-Line
The main functions of Companies House are to: incorporate and dissolve limited companies; examine and store company information delivered under the Companies Act and related legislation; and make this information available to the public. Click here to visit >

Accountancy Suppliers

PTP Group
PTP Group comprises Professional Training Partnership – Comprehensive training in finance accounting and tax, PTP Software Ltd – Planning and compliance solutions and Professional Tax Practice Ltd – Prompt and expert consultancy in tax and accountancy. Click here to visit >

Business services

Businesses For Sale
Search from over 12,000 businesses for sale, find a business broker, buy a franchise, browse the services directory to find professionals to help with the sale or purchase of businesses. Click here to visit >

Banks

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Halifax
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Bank Of England
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HSBC
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Bank Of Scotland
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Lloyds TSB
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Barclays
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NatWest
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Cahoot
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Royal Bank of Scotland
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Clydesdale Bank
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Smile
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Co-operative Bank
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Egg
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Best Practice

Age Positive
The Age Positive campaign promotes the benefits of employing a mixed-age workforce that includes older and younger people. We encourage employers to make decisions about recruitment, training and retention that do not discriminate against someone because of their age. Click here to visit >

Best Practice Advice
CONNECT is an award-winning series of programmes about business best practice designed to help small and medium-sized companies be more successful and to help professional advisers inspire and support their clients Click here to visit >

The Web Standards Project
We support the mission of the Web Standards Project in the campaign encouraging users to upgrade their browsers. The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards that ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all. Click here to visit >

Business in the Community
Business in the Community is a unique movement in the UK of 700 member companies, with a further 1600 participating in our programmes and campaigns. We operate through a network of 98 local business-led partnerships, as well as working with 45 global partners. Our purpose is to inspire, challenge, engage and support business in continually improving its positive impact on society. We are the largest and longest-established organisation of its kind - an independent business-led charity with over 20 years experience. Click here to visit >

Commission for Racial Equality
The Commission for Racial Equality is a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up under the Race Relations Act 1976 to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality. Click here to visit >

Data Protection
Promoting public access to official information and protecting your personal information Click here to visit >

Disability Rights Commission
Our goal: "a society where all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens". Click here to visit >

DTI - Achieving Best Practice in Your Business
Best practice is a way of showing how businesses have become more efficient, competitive and profitable. These pages contain best practice case studies, brochures and self-assessment tools to help you improve your business. Click here to visit >

DTI Benchmarking Index
Benchmarking your business is a very effective way of understanding your current position and planning for the future. The Benchmark Index is one of the most powerful performance benchmarking tools of its kind in the world and offers superior capabilities for you to understand the issues that face your business and, hence, enable you to improve your business performance. On this site, you can find out what benchmarking is and how it can help your business. You can see how it has helped companies similar to yours and you can sample the power of benchmarking by undertaking an instant mini-benchmark (using the healthcheck) of your company on-line. Click here to visit >

Employment Relations Directorate
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS DIRECTORATE is working to develop a framework for employers and employees which promotes a skilled and flexible labour market founded on principles of partnership. It deals with relationships between workers and their employers, including individual rights as well as collective arrangements. Click here to visit >

Employment rights guide
TIGER is designed to provide a user-friendly guide through different aspects of UK employment law. Click here to visit >

Health & Safety Executive
Britain's Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain. Click here to visit >

Trade Association Forum
Since its formation in 1997, the Trade Association Forum has been encouraging the development and sharing of best practice among UK trade associations and promoting the role of effective trade associations to government, industry and the wider public. Through the Directory the Forum provides comprehensive links to information on UK trade associations and the business sectors they represent. The Forum provides its members with a range of services and activities designed to assist them in the strategic development and day to day running of their organisations but is not a policy setting body. Click here to visit >

