Investigating Companies: A Do-It-Yourself Handbook
Corporate Watch's new Do-It-Yourself Handbook shows you how to investigate a company.
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“An invaluable guide. It helps to make the task of concerned citizens a little less daunting.” - Professor Sue Richards, Keep Our NHS Public
“If you want to know what’s really going on, you need to investigate. This handbook shows how.” - Clare Sambrook, Shine a Light project, openDemocracy. Co-founder End Child Detention Now. Award-winning investigative reporter
"Going beyond mere rhetoric, Corporate Watch's DIY handbook finally gives campaigners the means to challenge corporate power. An essential weapon in the activist's tool-kit" - Dr Guddi Singh, Medact
Want to know more about a company but don’t know where to look?
Corporate Watch's new Do-It-Yourself Handbook shows you how to look into a company you’ve got an issue with, and how to find and understand key pieces of information about it, including:
- Who owns and runs it, and how much they are making;
- The impact of its operations;
- How much money it has, how much profit it is making and how much debt it is in;
- Details of public service and government contracts it has;
- Links with politicians;
- Its legal and regulatory duties.
The handbook also includes guides to:
- Reading company accounts;
- Understanding company law, ownership and financing;
- Making freedom of information requests;
- Searching the web;
- Talking to the company, workers and people affected by it;
and includes extensive company, government, business information and critical sources.
The focus is on UK companies but most of the information is relevant to companies wherever they are based.
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