# Free trial for the DASH database (of companies, directors and shareholders)

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/04/28/free-trial-dash-database-companies-directors-and-shareholders/
- Published: 2009-04-28T11:59:08+01:00
- Author: Finbar Cullen

I hear that Matt Ide (THINK Resource Manager) has been involved in discussions with
Bureau van Dijk over the past few months to try to make their DASH database (of 
companies, directors and shareholders) more accessible to a larger number of charitable
organisations.

Bureau van Dijk have agreed to consider various possible options including joint
subscriptions and possible restricted download, but they need to collect a small
amount of data to be able to make this assessment. Bureau van Dijk have produced
a simple and short questionnaire (5 questions) which does not ask for any internal
information or contact details (other than email) to help them establish whether
there is sufficient demand for this. The data won’t be stored and no one will be
contacted, it’s purely for the purpose of assessment.

If you don’t currently subscribe to DASH but you’d like to, it would be helpful 
to complete the online questionnaire (see link below). In return for 30 seconds 
of your time, Bureau van Dijk will give all respondents two week’s free access to
DASH starting on May 11th. This is only available to those fully completing the 
survey.

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The more people who respond, the more chance of making DASH more affordable for 
everyone.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=y_2bwUM3y2tVVXdovWIVHOIg_3d_3d

Finbar Cullen

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