Various links to sites which can provide valuable and interesting information Business Support and Information... Business Link provides a wide range of support services to help start and grow your business Learning and Skills Council advice, support, and possible funding for adult training and education Chamber of Commerce membership based business support, training and advice Voice Marketing good source for direct marketing campaigns, lead generation business to business BERR government department covering all manner of business related issues Inland Revenue and Customs plenty of advice and information on tax, allowances, various schemes, VAT Mint Financial Services Ltd for your pension, investment and savings needs Law on the Web interesting site for info on legal matters CBI "Britain's business voice" DFES government dept for education and skills British Venture Capital Assoc. further info on raising external finance ACAS Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service Knowledge and Learning Sites... Chartered Institute of Marketing excellent resource for marketing information Dun and Bradstreet UK leading business research company Mintel excellent market information resource Kompass the business to business database Bcentral Microsoft's business site, with lots of ideas and obvious product plugs FT.com The Financial Times' site - the day' news plus archive of articles and reports on all things commercial Office of National Statistics fascinating information on how we live in the UK, what's changing and how fast The Royal Mail excellent information on maximising direct mail results, plus lots more Harvard Business School Publishing substantial archive of management theory British Quality Foundation good information on quality issues The Deming Institute W. Edwards Deming; a central figure in the drive for "quality" TQM Links privately managed site, links to websites with information on Total Quality Management EFQM Quality Model the European Model for Business Excellence website We'd like to hear your opinion on these links, your suggestions for additions to the list and be informed of any links that do not work. You can email us on links@123fd.co.uk Links to third party websites do not indicate 123fd's endorsement of the named organisations or the contents of their websites