{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Thomson Directories Ltd | logo = | image = | image_caption = | type = Private company | foundation = | predecessor = | successor = | location = Farnborough, Hampshire, UK | key_people = | industry = Telephone directory | products = Thomson Local | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = Corporate Media Partners | owner = US West (1994–1999)<br>Apax Partners (1999–13)<br>Corporate Media Partners (2013–) | subsid = Thomson Local<br>ThomsonLocal.com<br> | homepage = {{url|www.thomsonlocal.com}} | footnotes = acquired by Corporate Media Partners }} '''Thomson Directories''', more commonly referred to as Thomson Local, is a local business directory company based in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, and offers business listings both in print and online following the launch of ThomsonLocal.com in 2003.
174 regional editions of the Thomson Local are produced and delivered free of charge to residential and commercial addresses throughout the UK. US West, a telecommunications company in the United States, purchased the company from Dun & Bradstreet and Thomson Corporation in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/us-west-pays-70m-pounds-for-thomson-directories-american-telephone-company-continues-to-develop-multimedia-in-uk-1437180.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/us-west-pays-70m-pounds-for-thomson-directories-american-telephone-company-continues-to-develop-multimedia-in-uk-1437180.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=US West pays 70m pounds for Thomson Directories: American telephone company continues to develop multimedia in UK |last=Fagan|first=Mary|date=20 May 1994|work=The Independent|accessdate=2020-05-31}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 1999, the company was sold by 3i to TDL Infomedia, a subsidiary of Apax Partners.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/3i-sells-thomson-guides-for-pounds-220m-1109799.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/3i-sells-thomson-guides-for-pounds-220m-1109799.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title =3i sells Thomson guides for pounds 220m |last=Baker|first=Lucy|date=31 July 1999|work=The Independent|accessdate=2009-08-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
The company was placed in administration in August 2013, and acquired by Corporate Media Partners.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23710958|title= Thomson Local directory firm goes into administration|work=BBC News|accessdate=2013-09-11}}</ref>
As of 2017 Thomson Local operates from their new head office in the Templer building of Farnborough Business Park overlooking Farnborough Airport.
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==External links== * [https://www.thomsonlocal.com/ Official Thomson Directory Site]
Category:Companies based in Farnborough Category:Directories Category:Apax Partners companies Category:3i companies
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