Projects
Our Projects team specialises in the construction of bespoke databases focusing on accounting information and offering a high value added service.
Company Reporting compiles the underlying data for a host of publications carried out on behalf of organisations such as the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the Directorate General Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (DG JRC-IPTS) of the European Commission and the UK Government's Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS).
If you think our database services or any of the information we collect in our database could be of use to your organisation, please do not hesitate in contacting our Projects team using the contact form on the right to see if we can provide a solution to your data requirement.
2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
The 2009 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard was published in November 2009. The sixth edition of this series of EU Scoreboards comprises of the Top 1000 EU and Top 1000 Non EU companies with the highest R&D investment. These 2000 companies are listed and ranked within industry and country. The 2009 EU R&D Scoreboard also shows key financial performance data and additionally contains a separate Top 10 list for each of the 27 EU member states.
The EU R&D Scoreboards have been compiled by Company Reporting for the Directorate General Joint Research Centre - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (DG JRC-IPTS) of the European Commission. Since its first edition in 2004 the EU R&D Scoreboard analysis has been continuously extended and the number of companies increased substantially. A copy of the previous five EU Scoreboards can be downloaded from the JRC web page.
2008 R&D Scoreboard
Compiled by Company Reporting, the 2008 R&D Scoreboard, published by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills in collaboration with the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) on 16th January 2009, details the top 850 companies investing in research and development in the UK and how they compare with the top 1400 Global companies.
The Scoreboard is an international league table of the companies investing most in R&D. It is designed as a benchmarking tool for companies, investors and policy-makers. Sixteen leading business and professional organisations endorse the Scoreboard as a source of information for companies and their shareholders when considering the amount invested in R&D as part of the innovation process and business strategy; a list of the endorsers is printed inside the back cover.
The Scoreboard contains extensive information on the largest R&D-active companies including:
· key financial performance measures such as sales, employment data, market capitalisation, operating profits and growth;
· data on market breadth and patents;
· investment data such as "R&D + Capex";
· export sales data.
The 2008 R&D Scoreboard is the eighteenth edition in the series. The key messages from the Scoreboard are discussed in depth on the DIUS Innovation Home Page and it is possible to download a PDF version of the published report and an electronic version (csv) of the data here.
2008 Value Added Scoreboard
Compiled by Company Reporting, the 2008 Value Added Scoreboard, published by the DTI on 9th June 2008 provides a measure of the wealth created by UK companies and how they compare with the top European companies. Wealth created is measured as Value Added (VA), which is {sales less cost of bought-in materials, components and services}. The Scoreboard lists the top 800 UK and top 750 European companies by VA.
In addition to VA data for the 800 UK and 750 European companies there is a wealth of other financial data disclosed. This data includes:
· key financial performance measures such as sales, market capitalisation, operating profits and growth;
· the dispositions of VA such as employee costs, cost of funds and amortisation;
· productivity data such as VA per employee and a VA efficiency ratio of {VA over employee costs plus depreciation};
· investment data such as R&D and Capex.
The Scoreboard ranks the 800 UK and 750 European companies in a range of different formats. These include: by FTSE industry sector; by Value Added; by country and; within listing status.
The 2007 Value Added Scoreboard is the seventh edition in the series. The key messages from the scoreboard are discussed in depth on the DIUS web site, where it is possible to download a PDF version of the published report and an electronic version (Microsoft Excel) of the data.
2004 Scottish Value Added Scoreboard
Compiled by Company Reporting, the inaugural Scottish Value Added Scoreboard, published by the Royal Bank of Scotland in May 2004, is a major new economic study that provides a measure of the wealth created by each of the top 100 Scottish companies by Value Added. It provides useful new insights into the Scottish economy and its corporate sector. Wealth created is measured as Value Added, {sales less cost of bought-in materials, components and services}. In addition to VA data for the top 100 Scottish companies, the Scoreboard also contains data on the dispositions of VA (employee costs, cost of funds) as well as investment data (R&D, Capex) so that investment can be related to wealth created. A PDF version of the report is available here.