A recent MORI poll commissioned by QM4.com shows that one in three Brits would like to pre-arrange their own funeral. Those interviewed said they'd prefer to plan their own funeral more than organising their own stag/hen night or choosing the sex of their baby.
Putting Consumers At The Heart Of Public Services
Issue No.7 - September 2000
Pulse Check
Pulse Check delivers key insights from Ipsos' Political Monitor, Political Pulse, and Public Services data, along with reactive polling, to help you navigate the evolving political landscape.
New research by MORI for Cheltenham Ladies' College shows that women are not getting on as they should be in the IT industries. Of the IT companies included in the research on average a quarter (24%) of IT positions are held by women. This decreases to about one in eight (13%) of senior management positions.
MORI's monthly poll for The Times published last week received a lot of attention and secondary reporting, mostly concentrating on the four-point drop in the Conservative voting intention share, to its lowest level since April. But the finding that may be by far the most politically significant was much less widely reported. Over the last four months there has been what may amount to a sea-change in the attitudes of Labour supporters to voting. One reading of the figures would suggest it may presage the difference between significant Tory gains that may secure William Hague's position to fight a second election, and another Labour landslide.
A new market research study indicates that most magazine retailers want freedom to choose the wholesalers they do business with, rather than have them appointed by publishers.
Consumers have had enough of confusing pricing policies and misleading value claims, says on-line electrical retailer value-direct.co.uk. In a new report issued today - 'Clarity begins@home, a call for clarity of pricing on the high street and on the web', value-direct.co.uk is calling for clarity of pricing both on the high street and on the net and value-direct.co.uk is urging the government to take a closer look at how prices are displayed both on and off-line.
