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The web site: www.europe.org.uk brings together contact details for organisations and individuals in the UK and its regions that provide EU information and advice for the general public, the academic community and business. You will also find addresses for EU institutions and agencies that are based in the UK; MEPs, and sectoral bodies with EU interests such as the TUC. The following is a list of information providers supported by the European Commission in the UK with links through to their full contact details.

Europe Direct

Europe Direct centres offer a range of services and information on the European Union. You can drop into these centres, or contact them by phone or e-mail. The services they provide include:

  • publications, brochures and guides on:
    • how the European Union institutions work
    • the Treaties that underpin it
    • the laws which it makes and implements together with your government
    • its main common policies - on farming, fisheries, trade and competition
    • schemes and programmes in other areas such as jobs, research, education, health, the environment and equal opportunities
    • funding opportunities for your business or organisation.
  • freephone access to the EUROPE DIRECT call centre on 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11
  • on-the-spot answers to questions
  • computers with access to the EU's Europa website
  • in many cases, TV broadcasts of the Europe by Satellite service, which provide daily updates of what's going on in the EU institutions
  • a feedback mechanism, which gives you the chance to let Brussels know about your concerns, queries and comments on any aspect of the EU's work and how it affects you
  • promotional events and documentation tailored for your area on what is happening in the EU.

East of England

Bedfordshire Europe Direct

London

London European Information 
 

North East

Europe Direct - North East
 

North West

Cheshire Europe Direct
Cumbria Europe Direct
Europe Direct Lancashire
 

Northern Ireland

Belfast Central Library Europe Direct Relay
Europe Direct - Derry & the North West

Europe Direct - NI
Europe Direct @ NICVA
 

Scotland

Aberdeen Central Library
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce & Enterprise
Europe Direct - Highlands & Islands
 
 

South East

Ashford Gateway
East Kent Europe Direct 
 

South West

Cornwall Europe Direct
Europe Direct - Gloucestershire & South West
Europe Direct Information Relay, Plymouth Library Service
Plymouth Central Library
Somerset and Dorset Europe Direct
South Devon College 
 

Wales

Carmarthenshire County Council (WWEC)
ECTARC
Europe Direct North West Wales
Europe Direct - Wrexham Library
South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre

West Wales European Centre
 

West Midlands

Europe Direct - Coventry & Warwickshire 
 

Yorkshire & Humber

Europe Direct - Leeds

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Euroconsumer

EUROPEAN CONSUMER
Director: Jediah Mayatt
1 Sylvan Court, Sylvan Way,
Southfields Business Park
BASILDON Essex UK SS15

T +44 (0)8456 04 05 03
F: +44 (0)8456 08 96 00
E: ecc@tsi.org.uk
W: www.ukecc.net

 

  • Part of the European Consumer Centres Network;
  • provides information and advice on consumer law in the UK and within the European Union and advice on how those laws can be enforced;
  • provides information, advice and assistance about problems with goods and services that you have bought in certain countries in Europe;
  • helps you to contact the trader to try and put things right.

 

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European Documentation Centres (EDCs)

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Enterprise Europe Network

builds on the strengths of the previous Euro Info Centre and Innovation Relay Centre networks, and unites more than 500 organisations in Europe and beyond offering integrated services, in close proximity to its clients. The network partners will supply information on, and help in accessing EU policies, programmes and funding opportunities. They:

  • Assist companies in identifying potential commercial partners, especially in other countries;
  • Encourage SMEs to become more innovative and help them develop new products, to access new markets and to inform them about EU activities and opportunities;
  • Advise small businesses on technical issues such as intellectual property rights, standards and EU legislation;
  • Act as a two-way street between entrepreneurs and EU decision-makers, relaying views in both directions.

