LibGuides: WBS databases: FAME

Fame (Financial Analysis Made Easy)

FAME This link opens in a new window
Select University of Westminster as your organisation. Sign-in with your Uni username and password if necessary.

What is it?

An e-resource for UK company information. Financial information for 130,000 public and private British ccmpanies

Example search:

Search for Tesco PLC to find a report on the company containing key information such as turnover, number of employees, directors and much more.

The Help section in FAME has a comprehensive range of user guides and tutorials:

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Access to global news sources including major world newspapers in different scripts and language, also includes company financial data.

How to access and use Factiva [video]
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text journals, market research, company profiles and country reports.

How to access & use Business Source Complete [video]
Datastream This link opens in a new window
Access using the Excel Add-In for Eikon. Datastream is a time series database for over 175 countries and 60 markets worldwide.
Access is via the Datastream computer on the 1st floor of Marylebone library. You can also request off-site access using this form

In text:

(FAME, 2022)

List of references:

FAME (2022) Company report: Costa Ltd. Bureau van Dijk. Available at: https://fame4.bvdinfo.com (Accessed: 24 November 2022).