Fame: company information online
1.3 million companies in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland are listed with detailed financial, descriptive and ownership information. For 1 million companies there are summaries. Assorted searches are possible, including by name and by postcode.
Halsbury Laws Direct: legal information online
Covering English law this is the online version of the classic "Halsbury's Laws of England", the 50 volume work first published in 1907.
Arranged using an alphabetical set of over 160 headings ranging from Administration to Wills the online version has a number of ways of searching the text. Updated daily it covers statute law, such as Acts of Parliament, and relevant case law, plus law originating from Europe.
Times Digital Archive: 1785-1985
Search 200 years of the London Times including articles, adverts, book reviews, law reports, letters, obituaries, sport and even the crossword! With more than 8 million articles and adverts easily accessible it represents a resource beyond compare. Scanned in as high resolution digital images the result is images of specific articles and adverts and the entire page on which they occur all presented on a single screen. Browse by issue date, story headline, subject and other key search words.