Trading Standards Central
Welcome to Trading Standards Central - a one stop shop for consumer protection information in the UK. The site is supported and maintained by TSI, the Trading Standards Institute. This site provides a wealth of information for consumers and businesses, schools, advice and information centres, community organisations, local councils, business support agencies and trade associations. Click here to visit >

Government & politics

Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office’s role is to support the Government’s delivery and reform programme. Its five key objectives are: i. support the Prime Minister in leading the Government ii. support the Government in transacting its business iii. help deliver key public service priorities iv. lead the reform programme for public services v. co-ordinate security, intelligence and civil contingencies matters to protect the UK against disruptive challenges. Click here to visit >

Customs & Excise
Our new web site is here to help your business deal with VAT, Customs, Excise and all other related matters – from information to online services. Click here to visit >

Department for Education and Skills - Employers' Gateway
Welcome to the skills for employers portal which is a gateway to a range of information specific to employers' needs including DfES policies & initiatives and links to other government departments and useful organisations. The site is dedicated to help you as an employer make better informed decisions about training your employees and developing your business by investing in your workforce and will be continually developed. Click here to visit >

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra works for the essentials of life - water, food, air, land, people, animals and plants Click here to visit >

Department for Work and Pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the Government's welfare reform agenda. Its aim is to promote opportunity and independence for all. It delivers support and advice through a modern network of services to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children and disabled people. Click here to visit >

Department of Trade and Industry
The DTI drives our ambition of 'prosperity for all' by working to create the best environment for business success in the UK. We help people and companies become more productive by promoting enterprise, innovation and creativity. We champion UK business at home and abroad. We invest heavily in world-class science and technology. We protect the rights of working people and consumers. And we stand up for fair and open markets in the UK, Europe and the world. Click here to visit >

Directgov
The place to turn to for the latest and widest range of public service information Click here to visit >

EU legislation directory
This site gives a summary of the main legislative measures and procedures for each of the activities of the European Union and offers access to the full versions of the texts Click here to visit >

European Parliament
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Government e-Gateway
The Government Gateway is a centralised registration service for e-Government services in the UK. Click here to visit >

Home Office
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Inland Revenue
The Inland Revenue is here to ensure that everyone understands and receives what they are entitled to and understands and pays what they owe, so that everyone contributes to the UK's needs. Click here to visit >

Jobcentre Plus
This Jobcentre Plus website provides help for customers in finding jobs and information about benefits to people of working age, training and how to apply for a job. For employers there is information on placing a vacancy with Jobcentre Plus and what Jobcentre Plus services are available to them. For organisations that work with Jobcentre Plus there is information on current Tendering Exercises and Jobcentre Plus services. Click here to visit >

National Statistics Office
National Statistics Online – home of official UK statistics Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. Summaries and detailed data releases are published free of charge. Click here to visit >

Office of Fair Trading
This Website is designed to protect consumers and explain their rights , ensure that businesses compete and operate fairly , provide resources for the adviser community. Click here to visit >

Parliamentary Small Business Group
The All-Party Parliamentary Small Business Group (APPSBG) is a cross party group of MPs and Peers, set up to provide a forum for communication between small businesses and their representative organisations and members of both Houses of Parliament. Click here to visit >

The Pension Service
The Pension Service website provides impartial UK Government information on state and private pensions, whether you are retired, approaching retirement or planning ahead for retirement. It also includes a practical guide to the support available from across Government for retired people (Pensioner’s guide). Click here to visit >

UK Parliament
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Law

Acts of Parliament 2004
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British Employment Law
Here you can access our comprehensive database of free information covering thousands of British employment law topics to assist you in researching your issues and helping you to stay up to date with the latest changes in the law. Click here to visit >

Infolaw
Gateway to the UK Legal Web Click here to visit >

Law Society of England & Wales
Safeguarding the public, supporting solicitors, promoting access to justice. Click here to visit >