See http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise-europe-network

 

Invest Northern Ireland
Bedford Square Bedford Street
BT2 7ES Belfast
Tel.: ( +442890698824)
Fax: (+442890436536)
Email: marshall.addidle@investni.com
Website: www.investni.com

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Business Link Kent Cic
34 Tower View, Kings Hill
ME19 4UY West Malling
Tel.: 441732878044
Fax: 441732874818
e-mail: linda.bennett@businesslinkkent.co.uk
Website: www.businesslinkkent.co.uk

Eisc Ltd
North Guild Commercial Road
SO14 7LW Southampton
Tel.: 442380832866
Fax: 442380231714
e-mail: richard.hall@euro-info-centre.co.uk
Website: www.euro-info-centre.co.uk

London Technology Network
Sussex Place, Regent'S Park
NW1 6HT London
Tel.: 448707657602
Fax: 448707657606
e-mail: enquiries@ltnetwork.org
Website: www.ltnetwork.org

EECIP

Business Link East
4 Bishops Square Business Park
AL10 9NE Hatfield
Tel.: 0845 600 9158
Fax: 0845 607 6117
e-mail: enterprise.europe@businesslinkeast.org.uk
Website: www.hertseic.co.uk

St John'S Innovation Centre Ltd
Cowley Road
CB4 0WS Cambridge
Tel.: 01223 421 117
Fax: 01223 420 844
e-mail: innovation-east@stjohns.co.uk
Website: www.innovation-east.co.uk

YHCIP

Targeting Innovation Ltd
Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street
LS15 8GB Leeds
Tel.: 0141 572 1600
Fax: 0141 572 1608
e-mail: lmaclean@targetinginnovation.com
Website: www.targetinginnovation.com

City Of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
City Hall
BD1 1DP Bradford
Tel.: 01274 434262
Fax: 01274 432136
e-mail: jenny.lawson@bradford.gov.uk
Website: www.bradford.gov.uk

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Coventry University Enterprises Ltd
The Technocentre, Puma Way,
CV1 2TT Coventry
Tel.: 0044 (0) 2476 236 236
Fax: 0044 (0) 2476 236 388
e-mail: a.duckworth@coventry.ac.uk
Website: www.mirc.org.uk

Birmingham Chamber Of Commerce And Industry
75 Harborne Road, Edgbaston
B15 3DH Birmingham
Tel.: 0044 (0) 121 454 6171 ext 2211
Fax: 0044 (0) 121 4558670
Email: c.davies@birminghamchamber.org.uk
Website: www.birmingham-chamber.com

Derbyshire And Nottingham Chamber Of Commerce
Commerce Centre, Canal Wharf
S41 7NA Chesterfield
Tel.: 0044 (0) 845 601 1038
Fax: 0044 (0) 246 233 288
e-mail: David.Northfield@dncc.co.uk
Website: www.nottschamber.co.uk/intr_opp.asp

London Innovatn Nwk

Greater London Enterprise 
10 – 12 The Circle
Queen Elizabeth St
SE1 2JN London
Tel.: 44 (0) 20 7403 0300
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7403 1742
e-mail: clare.s@gle.co.uk
Website: www.gle.co.uk

London Technology Network Ltd
17 Linhope Street
NW1 6HT London
Tel.: 44 0870 765 7602
Fax: 44 870 765 7606
e-mail: p.reid@ltnetwork.org
Website: www.ltnetwork.org

The London Chamber Of Commerce And Industry
33 Queen Street
EC4R 1AP London
Tel.: 44 20 7203 1838
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7203 1812
e-mail: tvanessen@londonchamber.co.uk
Website: www.londonchamber.co.uk

NWESSBI

North West Business Link
Building 2, Brian Johnson Way
PR2 5PE Preston
Tel.: 0845 00 66 888
Fax: 01772 790140
e-mail: dennis.poole@businesslinknw.co.uk
Website: www.businesslink.gov.uk/northwest

