British American Business Council (BABC) Overview

The BABC is the largest transatlantic business network, with 25 chapters -- and 3,000 member companies, including many of the world's largest multinationals -- based in major business centers throughout North America and the United Kingdom.

Companies can gain access to the benefits of membership in this network by joining one of the BABC's chapters, such as BABG Atlanta -- all of which are independent British-American business organizations that participate in the BABC to provide their member companies with a broader transatlantic business network and additional Member Benefits, including marketing, networking and business intelligence opportunities.

The BABC also brings members from throughout its network together at its Annual Transatlantic Business Conferences, which offer great networking opportunities as well as outstanding business programs.

BABC Information Services

As a benefit of BABC membership, BABG member companies have full access to extensive corporate databases, covering the top 650,000 European and North American companies, at a highly discounted price.

These databases are ideal for both marketing campaigns and research projects, because they both provide very detailed information (ownership, activities, executives, etc.) about the individual companies and are searchable via various different search criteria.     

It would cost a company more than $30,000 a year to subscribe to these databases for its own use.  We offer full access to them for a price of $50 per inquiry (irrespective of how many records are searched) and 60 cents for each record searched.   A ‘record’ consists of all the information available about the company (see below for more detail).

The databases are:

Bureau van Dijk – “AMADEUS”

AMADEUS is a comprehensive, pan-European database covering the top 300,000 public and private companies in 38 European countries. Up to 100 search criteria (including all financial items) can be combined so we can identify both individual, and groups of, companies quickly and easily.

The standard report includes the following: full company contact information; legal form; year of incorporation; trade description and primary and secondary industry codes; financial profile (up to 10 years of information); number of employees; board members & officers; auditors; company ownership (shareholders, parents and subsidiaries for both public and private companies, with both direct and indirect ownership detailed.)

Bureau van Dijk – “ICARUS”

ICARUS is a database of the top 350,000 US and Canadian companies. Up to 30 search criteria can be combined so that we can identify both individual, and groups of, companies quickly and easily. The data on a company’s activities and executives is detailed, with various hierarchical search options making ICARUS ideal for marketing campaigns as well as research projects.

The standard report includes the following: full company contact information; company type indicator; ticker symbol/stock exchange; state of incorporation; sales figures and number of employees; US SIC and NAICS codes, lines of business; parents/subsidiaries; executive/senior management; banks accountants.

Please contact Sherry Dolatshahi for further information: sdolatshahi@babinc.org; Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7290 9883, Facsimile: + 44 (0) 20 7491 9172.

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• Additional Benefits
   

• In addition to the benefits that regional BABC chapters offer their members, the BABC offers a variety of services for member companies to build and manage their business, including:

  -	Exclusive access via password to the BABC’s online Membership Directory of its member companies as stated above, as well as a company listing on this Directory and the opportunity to hyperlink your listing to your own website.
  -	The opportunity to participate in the event programs offered by all BABC chapters and network with members from other BABC chapters at the BABC’s Transatlantic Business Conferences.
  -	Promote your company to all the BABC’s membership on a year-round basis through the home page of the BABC website, by becoming a BABC Patron.
  -	Access to the J1 Visa Program, enabling BABC member companies to bring qualified employees into the United States for training and employment.
  -	Access to a variety of business information databases on a highly discounted basis.
  -	Opportunities to promote their services and products to other BABC member companies on the BABC website, at no cost, through our Member Discounts, as well as through advertising, sponsorships.
  -	Access to the bi-monthly updates on major trade/economic policy issues, circulated by the BABC to its member companies.
  -	The opportunity to join specialized British-American industry groups in law (British-American Group of Lawyers - BAGOL) or accounting (British-American Group of Accountants - BAGOA).
  -	Advertising and sponsorship opportunities at the annual BABC Transatlantic Business Conferences and on the BABC website.