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Alcohol — How Much Is Too Much?
Whilst many British people are worried about the country's binge drinking, few are aware of the safe drinking limits recommended by Government and medical experts — according to new MORI research.
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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.
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Reunion Sites
One in four home internet users report that they have visited a reunion site such as FriendsReunited in the last three months (27%), according to MORI's research for the Mintel Internet Quarterly Report.
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Trust In Blair And The BBC
Public approval of Tony Blair's handling of the situation in Iraq has fallen in recent months with net approval ratings of -23%. Blair's Baghdad bounce was short-lived and his approval ratings are similar to those recorded by MORI just before the conflict started (-24% in 14-16 March 2003). Trust in the Prime Minister has also fallen, and he is regarded as less trustworthy than the BBC.
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Young And Old 'In Synch' For PC Use
The use of digital photography and the emailing of digital images are popular among PC users — both young and old — according to new research from MORI for Packard Bell. A third (32%) of the over 55s use their PC for storing/sending and receiving digital photographs — almost the same as 15-24 year olds (31%).
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Does Ebusiness Mean Good Business?
European companies leading in the take-up of ebusiness are more likely to engage on social and environmental issues, according to a MORI survey. The research was commissioned by Forum for the Future for the European Commission-funded project Digital Europe. For the survey, Corporate Social Responsibility practitioners and IT practitioners in large UK and Northern European companies were interviewed. This was to evaluate their ebusiness practices and performance in sustainable development, and then used statistical techniques such as factor analysis and cluster analysis to identify a link between the two.
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Iraq: Is Anybody Listening?
The British public very nearly to a man (sic) say they are 'interested' in news coverage of the war in Iraq. More than four people in ten (43%) express the view that they are 'very' interested and another 42% are 'fairly' interested, making 85% in all, while one person in twenty, 5% say they are not at all interested, and another one in ten, 9%, saying they are 'not very interested'. Somewhat more men than women are 'very interested' in news coverage of the war, but perhaps not by as wide a margin as one might expect: All 43%, men 47%, women 40%.
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GB Employees Say Management Are Offering Flexible Working
MORI research among employees for the DTI suggests most employees find managers receptive to flexible working. Over three quarters (77%) of employees who requested a change to their working patterns have had their request agreed to. Over four-fifths (82%) of employees who changed from full-time to part-time kept both the same job and the same level of seniority.
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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.