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In order to meet your research needs further, MSI have put together links to organisations that could help you with a number of topics.
Market Research Society
With members in more than 70 countries, MRS is the world’s largest association serving all those with professional equity in provision or use of market, social and opinion research, and in business intelligence, market analysis, customer insight and consultancy
http://www.mrs.org.uk
Business Link
Self-help portal of action-focused information for small and medium businesses, linking to all relevant ministries and departments
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk
Building Magazine
Provides the latest information on whats happening in the UK building industry
http://www.building.co.uk
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
This website provides information about BERR’s priorities and policies. BERR and its delivery partners also provide a range of practical assistance to business
http://www.berr.gov.uk
National Statistics Online
Free access to data produced by the Office for National Statistics, government departments and devolved administrations
http://www.statistics.gov.uk
DEFRA
The UK governments Department of Environment, Food and Rual Affairs
http://www.defra.gov.uk
The Scottish Government
The Government for Scotland is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport.
It manages an annual budget of more than £27 billion in the financial year 2005-2006 which is due to rise to over £30 billion in 2007-2008.
The Government was known as the Scottish Executive when it was established in 1999 following the first elections to the Scottish Parliament. The current administration was formed after elections in May 2007.
The Scottish Government is led by a First Minister who is nominated by the Parliament and in turn appoints the other Scottish Ministers who make up the Cabinet.
Civil servants in Scotland are accountable to Scottish Ministers, who are themselves accountable to the Scottish Parliament.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk
National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales is the representative body with legislative powers in devolved areas. It has sixty elected members and meets in the Senedd.
The Welsh Assembly Government is the devolved government for Wales. Led by the First Minister, it is responsible for many issues, including health, education, economic development, culture, the environment and transport.
http://www.wales.gov.uk
The British Library
The british library holds over 13 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 57 million patents and 3 million sound recordings
http://www.bl.uk
National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is an information treasure trove of Scotland’s knowledge, replica watches history and culture, with millions of books, manuscripts and maps covering every subject.
http://www.nls.uk
National Library of Wales
The National Library of Wales is one of the world's great libraries. Situated at Aberystwyth in west Wales, it is a legal deposit library, and holds the world's largest collection of works about Wales and other Celtic nations. It offers free access to its collections both on site and electronically.
http://www.llgc.org.uk
The LSE Research Laboratory
The LSE Research Lab is a unique institution, bringing together LSE's leading research centres in economics, finance, industrial relations, social policy and demography to work on the major social and economic policy issues of our time.
http://rlab.lse.ac.uk/data/content/online.asp?n=GEN
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