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Corporate Security
IT and network security are the greatest security concerns for members of the CBI, according to new research from MORI. The research, jointly commissioned by CBI and QinetiQ, shows a large majority (97%) of members have either great or some concern about the overall security of their business. Almost three in five (58%) say IT and network security is a great concern, while two in five name 'Provision of standby facilities for business continuity purposes' (41%), 'Risk to brand value of security incidents' (40%) and 'Risk to employees of security incidents' (38%).
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Attitudes Towards Call Centres
New MORI research for Citizen's Advice shows that use of call centres in Great Britain is pervasive: four in five (79%) have used a call centre in the past 12 months. Call centres operated by financial institutions and utilities companies are the most widely used services; around half the public have recently contacted each (56% and 45% respectively), while around a quarter have used the call centres of government agencies (27%) and retailers (24%) in the past year.
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MORI Political Monitor August
MORI's latest Political Monitor, published in the Financial Times this week, underlines how the public's perception of the issues facing Britain has changed in recent years. Defence and foreign affairs are singled out as a priority by 38% — ahead of all the other issues — and contrasting starkly with the position three years ago. During the first eight months of 2001, we found an average of just 2-3% mentioning defence and foreign affairs as one of the big themes facing the country. (For analysis of the American's public's view of issues facing the US, visit Gallup).
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State of Britain in 2004
New research for the Financial Times shows the mountain the Conservative party and its leader Michael Howard has to climb before the next general election. Most people do not believe there would be better public services and lower taxes under a future Conservative government, with just in five people (21%) thinking public services would improve and 15% thinking taxes would be lower. A third (32%) believes Tony Blair would make the best Prime Minister, compared to a fifth (21%) who pick Howard.
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Employment And The Lone Parent - Topline Results
Q1. Firstly, can I just check which of these statements on this card best describes how you came to be a single parent?
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Employment And The Lone Parent
Many parents who are employed when they become single parents are not able to balance work and home life in the way they would like, according to research by the MORI Social Research Institute.
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Credit Card Debt "Overstated, Over Reported And Largely A Myth"
The majority of credit card holders in the UK use their credit cards wisely and have sufficient assets to service credit card debt — even if the economy deteriorates — according to a new report by MORI Market Dynamics.
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New Labour And Delivery
Received political wisdom is that modern governments, especially the present British government, are and will be judged by the public on whether they have "delivered". So "Has New Labour delivered?" will, it is suggested, be the key question on which the outcome of the next general election may turn (assuming, of course, that the opposition has regained a sufficient degree of political credibility for anybody to take them seriously as an alternative). Sir Robert Worcester analyses.
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Bank Customer Views On "Offshoring"
A substantial number of bank customers are opposed to "offshoring", a new MORI survey has revealed. The survey was commissioned by Lloyds TSB Group Union (LTU) - the union representing Lloyds TSB staff.