What you can find in the UK book
What the UK book is, the two pages that search it, and what you see before and after you reveal a record.
The UK book is the collection of UK businesses and the people who run them that you search in Adapt Leads. You can search it on two pages, Businesses and Directors, both under The UK book in the left rail.
For the plain-words idea of the book, read The UK book in plain words. This page is about what you can do with it.
What you can find
- A business by name, website or keyword, such as "Marsh and Keel Accountants" (a sample business) or "accountants".
- Businesses by sector and place, for example accountants in Sheffield.
- Businesses by what you can reach them with: a verified email, a phone number, a website, a named director.
- Businesses by kind: independent, multi-site, head office, part of a chain, newly incorporated, registered away from where they trade.
- The named people at those businesses, on the Directors page.
Searching is free. Opening a record is free. You only use something when you reveal contact details or export a file. See Credits and exports: what costs what.
The two pages
| Page | What each row is | Where to go |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses | One business or one site | Find businesses |
| Directors | One named person, shown with their company | Find directors |
Both pages share the same Filters panel, the same search box and the same way of choosing columns, saving a search and ticking rows.
What you see before you reveal
Every row shows what exists: the name, sector, town, the director's name where we have one, the website, and whether an email or phone number is on file. It does not show the email address, the phone number or the full address. Those appear when you reveal the record. What is shown before and after you reveal lists exactly what is shown at each stage.
What it does not do
- It does not hide a business because its record is thin. A business with little on it still appears and is labelled. See Why a field on a record is empty.
- It does not send anything to anyone. Searching and revealing contact nobody.
- The book is made of UK businesses. A row in a file you upload that is outside the UK is not matched. See Enrich a list: match your own file to the UK book.
Common jobs
- Search tips for name, website, sector and place: finding a business by name, website, sector or place.
- Every filter on Businesses and Directors: every filter and what it does.
- Search by describing who you want (Ask AI): describe who you want in a sentence.
- Save a search and open it again: keep a search.
- Tick rows and act on several at once: tick rows, add to a list, export.
- Reveal a contact from the results table: see the email, phone and address.