Introduction Within just a few years, fossil fuel divestment has overtaken previous campaigns targeting apartheid in South Africa and tobacco advertising to become the fastest growing divestment movement in history. In September, a report from Arabella Advisors found that 436 […]
By Steven McGinty “Singapore leads in all dimensions of digital readiness and scores high in economic competitiveness, citizen engagement as well as public sector productivity.” These are the words of Ng Wee Wei, Managing Director (Health & Public Service) at […]
By Heather Cameron “High streets are not just about shops; we have to consider what local people want” (Mary Portas) Councils called for a scrap in parking charges recently following reports of booming trade in Cardigan, Mid-Wales, after pay-and-display machines were […]
By Steven McGinty Last month, the House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee launched an inquiry into the UK’s digital economy. Iain Wright MP, the Chair of the Committee, explained that: “Digital technology is rapidly changing the economic […]
By James Carson Responding to a recent Ask-a-Researcher request for information about Britain’s ageing population, I found that an online search generated a discouraging set of headlines: “Ageing UK population will increase strain on public spending” “UK faces ‘debt timebomb’ […]
By Heather Cameron There are around 4.5 million self-employed people working in the UK – 1 in 7 of the total workforce. And based on the current rate of growth, it is expected that the self-employed will outnumber public sector […]
Photograph: James Carson One of the big attractions of the Idox Information Service is the wide range of subjects covered by our database. From economic development to crime prevention, social care to urban planning, the breadth of coverage is impressive. […]
By Heather Cameron ‘Unbridled hedonism is precisely what [the Licensing Act] is about to unleash with all the ghastly consequences that will follow.’ This was what the Daily Mail declared in 2005 in anticipation of the relaxation of the licensing […]
By Morwen Johnson “If you want to build a world class city, build a great university and wait 200 years” (Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the 1960s) The evolution of cities, and the rise and fall in their populations, is nothing […]
By Heather Cameron With endless negative reports on the state of the economy over recent years, the findings of a new study by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC), The UK growth dashboard 2015, should make for encouraging reading. Start-ups at […]
