InfoUSA prepares to launch infoUK operation

Omaha, Neb.—Database provider infoUSA announced Thursday that InfoUK.com will officially open for business in January. The Manchester, U.K.-based offshoot of the data giant will focus on compiling and marketing a database of all U.K. businesses.

In October, infoUSA announced it had begun to compile the database from publicly available sources and through phone surveys . The Manchester office of Opinion Research Corp. International, an infoUSA business, is overseeing staffing and infrastructure set-up.