On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Matt Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Company number is in the URL and should be on the page too.
Damnit! How did I miss that. Well done for using the unique-id. Oh well, so much for privacy... http://directors.mapofpower.com/appointees/13996190 Julian I'm afraid that the incorporation date was on another dataset than the one we bought, but i think it's part of the set that's free on webcheck. On the other hand the oldest appointment date for a company may be from the incorporation document (and will say so if it is) so you could make a fair guess. > > On 16 Apr 2010, at 23:18, Julian Todd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Do you have anything more about the companies, apart from just the >> name, like the company number, whether it's classified as a small >> business, and when it was incorporated? >> >> Julian. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Matt Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Wotcha, >>> Thought that some of you might be interested in >>> http://directors.mapofpower.com/ – we bought the Companies House appointment >>> snapshot and dropped it into a quick little searchable symfony app so you >>> can browse the data - it's the directors and secretaries of every UK >>> company, cross-linked. Quite handy for looking up your PPCs, ex-MPs, etc. >>> Also handy (if you're a childish prat like me) for looking up funny names >>> (see if you can beat Minge Fan, or Arse Plems Kyentu). >>> I was wanting to work on it a bit more before making it public, but we just >>> haven't had time. If anyone wants to help out on it, please get in touch, >>> I'd really appreciate it, especially if you grok RDF. We're particularly >>> keen on getting JSON & RDF output running, making the annotations work (half >>> done), and putting some kind of API-key thing on it so that we can keep it >>> free for good causes (like MySociety, DemocracyClub, etc), while managing to >>> make a little bit of money back from others so we can afford to buy updated >>> data snapshots (they're £4k each, so not insanely expensive, but not exactly >>> free either). >>> By way of introduction - hi, I'm Matt, I've been lurking here for about a >>> year since I started developing WhoKnowsWho at Tui for Channel 4. Myself and >>> a couple of colleagues sort of lurk around, belligerently doing good >>> things. I open-sourced WKW, and am currently working on a UK network for >>> LittleSis.org. A couple of my colleagues designed the London Datastore. >>> -- >>> Matt Robinson >>> http://inanimatt.com/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list [email protected] >>> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >>> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list [email protected] >> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
