Business Information in the UK: Market Review

The largest sector of the UK business information market is market data. This includes items like trade magazines and newspapers, and accounts for 59.7% of the total. Financial data is the next largest, taking 24.9% of the market, with company data the smallest sector, accounting for 15.4% of the total.

An important point determining usage of business information is the frequency with which data is updated. In terms of availability, most business information is either long-term (needs to be updated infrequently) or periodic (needs to be updated regularly, with frequency of update generally seen as a significant competitive advantage). Periodic and long-lived data accounts for 81% of all data sold in the UK. The major other type of data, ephemeral data, is restricted to real-time financial information, usually money market, securities and commodities data used by the financial markets.

In 1997, Key Note estimates that in revenue terms, non-electronic methods of delivery still accounts for 63.5% of the UK business information market. Electronic methods -- principally online databases -- take 36.5%. Since 1995, electronic sources have made slower progress in taking share of the market than was the case previously. There are three main reasons for this:

• The early days of the Internet have seen an increase in free content offered by suppliers to attract new users.
• The rapid growth in the management consultancy market which has boosted non-electronic revenues (if consultancy revenues are excluded, then electronic sources have gained share of the market).
• The relative reduction in cost of electronic access as the Internet has grown in importance, and as end users and small businesses have been targeted by electronic hosts.

Business Information In The Uk

• Definition
  
• Introduction
  
• Industry Background
  
• Market Size
  
• Market Segmentation
  
• Business Usage/Customer Profile
  
• Current Issues
  
• Table 1.1: Companies Supplying Business Information By Type Of Information, 1998
  
• Table 1.2: The Major Type Of Company Activity In The Business Information Market, 1998
  
• Table 1.3: The Main Suppliers Of Business Information (% Of Value Sales), 1993-1997
  
• Table 1.4: Business Informationå Used On A Daily (Regular) Basis, January-March 1998
  
• Table 1.5: Companies Supplying Business Information By Type Of Data, 1998
  
• Table 1.6: The European Electronic Information Market (Ecum), 1994 And 1997
  
• Table 1.7: The European Information Market By Type Of Information (Ecum And %), 1994 And 1997
  
• Table 1.8: The European Online Database Market (Ecum And %), 1994 And 1997
  
• Table 1.9: The European Electronic Information Market By Delivery Systems (Ecum And %), 1994 And 1997
  
• Table 1.10: The European Print Media Market (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 1.11: The Uk Business Information Market (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 1.12: Segmentation Of The Uk Business Information Market By Type Of Information (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 1.13: Segmentation Of The Uk Business Information Market By Currency Of Data (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 1.14: Estimated Distribution Channels For Business Information (% Of Value Sales), 1997
  
• Table 1.15: Price Points Of The Main Types Of Business Information
  
• Table 1.16: Segmentation Of The Uk Business Information Market By Delivery System (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 1.17: The Relative Importance Of The Main Information Providers, 1996
  
• Table 1.18: Userså Of Business Informationî By Job Title (%), January-March 1998
  
• Table 1.19: Userså Of Business Informationî By Industry Sector (%), January-March 1998
  
• Table 1.20: Typical Uses For Business Information Within An Organisation
  
• Table 1.21: Problems Faced By Information Professionals, 1996

The Business Press

• Introduction
  
• Market Size
  
• Market Segmentation
  
• Key Information Providers
  
• Business Usage/Customer Profile
  
• Current Issues
  
• Table 2.1: Total Circulation Revenues Of Business Press Publishers (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 2.2: Breakdown Of Circulation Revenues By Type Of Press (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 2.3: Segmentation Of The Uk Business Press Market By Type Of Information (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 2.4: Breakdown Of The Number Of Titles By Sector, April 1997

Market Research Services

• Introduction
  
• Market Size
  
• Market Segmentation
  
• Key Information Providers
  
• Business Usage/Customer Profile
  
• Current Issues
  
• Table 3.1: The Uk Market Research Services Industry (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 3.2: Breakdown Of Amso Member Revenues By Activity (£M And %), 1994 And 1996
  
• Table 3.3: Breakdown Of Amso Members' Revenues By Industry Sector Of Client (%), 1994 And 1996
  
• Table 3.4: The Growing Importance Of International Research For Amso Members (£M And %), 1995 And 1996
  
• Table 3.5: Interviewing Methods (£M, Million And £), 1996

Market/Company Information And Directory Publishers

• Introduction
  
• Market Size
  
• Market Segmentation
  
• Key Information Providers
  
• Business Usage/Customer Profile
  
• Current Issues
  
• Table 4.1: The Uk Business Report And Directory Market (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 4.2: Segmentation Of The Uk Business Report And Directory Market By Type Of Publisher (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 4.3: Segmentation Of The Uk Market By Type Of Information (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 4.4: The Most Popular Market Data Sources (%), 1996
  
