Wootton Bassett-based exporter Dolphin Express Worldwide, claims that it has recently experienced a welcome boost to its business, thanks to information supplied to it by M4 Business Resource.

M4BR is a partnership between the University of Bath in Swindon and Swindon Borough Council, providing a business information service to local firms.

Director Jean Louis Catheline contacted M4BR when his company was looking to introduce its export services to other businesses in the area.

With the help of a contact list drawn from the KOMPASS database which contains in-depth information on more than 662,000 industrial and commercial companies he was able to target companies across the West Country services. Mr Catheline said: "I am pleased to say that it was a great success and we have had, and are still getting, numerous inquiries, a lot of which have turned into new customers."

Edwin Deady of M4BR added: "It is very gratifying to get feedback from customers showing that the information we provide actually benefits the profits of the organisation."