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Political Commentary - Are Public Sector Workers Deserting Labour?
In recent months there have been some high-profile controversies involving the relationship between public sector workers and the Labour Government. The most recent of these involved below-inflation pay rises for public sector workers, as well as opposition to the Government's public sector reforms — particularly with the NHS.
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A Strategy For A Scotland With An Ageing Population
The Scottish Executive has developed A Strategy for a Scotland with an Ageing Population (published March 2007), titled: "All Our Futures: Planning for a Scotland with an Ageing Population" to address the challenges and opportunities posed by Scotland's ageing population. The aim of the Strategy is to provide the framework for:
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Determined To Succeed — Phase II Evaluation
Scotland's enterprise in education agenda has been driven by the Scottish Executive's 'Determined to Succeed' strategy. This, in turn, forms part of the Scottish Executive's wider enterprise policy agenda and contributes to the top priority of growing the economy. Within the context of the education sector, part of this entails a renewed vision for Scottish schools and education.
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Out Of The Starting Blocks; Active People Diagnostic Goes Live!
The results of the Active People Survey were released on 7 December 2006 via a sophisticated web based analysis tool Active People Diagnostic.
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Happy Families?
Television parenting programmes are having a powerful influence on parenting techniques in Great Britain, research by Ipsos reveals. But the research — for the National Family and Parenting Institute — also shows a large proportion of those who view such programmes (37%) believe that such programmes sensationalise family problems for public entertainment.
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Welsh Assembly Government Stakeholder Survey 2006
Ipsos was commissioned to conduct the first corporate level survey of stakeholders who engage with Welsh Assembly Government officials. The survey sought to assess the current level and quality of engagement between officials in Assembly Government departments and their stakeholders. While the overall results were positive, key areas for improvement were identified.
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Evaluation of Edinburgh Residents' Attitudes to the Proposed Road User Charging Scheme
The Scottish Executive Transport and Planning Research Team commissioned IpsosMORI Scotland to conduct a programme of research to understand the underlying reasons for Edinburgh residents' rejection of the City of Edinburgh Council's Preferred Transport Strategy, which included introducing a road charging scheme. The research focuses on a number of issues relating to the public's knowledge of, and attitudes towards, the proposed Edinburgh Road charging scheme (congestion charge), alternative road charging schemes and wider issues of car use such as congestion and pollution. The research comprised two main components, a series of nine focus groups conducted in various locations across Edinburgh and a representative survey of 1,002 Edinburgh residents.
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Attitudes To The Scottish Parliament And Devolution
Ipsos was commissioned by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body to assess attitudes towards the Parliament and devolution. The purpose of the research was to obtain a source of information which would help inform the Parliament's public information and participation strategies. The specific objectives of the research were to:
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Reputation 'Crucial' To Ratings
Corporate reputation and perceived leadership quality are of crucial importance to financial analysts' ratings and opinions, according to a major survey on corporate reputation. Return on Reputation is the latest of Hill & Knowlton's Corporate Reputation Watch studies, conducted with Ipsos. In the survey, 282 financial analysts in North America, Europe and Asia were asked about reputation and its impact on their opinions and ratings of companies.
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Stirling Perception Study
Stirling Council and Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley commissioned MORI Scotland to conduct research into local and wider audiences' perceptions of Stirling. The research will be used to inform the development of a marketing strategy 'Selling Stirling'.