Trends Central Resource (TCR)

TCR is one of the most extensive bodies of information on UK enterprise. TCR is an incredibly rich data toolkit, containing information on economic performance, business activity, and ownership on an individual firm basis.  The information held by TCR has been built up seamlessly since 1996 and is maintained today as a longitudinal 10-year knowledge source.

The result? TCR embodies breadth and depth over time. It is large, it is detailed, and it is longitudinal.

Breadth 

• TCR represents the whole population, not just a sample.
• Unlike other data sources TCR includes firms below the VAT threshold, branch sites, and the self-employed.
• TCR is a fuller, more complete picture of the local economy.

TCR enables our clients to understand exactly what their local economy comprises and compare this with any area in the UK.

Depth 

• TCR contains more detail on a greater range of firm characteristics than other data sources.
• TCR identifies the precise location, size, performance, activity, age, and ownership of firms and can cross-reference any of these characteristics.
• TCR offers the flexibility required to analyse the key relationships, which drive economic growth.

TCR enables our clients to ‘lift the lid' on official statistics to make more informed and more effective decisions.

Time 

• TCR is the aggregate of the UK's individual firms tracked over their entire existence.
• TCR generates information that is based on REAL businesses that have demonstrable patterns of growth and decline, that are born and die, and that move and restructure.
• TCR contains the complete cycle of economic growth.

TCR enables our clients to understand economic performance, and the development prospects of firms, sectors, clusters, economies, and areas.

If you would like more details about TCR's applications please contact: 0191 279 0900 or info@tbr.co.uk