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City Says: 'Link Directors' Pay To Company Performance'

Virtually all City analysts and investors (94%) agree that directors' pay should be linked more clearly to company performance, according to a report by MORI and the Investor Relations Society (IRS). Furthermore, almost three-quarters (73%) agree that 'fat-cat CEO packages are seriously harming the image of big business in this country'.

Glasgow Panel Survey I

MORI Scotland has been commissioned by Glasgow City Council to conduct a series of four large-scale residents surveys over the next two years. Each survey will double as a recruitment exercise for the new Glasgow Citizens' Panel.

Ethical Companies

Three-quarters of the British population (74%) say more information on a company's social and ethical behaviour would influence their purchasing decisions, according to MORI's latest research.

Transport In Britain: Latest Trends

There continues to be widespread dissatisfaction with roads in Britain, with seven in 10 British people (72%) finding road congestion a major problem in their local area. This is one of the findings from MORI's 2003 survey for the County Surveyors Society. Three-fifths of car and motorcycle users (61%) say traffic congestion has worsened in their local area over the past five years, compared with around half (52%) in 2001.

War on Iraq, Londoners' Views

Three in five Londoners (59%) believe that the War on Iraq was unjustified, according to research by MORI on behalf of the Greater London Authority. Three in 10 (29%) believe it was justified. Nearly half (48%) now feel less safe living in London because of the War on Iraq, and three per cent who feel more safe.

British Workers Reject Job Descriptions

New research by MORI for Microsoft has shown that eight in 10 GB workers (79%) reject the traditional blue collar/white collar job descriptions, preferring to define themselves by specialist skills and job functions instead.

CBI — Is The UK A Good Place To Do Business? - Topline Results

Doing Business In Britain

Company decision-makers believe the UK is a good place to invest although not as attractive as before, according to new research from MORI.

E-Business Survey

Chambers of Commerce of Ireland has just reported on the fifth wave of an e-business survey amongst small and medium enterprises (under 250 employees) in Ireland. Since its inception in 1999 the research has been conducted by MORI Ireland's dedicated telephone research centre in Dublin.

Howard As Tory Leader

There's no "bounce" yet evident in the public's voting intention for the Conservative Party after the Tory MPs' choice of Michael Howard as the Leader of the Party. Taking the voting intention expressed last week, before the deposing of Iain Duncan Smith (which was by then widely anticipated) and this weekend, when it became evident there would be only one candidate for the Tory leadership going forward, the Conservatives are down, not up, by three percentage points, to the benefit of the Liberal Democrats, Labour remaining the same at 38 percent.