Marketing Law
marketinglaw.co.uk was Europe's first dedicated on-line resource for advertising and marketing law, when it was launched in September 1999 by pan-European law firm, Osborne Clarke. Now running to over 1000 web pages, the site provides regularly updated information for brand-owners and marketing professionals, including in-depth analysis of the latest marketing and brand law issues, national and international case reports, previews of up-and-coming legislation affecting marketing, plus legal checklists and template agreements. Click here to visit >

Media

BBC
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ITN
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Sky
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The Times
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Fortune Magazine
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Bloomberg
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New Statesman
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Private Eye
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Cyber Alert
Press clipping Service Click here to visit >

Reuters
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The Guardian
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The Independent
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The Telegraph
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The Scotsman
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NewsNow
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Press Association
The Press Association, the national news agency of the UK and Ireland, is at the heart of the media industry. Click here to visit >

The Economist
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The Spectaor
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Time Online
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Ananova news
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Regulatory bodies & ombudsmen

Better Regulation Task Force
The Better Regulation Task Force was established in September 1997. It is an independent body that advises Government on action to ensure that regulation and its enforcement accord with the five Principles of Good Regulation. Click here to visit >

Health Service Commissioner
The Health Service Ombudsman looks into complaints made by or on behalf of people who have suffered because of unsatisfactory treatment or service by the National Health Service (NHS). She is completely independent of the NHS and the government. Her services are free. Click here to visit >

Office of Communications
Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. Click here to visit >

Office of Fair Trading
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Regulatory Impact Unit
The Regulatory Impact Unit works with other government departments, agencies and regulators to help ensure that regulations are fair and effective and that all new and existing regulation is necessary, meets the principles of better regulation, and imposes the minimum burden. Click here to visit >

Competition Commission
he Competition Commission is an independent public body established by the Competition Act 1998. The CC conducts in-depth inquiries into mergers, markets and the regulation of the major regulated industries, undertaken in response to a reference made to it by another authority. Click here to visit >

Financial Ombudsman
the Financial Ombudsman Service provides consumers with a free, independent service for resolving disputes with financial firms Click here to visit >

Europe & World Trade Directorate
Europe and World Trade Directorate aims to make the UK an effective partner in the EU, and more widely, to develop open, dynamic and efficient markets and so contribute to creating a highly productive UK economy within a competitive EU and a sustainable world trading environment. Click here to visit >

Information Commissioner
The Information Commissioners Office is a UK independent supervisory authority reporting directly to the UK Parliament. We oversee and enforce compliance with both the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom Of Information Act 2000 Click here to visit >

Occupational pensions regulator
We look into reports that pension schemes have broken the law Opra can take action on certain reported breaches of pensions legislation. We aim to get problems put right and make sure schemes comply with the law. If things are not put right quickly then we can impose civil penalties on those responsible. We have the power to take criminal breaches of pensions law to court. Click here to visit >

Financial Services Authority
The FSA aims to maintain efficient, orderly and clean financial markets and help retail consumers achieve a fair deal. Click here to visit >

Financial & investment news

Citywire
Citywire owns the website www.citywire.co.uk which has established a strong reputation for its analysis, comment and insight. It publishes daily original stories on shares and funds, highlighting interesting investment opportunities, as well as taking an independent approach to the daily news agenda. Click here to visit >

Digital Look
Digital Look gives you all the latest investment stats, facts and research tools, right here, at your fingertips. Click here to visit >

Financial Info Net Directory
The leading internet directory for UK financial websites - since 1996 Click here to visit >

Financial Times
The Financial Times, recognised worldwide for its authoritative, accurate, and analytical reporting, is one of the world's leading global business news organisations. The newspaper is printed in 23 cities across the world. It has a daily circulation of more than 435,000 copies, more than one million readers and is available in 140 countries. FT.com, the FT website, is the world's leading audited business website, with more than 3.7 million unique users. Click here to visit >

