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The rise of Automation in MR

18 Jan 2018

A few weeks ago I attended an interesting seminar held by the ASC (the Association for Survey Computing).  The topic was about the rise of automation in the market research industry. Four speakers who are well known in the industry gave their opinions about why...

The new Energy context

08 Jan 2018

The ICG's Jeff Deighton has recently conducted some work into the New Energy Context – and what this may mean for the UK moving forward – and has shared this thought provoking paper.  Traditional internal combustion powered vehicles...

Consumer Confidence Index

21 Dec 2017

December 2017 Consumer Confidence Briefing The monthly UK Consumer Confidence Barometer (CCB) undertaken by GfK on behalf of the European Commission* is 1 point down in December at-13. It is 6 points lower than a year ago (-7). Confidence is down in 3 of the 6 regions...

One in three people don’t get enough exercise…

21 Dec 2017

The ICG's Jack Murray recently ran a study on inactivity among UK adults.  The results are both reassuring (I am not alone…) and worrying (I really should be doing more…). One in three feel they don’t get enough exercise and would like to...

Procrastination – and how to overcome it

04 Dec 2017

When I was at school, one of my teachers had 'a round to it' pinned on her notice board – a round cardboard disc that listed all the reasons we tell ourselves to justify why we have not done something. We are all guilty of this (I am writing this...

Fifty years of homes and housing

04 Dec 2017

Melanie Doyle-Francis, Research Director at the English Housing Survey, takes a look at how the survey started, has changed and what it now contributes to our knowledge and understanding of the changing needs and attitudes of householders across the UK. It is now...
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