Media: Industry, Companies and Clients

This guide brings together key resources to help you find information relating to the study of media, including marketing, events, PR, journalism, television, radio, film and music

Understand clients, markets and industries with the resources below:

Some of the resources listed below include library subscriptions and some are freely available online.

Remember to evaluate information you find online!

Learn how to assess the credibility of sources in our online course: Navigating the Library (Moodle).
You should also explore books, academic journals and articles to support your research.

Market Research Resources

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
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Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles, including some with full text links on accounting, business, economics, finance, human resources, leadership, management and marketing topics.
LS:N Global This link opens in a new window
Discover consumer and market trends to support beauty, fashion, food and drink, health and wellness, retail and travel business and industry decision making.
Marketing Mentor This link opens in a new window
Invaluable tool of expert advice, guidance and tips for conducting a marketing programme. Includes a section on getting ahead with a career in marketing.
Marketline Advantage This link opens in a new window
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Identify marketing information, including company reports, case studies and finance information, by industry, country or company.
Mintel This link opens in a new window
Access consumer and market research reports on a wide range of topics including the automotive industry, clothing and footwear, food and drink, health and beauty, homes and lifestyle, leisure and wellbeing, media, technology and travel.
Please see our How do I register for access to Mintel? FAQ for help with registration.
Passport This link opens in a new window
A worldwide market research database supporting the analysis of industries, economies and consumers.
Please see our How do I register for access to Passport? FAQ for help with registration.
Statista This link opens in a new window
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Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries.
WARC.com This link opens in a new window
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Search over 6,000 advertising and marketing case studies, in-depth trend analysis, research reports and campaign videos.

OfCom's Communication Market Reports
Annual Communication Market report published by Ofcom, covering phones, TV, radio, socil media and more.
UK Department for Business and Trade
Market guides for UK Business from UK Department for Business and Trade. Filter by sector and country.

Company reports and case studies

Company Reporting This link opens in a new window
Up to date financial reporting on public companies.
Company Reporting is accessible through Croner-i Library. Please see our How do I access the Company Reporting? FAQ for further help with access to Company Reporting.
Fame This link opens in a new window
Search for finance and accounting information on companies based in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse for information including data, financial reports, market research reports, news and profiles on global companies and industries.
Marketline Advantage This link opens in a new window
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Identify marketing information, including company reports, case studies and finance information, by industry, country or company.
Nexis This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse Nexis for news, business and companies information including from UK and International local and regional newspapers

Statistics

Birmingham City Observatory Publishes a range of datasets on the city of Birmingham. Analysts provide insights and evidence into demographics, deprivation, health, education and housing.
Office for National Statistics The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics and is the recognised national statistical institute for the UK. It is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local levels. It also conducts the census in England and Wales every ten years.

Statista This link opens in a new window
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Statista is a global data and business intelligence platform with an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries.

News

Subject specific and general news sources. National and international, local and regional.

Nexis This link opens in a new window
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Search or browse Nexis for news, business and companies information including from UK and International local and regional newspapers
Gale OneFile News This link opens in a new window
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Browse or search for articles from UK and international newspapers

The Guardian: cities Hub for reporting and discussing urban life and the future of cities around the world from The Guardian (British daily newspaper).
Landzine Showcasing landscape architecture projects made by landscape architects and architects from around the globe