Cobra is a continually expanding business encyclopaedia 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 and their advisers.
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 and accessories
•Farming and horticulture
•Food and drink
•Health and beauty
•IT and 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
- market research guides and synopses covering dozens of UK business sectors
- summaries of vital business information specific to local, urban and rural areas around the UK, covering the business and commercial environment and sources of business support in each local area, including training and advice, financial support, workspace and networking opportunities.
- a directory of over 2,000 business support schemes, initiatives, grants, subsidies, events and providers of support and assistance to small firms in the UK
- clear and concise explanations on over 300 current laws and regulations facing small businesses.
- a directory of organisations dealing with issues relevant to setting up and running a small business. Provides details of who they are and what they do.
- a national database of events and exhibitions.
- a directory containing contact details for organisations of interest to anyone involved in setting up or running a business.
Cobra is available to use from any computer anywhere using your library card number to access it.
If you would like to use any of our business information resources and require further assistance please contact one of the Reference Information team at:
Oldham Reference Library
PO Box 523
Greaves St
Oldham
OL1 9BE
Tel: 0161 770 8036
Fax: 0161 626 6675
E-mail: ecs.reference.lib@oldham.gov.uk