FAME and Mintel training 2012

Not sure where to look for UK company information and market research reports?  Want to find out the turnover and profit of Tesco or get a market report on online grocery retailing?  Come to a FAME and Mintel training session to find out more.  

• Wednesday 31 October 2012- FAME/Mintel training 
• Sessions begin at 11am, 12 noon, 1pm 
• In the Marylebone Library Training Room (ask at the Library counter for directions)
• Turn up to any of the sessions, no need to book

If you can't make the session check out the below links for help and support:
FAME:
http://westminsterbusinessstudies.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/fame-featured-e-resource.html

Mintel:
http://westminsterbusinessstudies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/how-to-access-and-use-mintel-quick.html

How to access and use Mintel: a quick-start video guide

FAME & Mintel: training sessions 2011

This week on the blog we will be adding a series of posts relating to Mintel and FAME, such as how to access them off campus, how to navigate them etc.  These two e-resources are used for finding market research and UK company information respectively.  To keep updated automatically please subscribe to the blog either via email or RSS (see links on left hand side of the blog).  

Upcoming training sessions for FAME/Mintel 2011: find out how to access these resources (on and off campus) and learn how to use them to find company and market information.

Classroom demos

Tuesday 1 November 11-12, 2011 Room: L195 (48 spaces)

Wednesday 2 November 11-12, 2011 Room L195 (48 spaces)

(the sessions are repeats so you only need to attend one)

Drop-Ins

During that week we will also be running drop-in sessions on “Using company and market tools (FAME/Mintel)” at Marylebone library.  The same information will be covered but there will be fewer spaces available than the classroom sessions.  Drop Ins will take place in Marylebone Library Training Room at 1-2pm from Monday 31 October to Friday 4 November 2011.  No need to book but space may be limited.

New platform- Datamonitor360

Business Insights, Access Asia and Verdict Reports have merged to form Datamonitor 360. You can access market research reports on consumer goods, energy, fashion retailing, finance, healthcare and technology via a new single interface.

You can access all the reports previously available via Business Insights plus over a 100 new reports from Verdict, a leading authority on UK and European retail, including UK sector reports, location reports, strategic reports & consumer reports.  

To access them you need to go to Library Search, search for Datamonitor 360 in the 'books, journals & more' search box, open the "Datamonitor 360" link. In Datamonitor360 you can either search on your topic to find reports from Verdict, Access Asia and Business Insights or you can type "Verdict reports" into the search box to see just the reports from Verdict. 

Mintel's 'Market Size' Blog

Mintel's blog contains interesting snippets of market research news. Recents posts have been on the subject of the iPad, 3D entertainment and pay TV. Find the blog here: http://gmn.mintel.com/blog/
Also follow Mintel on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mintelnews