Chamberlink Ltd
Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street
M60 7HJ Manchester
Tel.: (44-161) 236 4026
Fax: (44-161)2364170
e-mail: christopher.greenhalgh@business-support-solutions.co.uk
Website: www.c-b-e.co.uk

Rtc North Ltd
1 Hylton Park Wessington Way
SR5 3HD Sunderland
Tel.: 00 44 191 516 4400
Fax: 00 191 516 4401
e-mail: sarah.hart@rtcnorth.co.uk
Website: www.rtcnorth.co.uk

EBIS - SCOTLAND

Scottish Enterprise
150 Broomielaw
G2 8LU Glasgow
Tel.: 0141 228 2613
Fax: 0141 228 2327
e-mail: alan.kerr@scotent.co.uk
Website: www.scottish-enterprise.com

Highlands & Islands Enterprise
Cowan House, Inverness Retail & Business Park
IV2 7GF Inverness
Tel.: 01463 234171
Fax: 01463 244241
e-mail: laura.dingwall@hient.co.uk
Website: www.hie.co.uk

Highland Opportunity Limited
81A Castle Street
IV2 3EA Inverness
Tel.: 01463 715400
Fax: 01463 715600
Email: enterprise.europe@highland-opportunity.com
Website: www.highland-opportunity.com

NEIITT

One Northeast
Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
NE15 8NY Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tel.: (00 44) 191 2296661
Fax: (00 44) 191 2296229
e-mail: john.holmes@onenortheast.co.uk
Website: www.onenortheast.co.uk

The Centre Of Excellence For Nanotechnology Micro And Photonic Systems Ltd
The Fabriam Centre, Atmel Way, Middle Engine Lane
NE28 9NZ Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tel.: (00 44) 1912804246
Fax: (00 44) 1912805525
e-mail: michael.pitkethly@cenamps.com
Website: www.cenamps.com

WEIBSS

National Assembly Government
Crown Buildings, Cathays Park
CF10 3AH Cardiff
Tel.: +44 (0)2920 828858
Fax: +44 (0)2920 368229
e-mail: sandra.lopes@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Website: www.wales.gov.uk

Weic Ltd
30-36 Newport Road
CF24 0DE Cardiff
Tel.: +44 (0)2920 229525
Fax: +44 (0)2920 229740
e-mail: brianm@weicltd.demon.co.uk
Website: www.waleseic.org.uk/

 

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European Public Information Centres (EPICs)

are members of a growing network of information outlets run by UK library authorities that work together, with the support of the European Commission Representation in the UK, to provide a better European information service to their library users. EPICs aim to :
  • improve access for the general public to EU information at a local level;
  • answer queries by drawing on their own expertise and that of other European information providers (including the Commission's own information officers);
  • provide access to official EU publications, and
  • carry a range of free leaflets published by the Commission.

 

East Midlands

Chesterfield Library
Derby Central Library
Derbyshire County Council
Leicester Reference and Information Library
Leicestershire Library Services
Lincoln Central Library
Northamptonshire Central Library
Nottingham Central Library
Nottinghamshire County Council
Rutland County Library

East of England

Bedfordshire Library Service
Cambridge Central Library
Essex Libraries - Business Information Services
Essex Libraries
Hertfordshire Community Information
Luton Central Library
Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library
Peterborough Central Library
Southend Central Library
Suffolk Libraries & Heritage County Reference Library

London

Barking Central Library
Battersea Reference Library
Bexleyheath Central Library
Brixton Tate Library
Corporation of London - City Business Library
Croydon Central Library
Ealing Central Reference Library
Edmonton Green Library
Hackney Reference Library
Harrow Civic Centre Reference Library
Havering Central Library Information Services
Hendon Reference Library
Ilford Central Library
Islington Reference Library
Kensington & Chelsea Central Reference Library
Lewisham Reference Library
London Borough of Bromley
London Borough of Hillingdon
Marcus Garvey Library
Merton Library and Heritage Service
Richmond Reference Library
Southwark Principal Reference & Information Library
Stratford Information Library
Sutton Central Library
Swiss Cottage Central Library
Tower Hamlets Libraries
Walthamstow Central Library
Westminster Reference Library
Willesden Green Library
Woolwich Reference Library