• Table 4.5: Purchases Of Market Reports In The Last Year (Number), January-March 1998
  
• Table 4.6: Purchases Of Market Reports By Publisher (%), January-March 1998
  
• Table 4.7: Purchasers Of Market Reports By Job Title (% Of Respondents), January-March 1998
  
• Table 4.8: Purchasers Of Market Reports By Industry Sectors (% Of Respondents), January-March 1998

Official Business Information

• Introduction
  
• Market Size
  
• Market Segmentation
  
• Key Information Providers
  
• Business Users/Customer Profile
  
• Current Issues
  
• Table 5.1: The Uk Official Business Information Market (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 5.2: Segmentation Of The Uk Official Business Information Market By Source (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 5.3: Segmentation Of The Uk Official Business Information Market By Type Of Data (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 5.4: Net Expenditure Account For The Office For National Statistics (£M), Year Ending 31st March 1997
  
• Table 5.5: Total Sales Of The Hmso/The Stationery Office (£M), 1992-1997
  
• Table 5.6: Examples Of Official Publishers Not Covered By Crown Copyright, 1998
  
• Table 5.7: Sales Of Crown Copyright Material By Business-Related Departments (£000), 1996/1997
  
• Table 5.8: A Breakdown Of Sales Of Crown Copyright Material By Business-Related Departments, 1996/1997
  
• Table 5.9: Companies House Key Statistics, Year Ending March (000), 1993-1997
  
• Table 5.10: Companies House Turnover (£M), Year Ending March 1994-1997
  
• Table 5.11: Breakdown Of Companies House Revenues (£M And %), Year Ending March 1996 And 1997

Other Information Sources

• Introduction
  
• Market Size
  
• Market Segmentation
  
• Business Usage/Customer Profile
  
• Table 6.1: The Uk Market For Otherå Forms Of Business Information (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 6.2: Segmentation Of Otherå Business Information By Type Of Information (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 6.3: Management Consultancy Information Revenues (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 6.4: Breakdown Of Management Consultancy Association's Revenues By Industry Classification Of Client (%), 1997

Third-Party And Electronic Distribution

• Introduction
  
• Market Size
  
• Market Segmentation
  
• Key Information Providers
  
• Business Usage/Customer Profile
  
• Current Issues
  
• Table 7.1: The Key Phases Of Business Information Delivery, 1970-1998
  
• Table 7.2: The Uk Electronic Information Delivery Market (£M), 1993-1997
  
• Table 7.3: The Uk Electronic Information Delivery Market By Type Of Information (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 7.4: The Uk Electronic Information Market By Delivery (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 7.5: Segmentation Of The Online Market By Type Of Information (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 7.6: Segmentation Of The Online Market By Currency Of Data (£M And %), 1993-1997
  
• Table 7.7: Which Online Host Is Most Heavily Used In Your Library/Information Department?, 1996
  
• Table 7.8: The World Market Share Of Online Host By Value (%), 1996
  
• Table 7.9: Which Online Business Database Does Your Library Information Department Use Most Often?, 1996
  
• Table 7.10: Access To Electronic Delivery Systems (%), 1997å
  
• Table 7.11: Access To Electronic Delivery Systems By Type Of Company (%), 1997å
  
• Table 7.12: Main Uses Of The Internet (%), 1997å
  
• Table 7.13: The Main Reason For Using Online Information Systemså (%), 1997î
  
• Table 7.14: The Main Job Function Of Online Informationå Users (%), 1997î
  
• Table 7.15: The Importance Of End Users For Online Searchingå, 1997î
  
• Table 7.16: The Percentage Of End Users With Personal Desktop Access To Various Media (%), 1996

The Future

• The Information Age
  
• Key Trends In The Next 5 Years
  
• New Media And The Business Information Publisher
  
• Forecasts
  
• Table 8.1: Summary Of Major Changes In The Business Information Market, 1998 To 2005
  
• Table 8.2: Forecast Of The Uk Business Information Market At Current And Constant 1993 Prices (£M), 1998-2002
  
• Table 8.3: Forecast Of The Uk Business Information Market By Delivery System (£M And %), 1998-2002
  
• Table 8.4: The Fastest-Growing Sectors Of The Business Information Market By Value (% Increase), 1998-2002
  
• Table 8.5: Forecast Of The Uk Business Information Market By Type Of Information (£M And %), 1998-2002
  
• Table 8.6: Forecast Of The Uk Electronic Information Market By Delivery System (£M And %), 1998-2002
  
• Table 8.7: Forecast Of The Uk Electronic Information Market By Type Of Information (£M And %), 1998-2002
  
• Table 8.8: Growth Of The Online Information Market By Currency Of Data And Type Of Information (%), 1998-2002

Sources

• Associations
  
• Periodicals
  
• Directories
  
• General Sources
  
• Hbi Uk Information Sources
  
• Government Publications
  
• Other Sources
  
• Selected Companies