EuroContactPool Extends Business Data Solution across Europe

GOTHENBURG, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

EuroContactPool has announced an expansion of its pan-European business data services to provide local expertise in five additional countries: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway and Switzerland.

EuroContactPool, which enables companies worldwide to access data to acquire, keep and manage customers, is Europe’s most comprehensive and accurate business-to-business (B2B) information service.

The decision marks a major Europe-wide investment by EuroContactPool’s highly respected parent group Bisnode, the world’s leading pan-European business information provider which employs 3,000 people in 17 countries.

The expansion of EuroContactPool pitches its high quality international B2B data services against those of other providers, reinforcing its position as a leading business information brand.

EuroContactPool has at its heart a world-leading database covering 26 million contacts in 16 countries and expanding. The data is compiled by selecting the best partner in each market, ensuring its constant freshness and reliability. Its high level of accuracy – 10,000 adjustments and amendments are made every day – enables marketers to develop and manage business opportunities Europe-wide.

EuroContactPool enables companies to truly understand their marketplace by profiling their best clients and finding more of the same – right across Europe. Its sophisticated search metrics, backed by a friendly expert team, enable marketers to devise campaigns that hit their targets first time and really deliver results.

Johan Lindqvist, Business Manager for EuroContactPool, says: “This expansion provides marketers across Europe with an international business-to-business data solution to help them acquire, keep and manage customers. Increasingly, Europe is a hub for global companies, driving demand for a one-source data solution.”

Businesses across Europe are already showing a strong interest in the range of EuroContactPool services. These include: Data Delivery (data sourcing), Data Quality (cleaning, enhancing and updating), and Data Intelligence (combining, analysing and appending data).

Also in demand is Data Integration which provides a seamless link between the powerful EuroContactPool database and industry-standard Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, such as Salesforce, SuperOffice, Lundalogik and Microsoft Dynamics.

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Obama extends program that reduces opportunities for small business - Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal

President Obama has extended a 21-year-old defense program that allows large defense contractors to withhold subcontracting information from the public, media and Congress.

The program, known as the Comprehensive Subcontracting Plan Test Program (CSPTP), was established in 1990 in an attempt to reduce administrative burdens associated with small business subcontracting goals. The program’s three-year reauthorization was included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012.

The American Small Business League (ASBL) has long maintained that the CSPTP allows large defense contractors to evade the Small Business Act, which requires that 23 percent of all federal contracts (including subcontracts) must be with small businesses.

Participants of the CSPTP, including 12 of the largest federal contractors, are exempt from submitting subcontracting reports used by federal agencies to monitor compliance with small business goals. This allows large contractors to dodge the Federal Acquisition Regulation “liquidated damages” clause, which requires any government contractor that fails to meet its small business-subcontracting goal to pay damages to the federal government in the amount of the deficiency.

The only known evaluation of the program is a 1994 report obtained by the ASBL through the Freedom of Information Act. The 1994 report indicated a decline in subcontract work for small businesses since implementation of the CSPTP.

In 2010, five members of Congress led by New York Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke called for a federal investigation of the program. In a letter written to the General Accountability Office (GAO) the representatives stated, “Federal contracting data calls into question whether participants in the CSPTP are actually meeting their small business subcontracting goals.” Despite these efforts, the GAO has not investigated the CSPTP.

“If President Obama thinks eliminating reporting requirements for large defense contractors and exempting them from penalties is a good idea, then the IRS should adopt the same policy so the public wouldn’t be required to submit income tax returns and there would be no penalty for not paying your taxes,” said ASBL President Lloyd Chapman. “This is another Obama administration anti-small business policy that you won’t read about in the national media.”

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Obama Extends Program that Reduces Opportunities for Small Business, According to the American Small Business League

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Stock index futures crept lower on Thursday as renewed concerns about the euro zone's financial health pushed down …

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