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The English Are In Favour Of A National Day Of Celebration On St George's Day
Findings from an Ipsos survey commissioned by the Chairman and National Organiser of the St George's Day Celebrations, Bruno Peek show that the English public are keen to celebrate St George's Day on April 23 with a national day of celebration. Three-quarters (74%) of us think it's a good idea and seven in ten (72%) are keen for the day to be made into a bank holiday. Three charities: RNID, the charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, AICR and RVS are benefiting from the money raised by the celebrations.
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The Experience Of Smaller Establishments In Applying For Live Music Authorisation
This is a summary of the findings of a survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), in association with the Live Music Forum (LMF). The survey looks at the experiences of people (predominantly licensees) involved in making new licence applications under the 2003 Licensing Act (see note), with specific reference to how they have found the transition and whether they applied for a licence to allow the staging of live music.
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BBC London Olympics Survey
More than two-thirds of Londoners support London hosting the 2012 Olympic games (69%).
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Race Relations 2006
Despite ongoing issues relating to the 2005 London bombings, the threat of terrorism and the impact of new immigrants to the country, people's own experiences of prejudice and discrimination appear relatively unchanged from previous years. Perceptions of integration and attitudes to race relations also remain the same with ethnic minorities continuing the trend of being more positive than white people on most measures.
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Londoners' Attitudes To Religious Dress And Cultural Diversity In The Capital
A new Ipsos survey for the Greater London Authority (GLA) shows Londoners' support the right to wear religious dress; three quarters (75%) back 'the right of all persons to dress in accordance with their religious beliefs'. More generally, a belief in personal freedoms and rights is widespread in the capital, with 82% agreeing that 'everybody in London should be free to live their lives how they like as long as they don't stop other people doing the same'. A majority of Londoners celebrate the capital's cultural and religious diversity: 74% say it is important that 'there are regular events and festivals to celebrate London's different ethnic and religious communities.'
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Ingredients for Community Engagement
The report examine different approaches to engagement being used and assesses what works and under which circumstances and to identify transferable features, or ingredients, that can be applied to different policy developments/areas.
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The Contribution Of The Retail Sector
This report reviews the debate about retail and regeneration, spotlighting those people actually working in (or who have worked in) the retail sector. At the heart of this report are the findings of a survey by Ipsos of a nationally representative sample of the adult general public, undertaken in two waves of omnibus during 2006.
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Muslim Women Wearing Veils
An exclusive poll by Ipsos for ITV's Tonight Show shows that the British public believe Muslim women have a right to wear a veil - but not in the classroom, on television or on the beat.
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Ethnic Minority Voters And Non-Voters At The 2005 British General Election
On Saturday 9 September 2006, Dr Roger Mortimore (Ipsos's Senior Political Analyst) spoke at the EPOP Conference in Nottingham*, on "Ethnic Minority Voters and Non-Voters at the 2005 British General Election", delivering a paper by himself and Kully Kaur-Ballagan (Ipsos Head of Ethnic Minority Research). The paper, which draws on Ipsos research conducted for the Electoral Commission after last year's election, explores the turnout and votes of Britain's various Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. Turnout is strongly associated with a positive attitude to elections in general, as might be expected; but there is also some evidence of a strong community effect, with those who live in areas with many other BME residents disproportionately likely to have voted. Surprisingly, there is no evidence that attitudes to the government's policy in Iraq had any significant effect. The findings also illustrate how a high quality research design, including respondents from...
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South Asian Community "Unconcerned" By Salt's High Stroke Risk
The Stroke Association has worked with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Ipsos to gauge awareness of the relationship between salt and high blood pressure — a major contributing risk factor for stroke. The survey of over 300 Britons of south Asian origin found that only 19 people (six per cent) knew the maximum recommended salt intake was 6g a day, with a tiny proportion, five per cent, naming stroke as a primary health concern.