Unsecured personal debt - who is indebted?
We’re pleased to have supported Citizens Advice in their research on levels of unsecured personal debt within different cohorts of the UK population. We used the Wealth and Assets survey to explore various aspects of debt vulnerability, including consumer credit as a proportion of income and household bill arrears. Here’s the link to the Citizens Read more…
The consumer view of current accounts and payments
Delighted that our research for Barclays looking at consumer attitudes towards current accounts and payments was published this morning. Here’s the report to download: Towards world class - report by Tooley Street Research for Barclays FINAL web version. 25th June 2015
Measuring the collaborative economy
Our work for Nesta on developing a new methodology to measure the collaborative economy is now published and you can see it here. Working together with our client we devised a way of asking the public the extent to which they have sold or leased their own personal assets using online technologies, and the value of Read more…
What will the collaborative economy be like in 2025?
We’re delighted that our work for Nesta on potential futures for the phenomenon known as the sharing or collaborative economy has now been published. We were asked to use existing official data sources to flesh out a number of scenarios around how the collaborative economy might develop. We responded to a number of different themes Read more…
Our research on inheritance picked up by Daily Telegraph
We’re very pleased that our research report on the distribution of wealth across households in Britain was picked by by the Daily Telegraph this morning, including reference to our recommendation that the tax system be used to spread inheritances to younger generations. The same report also provided the data behind the highest-read blog on the Read more…
Where do you fit on the UK’s wealth distribution - the FT reports on our research
Two of our team - Kitty Ussher and Ashwin Kumar - have produced a Smith Institute discussion paper out on Wednesday on the distribution of wealth in Britain. Entitled Wealth of our Nation, it includes a cluster analysis that shows the different typical situations that households find themselves in. Here’s the way the FT has Read more…
Pay progression: new research gives voice to lowest paid
Our research report for CiPD and John Lewis Partnership Pay progression: Understanding the barriers for the lowest paid is out this morning . It was also referenced in a piece in yesterday’s FT (Public sector cuts worsen low-pay trap 21st October 2014) Using a mixture of data analysis and qualitative research we explored the barriers to Read more…
Pay progression research mentioned in today’s FT
Our research report on the attitudes and characteristics of those on the lowest paid, conducted for CIPD and John Lewis Partnership, got a mention in today’s FT - Public sector cuts worsen low-pay trap (£). Great launch event at JLP this morning - full report published by CIPD tomorrow. 21st October 2014
The internet and the economically vulnerable
In a research report launched today we demonstrate that the internet has created economic opportunity for groups of more economically vulnerable people through the ability to trade online. These groups include people on lower incomes with pre-school children and people with relatively low educational qualifications running internet-dependent microbusinesses: often enabling household incomes of over £45,000. The research includes new Read more…
JOB: Freelance French/English researcher wanted
Freelance job opportunity: We need a bilingual French/English researcher for a few days work asap to source and research French-language documents and write up in English. Would suit someone at postgrad level who likes policy. Paid commercial rates. The subject is financial inclusion/consumer indebtedness. If this appeals drop us an email using the address above.
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