Finfacts, (http://www.finfacts.ie) the Irish Internet business information site, is stepping up commercial business online via its Irish Professionals Web base. At a cost of £500, including domain name registration, members who join the Web base will have a customised Web site which is updated on a regular basis by the Finfacts team.

In every Irish town - excluding Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford - there will be just one site per professional category to ensure the service is maintained as an exclusive one. The five cities will also feature a limited number of professional categories.

With a reasonable Website traffic level - up to 40,000 hits in October - the Professionals Web base should offer a popular platform for professional businesses which cannot afford to invest much money in the Internet. Linking from an established Web site can often give companies the edge, instead of being buried among millions of others. Finfacts is also an associate of Amazon.com, one of the Internet's most celebrated commercial successes.