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How do we monitor the quality of our data?
We tailor our approach to monitoring our data depending on the data point and the company:
More active businesses (i.e. such as those that receive funding) are reviewed more regularly.
Businesses with less frequent activity aren't refreshed as often.
At most, a company goes 6 months without having data reviewed (e.g. socials, URLs, employees). However, some companies can be reviewed every 2 weeks due to more regular activity.
What are export credits and how are they used in Beauhurst?
If your subscription has been enabled to export data from Beauhurst, you will have received a monthly Export Credit allowance.
Export Credits are used in our platform to keep track of and limit export activity; they have no monetary value and are not transferable.
Any data point that you download using one of the export functionalities provided by our platform will count against your Export Credit allowance.
If you reach the limit of your Export Credit allowance you will not be able to perform any more export actions until the first day of the next calendar month, when your allowance will be reset. Any Export Credits you haven't spent on a specific calendar month do not carry over to the next.
Types of data regulated by your Export Credits allowance include (but are not limited to):
CSV spreadsheets obtained through Advanced Search, Collections or the Innovate UK Grant Search section: one Export Credit per result or collection item exported
PDF tear sheets: one Export Credit per company or fund exported
PDF reports from the 'My Clients' section: one Export Credit per fund exported
In short, exporting data on one entity, a chart, or an aggregate piece of data will use up one export credit. Exporting data on 100 entities (companies, funds, people etc.) will use up 100 export credits, and so on.
If you do need access to more Export Credits, please do not hesitate to get in touch with your Account Manager.
Subscription administrators can access a statement of all the export actions performed by their users by clicking here.
What patents data does Beauhurst have?
We display granted patents that are associated with UK companies - we match patents from the European Patent Office with the relevant company profile on the platform.
We present patents using the simple patent family system, whereby a patent means a group of patent applications referring to the exact same unique invention.
The source data is updated twice a year and there is typically a four-five month lag between data being updated and being made available by the European Patent Office - this is dependent on each national patent authority’s filings.