Research and publications

UK

• City of London Research Publications. The City of London publishes free economic research publications covering City issues
• Government Publications. Free access to publications by UK government departments

International

• CIA World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities
• CORDIS (Community Research and Development Information Service) disseminates information on all EU-funded research projects and their results
• Directory of Open Access Journals. A directory with over 5000 open access journals. Covers many subjects and different languages
• International Monetary Fund. Publications and data from the International Monetary fund
• Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) . A resource library containing case studies and articles relating to food and grocery retailing and supply chains. Please note: you must register to access
• United Nations Development Programme. Free access to research papers and publications from the UNDP
• UNTCAD. Free access to statistics and publications from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); the UN body responsible for dealing with international trade
• Warwick Industrial Relations Research Unit. Free publications and research from the IRRU at Warwick Business School. Includes recent conference papers covering industrial relations, trade unions, employment issues, etc
• World Bank Open Knowledge Repository. The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products
• World Economic Forum publishes reports which examine global issues

Financials and annual reports

UK

• Bank of England compiles and publishes a range of monetary and financial statistics and research
• London Stock Exchange. Statistics from the London Stock Exchange
• Northcote. Freely available UK company annual reports

International

• Annual Reports . Freely available recent annual reports
• Bank for International Settlements. Free access to statistics, research and analysis relating to the global financial system and central bank community
• EDGAR. Free US company filings

Library

City Business Library (CBL) - London is a public library providing business information which is free to access.

Statistics and data

UK

• Office for National Statistics (ONS). UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics is the recognised national statistical institute for the UK
• UK National Statistics. Data on economy, population and society at national and local level. Summaries and detailed data releases are published free of charge

International

• Eurostat. Detailed statistics on the EU
• International Monetary Fund. Publications and data from the International Monetary fund
• Nation Master. Compilation of country data and statistics from a variety of sources 
• Quandl offers free access to datasets
• UN Data. Access to UN statistical data
• UNTCAD. Free access to statistics and publications from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); the UN body responsible for dealing with international trade