type subsidiary industry employment information founded 1966 headquarters london united kingdom key people david layton founder owner thomson reuters sweet & maxwell number of employees 12 website www.incomesdata.co.uk incomes data services ids was a british research organisation dedicated to employment related areas . it was acquired by thomson reuters in september 2005 . it was dedicated to providing original research analysis and training on pay benchmarking pay settlements hr policy and practice pensions law and practice and employment law . ids published numerous journals and books had several subscription websites and undertook contract research . in december 2014 thomson reuters announced its decision to close the business from 31 march 2015 discontinuing the pay and hr products . at the same time it sold a licence to former employees to use the pay and data and software code to establish a new business called incomes data research . the employment law products namely ids employment law brief ids employment law handbooks and ids employment law cases continue to be published by thomson reuters and are available online through the westlaw service . history edit ids was founded by david layton 1 in 1966 with the aim of providing accurate and timely information which could be put to practical use by all those involved in determining pay benefits and related employment policies in britain . the company was the first to provide this information . as the employment law field became more complex ids launched more information services covering new areas . ids was acquired by thomson owned sweet & maxwell in september 2005 . 2 references edit http www.guardian.co.uk politics 2009 sep 29 david layton obituary http www.thefreelibrary.com sweet & maxwell acquires income data services . a0139678257 external links edit catalogue of the ids archives held at the modern records centre university of warwick v t e thomson reuters professional division legal us & intl. carswell derwent world patents index findlaw writ la ley practical law company sweet & maxwell ids west westlaw west legaledcenter pangea3 science web of science current contents journal citation reports science citation index social sciences arts and humanities conference proceedings biosis previews biological abstracts the zoological record endnote researcherid thomson reuters citation laureates markets division breakingviews ecowin eikon extel surveys i b e s itn 20 % lipper reuters thomson reuters business classification thomson reuters indices thomson reuters jefferies crb index thomson reuters league tables thomson reuters messenger thomson reuters realized volatility index zawya predecessors reuters group the thomson corporation other 3 times square tom glocer david thomson the woodbridge company category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title incomes data services & oldid 742234445 categories thomson familythomson reuterslegal literaturelegal researchhidden categories use dmy dates from september 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 october 2016 at 13 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view