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Pulse Check - July 2025

Little public support for doctors strikes
30 July 2025
Society

New research reveals 3 in 5 UK adults who have ever experienced loneliness have never opened up about it

The Marmalade Trust - Ipsos survey found that 61% of UK adults who have ever personally experienced feelings of loneliness have never told anyone they are feel lonely.
30 July 2025
Society

Election Fraud Concerns For Two In Five British Adults

In a study for fraud and IT specialist Detica conducted by MORI , two in five (39%) British adults say they are concerned about electoral fraud. Almost six in 10 (58%) say they believe that the introduction of identity cards would make electoral fraud harder to commit.
2 April 2005
Society

The Cost Of Email Management

According to a survey conducted by MORI on behalf of BT, 77% of IT directors questioned at financial services firms in the USA, continental Europe and the UK do not know, or cannot calculate, the total cost of ownership (TCO) for their current message management infrastructure. This is despite the growing reliance on electronic communication channels.
1 April 2005
Society

Healthcare Key For Older Voters

Healthcare is the key issue for pensioners, as for the electorate as a whole, in deciding which party to vote for at the forthcoming general election, according to a MORI survey for Help the Aged. Three in five 65+ year olds ranked it first, followed by pensions (56%) and law and order (53%).
31 March 2005
Consumer & Shopper

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 — A Global Capital Market View

In the wake of Enron and other high profile corporate scandals, the increasing impact of corporate regulation and governance is being felt worldwide. MORI recently conducted a study on behalf of PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) which examined how negative Section 404* disclosures from the Sarbanes-Oxley act are likely to affect analysts' and investors' perceptions of SEC-listed companies.
30 March 2005
Society

UK Management Style

Only a third (34%) of UK employees view their manager as a role model, according to research by MORI on behalf of Investors In People. Among those who regard their boss as a role model, managers are much more likely to adopt inclusive methods such as consulting staff during decision making (85%), sharing information (82%) and developing ideas and plans (81%).
29 March 2005
Society

MORI Political Monitor March

Q1 How would you vote if there were a General Election tomorrow? Which party are you most inclined to support? Base: 3,819 British adults, 18+
24 March 2005
Society

Digging Up Islwyn Man

Recent general elections have thrown up shorthand terms to characterise the key voters of the minute, whose decisions are expected to decide the result and on whom the campaigning efforts will be most concentrated. In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher won elections by successfully appealing to "Essex Man". More recently Worcester Woman and Mondeo Man have been the shorthand terms of choice.
23 March 2005
Society

Will People Live Longer Than They Expect?

Analysis of a MORI survey, conducted by the Centre for Risk and Insurance Studies at Nottingham University Business School, shows that, on average, people tend to underestimate how long they are likely to live. The analysis shows that people tend to underestimate the true figure (based on current official mortality figures produced by the Government Actuary's Department (GAD)) by over five years (4.62 years for men, 5.95 years for women).
21 March 2005