We should also request release of the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). It's government's comprehensive list of UK businesses for statistical purposes. IDBR contains businesses identified from VAT and PAYE records, in addition to those that are Companies House registered.
Companies House doesn't hold parent/subsidiary information in a structured format. IDBR contains groupings of legal units under common ownership. This could be a way to get structured parent/subsidiary information. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/idbr/idbr.asp cheers, Rob btw, another simplest thing done with CH data was built by five of us at Rewired State last year: http://companiesopen.org/ On 2 June 2010 15:46, Neil Aberdeen <[email protected]> wrote: > The most obvious data set that we don't expect to see but should lobby for > is Companies House data. > > My friend Matt Robinson posted previously about the simplest thing we've > done with CH data (see http://directors.mapofpower.com/ ) but there's much > more that could be achieved if transparency is a goal. > Neil _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