Active Investor Toolkit
Active Investor Toolkit offers individual investors easy access to news and essential company information to help them make better investment decisions. We invite you to return regularly and take full advantage of Reuters' professional grade investment content and news for your own investment research needs. Click here to visit >

Jordans OnLine Reports
Jordans are the UK’s market leader in company formations; a leading conveyancing search provider; a major player in the company search and business information sector; and the UK's leading independent law publisher and training provider. Click here to visit >

Motley Fool
The aim of The Motley Fool is to tell people the truth about finance, helping them take control of their money and make better financial decisions. For many of us, the financial world is a maze in which the best path is unclear and, however hard we try, it only seems to get more confusing. Deciding which ISA to invest in (and what is an ISA anyway), sorting out a mortgage, figuring out pensions, picking the right bank account or a good company to invest in are some of the many things which we can help you with. Click here to visit >

Standard & Poor's fund analysis
Standard & Poor's is the world's leading provider of mutual fund information and analysis - 5000 professionals in 20 countries have been providing independent and trusted expertise to the global financial markets for over 140 years. Click here to visit >

Share prices
Quote.com is a collection of financial products, providing market data and analytical tools to serious investors, active traders, and third-party clients and websites in the finance and investment industries. Our services range from the free Quote.com website to enterprise-level OEM financial products. Click here to visit >

Training services

John Kind Learning
John Kind specializes in business education working with major blue-chip clients such as BAA and BP. He has developed a strong reputation for writing on a wide range of financial topics – all designed to help executives to get to the heart of a subject as quickly as possible. Click here to visit >

Travel and Accommodation

The AA
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Bargain Holidays
Over 2,000,000 bargain holidays to the sun! Plus... city breaks, cheap flights, destination guides and more! Click here to visit >

British Airways
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British Midland
Cheap Flights from the UK to Europe and America Click here to visit >

BMI Baby
bmibaby flies to loads of European destinations from 6 UK airports Click here to visit >

Cheap Flights
Compare prices on cheap flights and last minute deals Click here to visit >

Dialaflight
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Easy Jet
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E-Bookers
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Expedia
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Foreign Office
Travel advice, Visa enquiries, Advice for Britons abroad Click here to visit >

Late Rooms
late availability on hotels and other accommodation Click here to visit >

Last Minute
Flights, Hotels, Holidays, Entertainment, Gifts etc. Click here to visit >

Lonely Planet
Travel Advice and Guide Books Click here to visit >

Lonsdale Travel Group
Business travel service Click here to visit >

Via Michelin
Route Planner and Maps Click here to visit >

MultiMap
Online Maps Click here to visit >

Ordnance Survey
Britain's national mapping agency Click here to visit >

RAC
Motoring Organisation Click here to visit >

Rac Route Planner
Plan Routes for the UK and Europe Click here to visit >

Rough Guides
ROUGH GUIDES.COM features online coverage of thousands of travel destinations, plus music reviews of every genre. Click here to visit >

Ryan Air
Budget Airline Click here to visit >

Sky Scanner
Compare prices on cheap flights with the major budget airlines in Europe. Click here to visit >

Streetmap
Great Britain Road and Street Map Click here to visit >

Teletext Holidays
Online Holidays Click here to visit >

The TrainLine
Train Timetables and Tickets Click here to visit >

Thomas Cook
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Virgin
Gateway to all the Virgin companies Click here to visit >

Visit Britain
Official Travel Guide to Britain Click here to visit >

Website Services

Easier Design: Making websites just got easier
Quality web design service offering both fixed rate packages and bespoke solutions for all sorts of different individuals and organisations. Packages start at just £99 with hosting and domain name included! Click here to visit >

All Web Services
Come to All Web Services for web design, banner design, logo design and online marketing at unbeatable prices Click here to visit >

Fun Stuff

Fun stuff
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Other

Lifting Solutions
Britton Price Ltd is a nationwide independent company which specialises in providing a range of lifting, access and bathing products to the Care Home Sectors. Click here to visit >