This issue of Business Information Review sees the return of the BIR Annual Survey after a year’s break. Published continually since 1991, the BIR Annual Survey has provided an invaluable insight into changing demands, trends, and resource requirements in the business information sector for over thirty years. This year, Stephen Phillips has taken over preparing the survey, following in the footsteps of Denise Carter, Allan Foster, Pam Foster, and Gerry Smith. And in a change to tradition, we will be publishing the results of the survey not in one single report, but over several issues through the year. We’re very grateful to everyone who has contributed to the survey this year, and over the past thirty years, for sharing their expertise and insights for the benefit of the global business information community.