Economic Research and Links
United Kingdom
HM Customs and Revenue (External Web Page)
The HMRC is responsible for collecting the bulk of tax revenue as well as involved in strengthening the UK's frontiers.
HM Treasury (External Web Page)
The Treasury is responsible for formulating and implementing the UK Government's financial and economic policies.
Ethical Investment
Calvert's Know What You Own (External Web Page)
is an ethical investment tool that allows you to screen individual Funds for specific products or companies you do not want to invest in for ethical reasons. Just click on the link above an choose the ethical screen and fund you want to analyse. NB. It is good to have an idea of which fund you want to analyse before using this service as there are thousands of listed funds here. Alternatively, you can use it to find out which institutional investors hold specific stocks and which portfolio's they keep them in … but be prepared to spend some time to get the most from this high powered tool.
Citywire (External Web Page)
provides FTSE100 specific market and company news - Use the comprehensive market and company information email newswire to keep you up to date with how the companies you are interested in are performing, what difficulties they face etc.
The Investor Responsibility Research Center (External Web Page)
The Investor Responsibility Research Center gives the latest research on what constitutes responsible investment and provides details of financial institutions offering IRRC approved financial products.
Reuters (External Web Page)
Reuters provides access to broker research on listed companies, plus standard Reuters format financial news. The research is intended to help investors choose stocks and reflects the risks faced by companies - a good way to gauge impact of campaigning issues on the market. Most research from institutions such as Merrill Lynch, Teather and Greenwood and Williams De Broe can be viewed for free if you are willing to wait a few days from publication.
Transnationale.org (External Web Page)
Billed as a 'Corporation Observatory', Transnationale provides two excellent primary resources - listed companies and their global subsidiaries, and a comprehensive list of senior managers. The site also combines traditional market and company information with an ethical perspective. The main news pages comment on high profile corporate misconduct, while each company page contains information on suspected corruption, human rights abuses.
Other economic focused information sources
Corp Watch - Tobacco page (External Web Page)
News articles and investigations by Corp Watch on the Tobacco industry.
European Commission - Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (External Web Page)
The Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the European Commission plays a key role in promoting positive interaction between economic, social and employment policies.
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Key documents, journal articles and links
Economic burden of tobacco (External Web Page)
Many different ways in which tobacco piles the costs onto society -- this collection of documents and testimonies covers calculations of the economic burden as used in US litigation. May 2002 to March 2003
Investment in tobacco control: state highlights 2001
Survey of US state expenditures and outcomes by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This is a key document in justifying spending on tobacco control.
