Government

The UK Patent Office - http://www.patent.gov.uk
Informative site providing details on many aspects of the office's work including a section titled "Intellectual Property on the Internet".

Department of Trade and Industry - http://www.dti.gov.uk  
The Department of Trade and Industry official website. Aimed at UK based business, science and industry, it covers such issues as competitiveness, innovation, research, export promotion and export licensing.

Trade Partners UK - http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk   
Advice and information from the Government network that helps UK companies trade internationally.

UK Online For Business - http://www.ukonlineforbusiness.gov.uk 
E-commerce and IT help and advice, especially for small and medium-sized firms, from the British Government's UK online for business programme.

Small Business Service - http://www.sbs.gov.uk  
Provides information and advice to help small businesses realise their potential.

Business Link - http://www.businesslink.gov.uk 
National network of business advice centres provided by the Small Business Service, an agency of UK Government. Local office finder with generic information and advice.

Companies House - Home Page - http://www.companies-house.gov.uk 
Responsible for the registration and provision of UK company information. This site describes the range of activities and the statutory obligations of limited liability companies.

British Trade International - http://www.dti.gov.uk
Site providing information and assistance to UK industry on exporting and export policy.

Search Engines

BritishInformation.com - http://www.britishinformation.com
Directory of UK Web sites.

CurryGuide - http://web.curryguide.com
Meta search engine allowing searches within the UK, Europe, and worldwide.

Google UK - http://www.google.co.uk
Employs text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to a user's search.

Lycos UK- http://www.lycos.co.uk

UK Plus- http://www.ukplus.co.uk
Review guide of British web sites.

Yahoo UK - http://uk.yahoo.com
Designed to deliver the richness of the Yahoo! database from a uniquely British and Irish perspective.

Online Newspapers

The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk

The Times - http://www.thetimes.co.uk

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk

The Scotsman - http://www.scotsman.com

The Sun - http://www.thesun.co.uk

Company Information

Yellow Pages - http://search.yell.com/search/DoSearch

Equifax - http://www.equifax.co.uk