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Transport And High Costs Are The Key Problems To Doing Business In London
Poor transport and high costs are the key concerns about doing business in London according to new research carried out by MORI for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
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Grey Power / The Grey Ahead
In recent years, many people have begun to notice that the UK's population profile is shifting towards those of a more advanced age .Commentary by Andy Martin
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Holidaymakers 'Will Still Fly'
Four in five British people (79%) who have taken a trip by plane in the past two years have either booked or intend to book an overseas holiday this year.
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Increase In Sports Participation
The number of young people inclined to participate in sport and exercise is increasing, according to research from MORI.
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Too Busy For Regular Exercise?
Most women in Britain say they exercise less than three times a week for 30 minutes or more, and a quarter (26%) say they never do any exercise at all according to new survey results from the MORI Social Research Institute.
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Public Interest In Sport Is On The Decline
The nation's interest in sport — and its viewing of sport on TV — are generally on the decline, according to MORI's latest SportsTracker survey. Since the last survey in 1996, only swimming has seen a significant rise in public interest, while football is the one sport with a greater TV following. Swimming continues to be the most popular participation sport, with one in five Britons taking regularly to the pool.
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Hanging In The Balance: Public Support For The Fire Strike
weNormally, when we discuss public services and their political impact, the Fire Brigade is not one of the services that immediately springs to mind - the NHS, education, the police, these are persistently debated and most of the public have frequent contact with them. When members of the People's Panel were asked earlier this year "Which four or five services on this card are the most important to you and members of your household?", only 28% picked the Fire Service, putting it in fifth place, well behind GPs (75%) and NHS hospitals (53%), though a little ahead of ambulance services (22%).
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Museum Visitors 'At All Time High'
The proportion of the British public which has been to either a museum or gallery in the past 12 months is at an all time high.
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People's Panel Final Results Published
The Cabinet Office has published the last of three sets of results from the People's Panel — conducted by the MORI Social Research Institute — tracking satisfaction with public services over the past four years. It also rounds off the work of the Panel, which has itself come to an end, as announced in January.
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The Environment: Who Cares?
New research by the MORI Social Research Institute has raised interesting facts about who (or what) the public feels offers the greatest threat to green spaces. Surprisingly, when pointing the finger of blame it is not local planners, politicians or pollution which are perceived as the greatest threat — but the public itself!