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The Business & IP Centre (BIPC) Sussex with its Regional Centre BIPC Brighton & Hove at Jubilee Library and its BIPC Locals at Crawley Library, Eastbourne Library and Hastings Library, supports entrepreneurs, inventors, and small businesses across Sussex, from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business. 

 Our new BIPC spaces are now open and we aim to have   a BIPC Information specialist available in our Centre in   the Jubilee Library, Monday to Thursday 10am to 5pm.

When a specialist is not available, please ask a member of library staff, who will be able to log you on to one of the PCs elsewhere in the library and provide basic help on the service. You may use the business databases, free of charge for up to 2 hours. The charge after this is £1 per hour. 

You can use the BIPC space to research your business, access a selection of the latest business books and also use the space to work on developing your business ideas.

Complete Business Reference Adviser (COBRA) is a practical and comprehensive resource for anyone wanting to start a business. It contains over a thousand small business factsheets, guides and sector-specific reports.

You can access Cobra from home with your library card or at Jubilee Library. Don’t have a library card yet? Register now

Looking for funding? With GRANTfinder you can easily search the available funding opportunities to help support your small business or social enterprise to grow and prosper.

You can access GRANTfinder at Jubilee Library or you can send an email to bipc@brighton-hove.gov.uk for a hands on session on how to use this database and find out how it can help your company.

Fame provides information on private companies in the UK and Ireland. 
Listing 11 million companies with information such as accounts and director details for up to 10 years - ideal also for business to business contact lists. Searches can be made by industry, location, size etc.

Download limit of 300 companies per week.
Access only in Jubilee library - ask staff to log you in.

Mintel provides detailed consumer research, sales data and market information along with analysis, context and commentary.
This can give a complete picture of the past, present and future of the following key markets:

You can access Mintel at Jubilee Library or send an email to bipc@brighton-hove.gov.uk  for a hands on session on how to use this database and find out how it can help your company.

EMIS Information platform provides a unique blend of analysis, data and news on companies, industries and countries.

We license content from leading sources of company and industry intelligence and combine with a database of over 6.6 Million companies, M&A information and country level research. 

You can access EMIS at Jubilee Library or send an email to bipc@brighton-hove.gov.uk  for a hands on session on how to use this database and find out how it can help your company. 

Watch now:  10 simple steps to get started with EMIS

IBISWorld provides:

• Industry Market Research
• Industry Risk Ratings
• Analysis of hundreds of industries including risk scores & revenue forecasts

You can access IBIS world at Jubilee Library or send an email to bipc@brighton-hove.gov.uk  for a hands on session on how to use this database and find out how it can help your company.

Watch now: IBISWorld Website Navigation