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Guides to UK company data, registers and B2B marketing

Guides to UK company data: what to check when buying a list, what PECR allows for B2B email and calls, what Companies House shows and how UK SIC 2007 works.

4 November 2026

Buying UK business data: what to check

Nine checks before you order a UK business list: source, date of the data, contact fields, sample file, legal form for PECR, TPS screening and the price per usable record.

Companies House: what the free company data shows and what it does not

What the free Companies House snapshot contains, why it has no phone numbers or emails, what the company number is good for and where sole traders are missing.

PECR and B2B marketing: email, texts and calls to UK businesses

Email, text, live and automated calls, post: what PECR requires when you contact limited companies, sole traders and partnerships, with the regulations on legislation.gov.uk.

UK SIC 2007: industry codes for target group lists

How UK SIC 2007 is structured, how the five-digit subclasses differ from NACE, how companies choose their codes and how to use them to define a target group.