1. Using MarketLine to find information and statistics

2. What MarketLine covers
Data and information on 30,000+ global companies
3,500 industry profiles and 110+ country profiles
Financial deals tracker
Investment & Advisory Prospector
Company Prospector
Country statistics
City statistics
Market data analytics
Search Investment and Advisory Prospector – search Booker Jan 1-Feb (deal with Tesco example)

3. The following slides provide an overview of the different search tools available on MarketLine. There are a number of short videos that introduce you to the different searchable content available
Videos from MarketLine
MarketLine Advantage step-by-step
Company Report Generator Tutorial
Company Prospector Tool Tutorial
Financial Deals Tracker Tutorial
Investment and Advisory Prospector Tutorial
Short videos from the library
How to access Porter’s Five Forces Analyses using MarketLine
How to access company SWOT information using MarketLine
How to access country PESTLE using MarketLine
How to access industry data using Orbis

4. For a quick search on a company, use the search box or browse ‘companies’ by sector. See this video for more information: How to access company SWOT information using MarketLine (please note: you can use this method for a quick search of any of the collections)

5. From the ‘Databases’ category on the home page, you will find a number of search tools. The following slides cover some of the ways you can search for company data.

6. Click on the ‘Databases’ link on the home page to see more information about each tool.

7. ‘Company Prospector’ enables you to build lists of potential business partners, clients and investment targets in industries and countries of interest. See this video for more information: Company Prospector Tool Tutorial

8. ‘Company Report Generator’ allows you to create customised company reports with analytical text and charts. Sections include SWOT, M&A, partnerships and agreements, news and events. See this video for more information: Company Report Generator Tutorial

9. ‘Financial Deals Tracker’ enables you to track market activity using this collection of global mergers and acquisitions, private equity deals, venture finance deals, private placements, IPOs and partnerships. See this video for more information: Financial Deals Tracker Tutorial

10. ‘Investment and Advisory Prospector’ enables you to identify advisory and investment firms operating in specific industries, and gain insight into the investment and inorganic strategy of companies. See this video for more information: Investment and Advisory Prospector Tutorial

11. ‘Tenders & Contracts’ is a global contracts and tenders intelligence database for timely and informed decision making on business oppportunities. See this video for more information: Investment and Advisory Prospector Tutorial

12. ‘Market Data Analytics’ is a simple tool that enables you to make country and sector selections to find out market value or volume data (you can also look over time or compare countries or sectors)

13. ‘Country Statistics’ offers a wealth of statistical information
‘Country Statistics’ offers a wealth of statistical information. Choose your country and then select from the indicators, including Economic, Demographics, Labour Force and Employment, Transportation and Logistics and Travel and Tourism. There is so much to explore on here.

14. ‘City Statistics’ allows you to look at data and forecasts of key socio and macroeconomic indicators for nearly 2,000 cities around the world (although it includes Northampton too).

15. ‘City Data’ offers similar content to ‘City Statistics’ but provides a more visual representation of the data. This tool enables you to view heat and data maps of the different categories selected.