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COBRA: a free online business tool

Cobra logoCOBRA is a practical and continually updated information resource covering all aspects of starting and running a business. From writing a business plan to expanding an existing business, COBRA contains around 4000 factsheets, market reports, contacts, and sources of funding and support to help entrepreneurs.

Ideal for anyone looking to start a business, write a business or marketing plan or conduct research into a new market, COBRA is available at any Ask About Business library with internet PCs.
But here's the really good news: you can also access this resource at home. All you need is your library ticket.

If you have a library card for any of the Ask About Business member libraries click here, then enter your library card number.

Features:

Business Opportunity Profiles (BOPs) provide practical, factsheet style guides to starting up more than 350 different types of business, in the following business sectors:

  • Animals and pets
  • Business services
  • Clothing & accessories
  • Farming & horticulture
  • Food & drink
  • Health & beauty
  • IT & telecoms
  • Personal services
  • Residential property services
  • Retail services
  • Sport and leisure

Business Information Factsheets (BIFs) provide concise, informative and practical guides to over 300 management issues which have been categorised as follows

  • Finding Business and Market Information
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Office and Premises
  • Personnel
  • Raising and Managing Finance
  • Starting a Business
  • Trading Abroad
  • Trading Legally

COBRA also features:

  • UK Market Synopses
  • Local Area Profiles
  • Business Support and Finance
  • Business Legal Library
  • Sources of Business Information
  • Events and Exhibitions
  • Useful Contacts

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