See the rota before the agency gets rung: kitchens, care sites and depots about to open
A pub applies for its licence weeks before it opens, a food business registers before it opens, and a care site is on the regulator's register before it takes its first resident. The rota is filled in those weeks. We tell you which premises are at that point, and the staff each points to.
Why timing matters
Premises licence applications, food business registrations, the care and nursery registers, operator licences and public contract awards each show a site at the moment its staffing gets decided, and the Home Office's register of licensed sponsors shows an employer licensed to sponsor workers from abroad, which usually has roles to cover until they arrive. We read them every day, grade each row for a staffing desk and tag it with the staff it points to: bar, kitchen and floor staff for a licensed premises, care and nursing staff for a care site, drivers and warehouse staff for a depot, site labour for a contract won, cover for a new sponsor, or temps and a first hire for an office. We don't read job adverts and we never say a business is hiring; the row says what happened and what usually follows.
What we tell you
The moments that matter for you:
| Coming | A business is about to open: a licence applied for, a unit being fitted out, a new company set up to trade from the address. |
| Just moved in | A business has started at premises that had nobody in them: a new ratepayer, a new food business, a newly registered care home, nursery, surgery or garage. |
| Changed hands | A new operator at premises that were already trading: a pub, shop or care home under new ownership, often keeping the old name on the door. |
How to use it
Work the licensed premises, the kitchens and the care sites first, then the depots and the contracts just won. The staff column says what you'd offer before you ring; the reason column says why now.
Coverage
The national registers cover every council in Great Britain. On top of those, 35 councils publish a business rates list we can use and 10 a licensing register (as of 25 September 2026), and we add councils as they give permission. Northern Ireland isn't in the file yet. Where the data comes from.
Built for selling within the rules: businesses not people, every row with its source and date, and nothing your team can't explain to someone who asks. How it's done.
Had your free fortnight? Subscribe here and the files carry on: a region for £250 a month, and you can stop at any month's end. You choose the region and what you sell at the checkout.
Questions
Do you see job adverts?
No. We see the premises event: the licence, the registration, the depot, the contract. Each row says what happened and the staff that usually follows, and the staff count from the accounts can be a year or more old, so the file says so.
How is this different from buying a list?
A list is a snapshot of businesses that exist. This is what changed yesterday: who moved in, who took over, who left. A bought list can't tell you any of that, and it's out of date the day it arrives.
How do you find them?
From public registers, read every day and kept, so we can see when something changes at an address. The sources are on the sources page. How we put them together is ours, and we don't publish it.
Is there personal data in it?
Almost none. The file is about businesses and premises: no director names, no home addresses. Where a business publishes only a named address on its own website, the daily file carries it in a marked column, as the privacy notice says; a sample never does. Where a phone number or a mailbox is public, we say where it came from.
Can we email or ring them?
Limited companies and LLPs can be emailed without prior consent under PECR, if you say who you are and give a way to opt out. Phone numbers are yours to screen against the TPS and CTPS before you ring.
What does it cost?
£250 a month for a region, or £1,000 a month for the whole of Great Britain, monthly, and you can stop at any month's end. The first two weeks are free, so your team can try it on real rows before paying anything.
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