North East

Darlington Borough Council
Durham Clayport Library
Gateshead Council
Hartlepool Central Library
Middlesbrough Central Library
Newcastle City Library
North Tyneside Council
Redcar and Cleveland Library Service
South Tyneside Library
Sunderland City Library and Arts Centre

North West

Altrincham Library
Birkenhead Central Library
Blackpool Borough Council
Bolton Central Library
Bury Central Library
Crosby Reference Library
Ellesmere Port Central Library
Halton Lea Library
Harris Library
Huyton Library
Liverpool Central Library Business and Technology Library
Manchester Central Library
Oldham Library
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockport Library
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Tameside Libraries Information Service
Warrington Library
Wigan Library Service

Northern Ireland

North Down Borough Council
North East Education and Library Board Headquarters
South Eastern Education and Library Board
Southern Education and Library Board
Western Education & Library Board

Scotland

Aberdeen Central Library
Aberdeenshire Library and Information Service
Angus Council Cultural Services
Argyll & Bute Library Services
Clackmannanshire Libraries
Dumfries & Galloway Libraries
Dundee City Council
Dunfermline Central Library
East Ayrshire Library, Registration and Information Service
East Dunbartonshire Libraries
East Lothian Council Library Service
East Renfrewshire Council
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services
Falkirk Council Library Services
Greenock Central Library
Highland Libraries
Midlothian Council Library Service
Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Moray Libraries
North Ayrshire Council Libraries & Information Services
Paisley Central Library
Scottish Borders Library Service
Shetland Libraries
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire Libraries
Stirling Council Libraries
The Orkney Library
West Dunbartonshire Libraries
West Lothian Council Library Service
Western Isles Libraries

South East

Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Brighton & Hove Council
Buckinghamshire County Council
East Sussex County Council
Hampshire County Council
Hampshire County Council
Isle of Wight Library Service
Kent County Council
Medway Council
Milton Keynes Council
Oxfordshire County Council
Oxfordshire County Council
Portsmouth City Council
Reading Borough Council
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council
Slough Borough Council
Southampton City Council
West Berkshire Council
West Sussex County Council
Wokingham District Council

South West

Bath Library
Bournemouth Library
Bristol Central Library
Cornwall County Reference Library
Dorset County Library HQ
Exeter Central Library
Gloucestershire County Library
Poole Central Library
Swindon Reference Library
Taunton Library
Torbay Library Service
Weston Library
Wiltshire County Council Libraries and Heritage

Wales

Blaenau Gwent County Borough
Brecon Library
Bridgend County Library
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Cardiff County Council
Ceredigion County Council
Chepstow Library
Chepstow Library
City and County of Swansea
Conwy County Borough Council
Denbighshire County Council
Gwynedd Council
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Merthyr Tydfil Central Library
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Newport Central Library
Newtown Library
Pembrokeshire County Council
Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Wrexham County Borough Council

West Midlands

Birmingham Central Library
Coventry Central Library
Dudley Library
Hanley Library
Sandwell Library & Information Service
Shropshire County Library Service
Solihull Central Library
Stafford Library and Information Service
Stirchley Library
Walsall Central Library
Warwickshire County Council
Warwickshire County Council
Warwickshire County Council
Wolverhampton Central Reference Library
Worcestershire County Council

Yorkshire & Humber

Barnsley EPIC
Beverley Reference Library
Bradford Central Library
City of York Council
Doncaster Central Library
Grimsby Central Library
Halifax Central Library
Huddersfield Reference Library
Hull City Council
North Lincolnshire Central Library
North Yorkshire County Library HQ
Rotherham Business Information Library
Sheffield City Council
Wakefield Library and Information Service

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