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Skills Shortage Is Top Concern For British Business
Britain's business leaders regard skills shortages as the most important problem facing their company today, according to the findings of the 2000 MORI annual survey of Britain's Captains of Industry. For the first time ever, this issue is of more concern than regulation and competition with one in three - three times as many as in 1999 - mentioning it as their major preoccupation.
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Millennium Round-Up
New MORI research reveals that nearly three quarters of people in the UK believe Millennium Commission funded projects will benefit the area in which they live. Only 7% believe there will be no benefit. The research comes at the end of a momentous year of work by the Millennium Commission and its partners and which has seen both the culmination of six years of work, and with a wide range of exciting initiatives still to come.
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Public Dissatisfaction With NHS Grows
Public dissatisfaction with the NHS is growing, according to a new independent opinion poll. Almost as many people believe the Labour Government is responsible for the current state of the NHS as believe the Conservative Government is.
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If One Revolution Has Already Occurred, Another Is Waiting In The Wings
Egg and MORI today publish The Egg Report: Embracing Technology - a study into the take-up, use and speed of adoption of 'new technology' by the British public.
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HGC Launches Consultation On The Future Of Genetic Information
A new survey reveals that most people (70%) feel they have too little information about controls on biological developments, and 71% have little or no confidence that rules and regulations are keeping pace with scientific developments.
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Single Currency Would Power B2B E-Business Boom, Say UK Executives
New MORI/Cranfield survey for Microsoft charts the growth of B2B e-business in the UK and reveals far-reaching implications
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The UK Is Still A Major Presence On The World Stage, Shows British Council Survey
The UK still enjoys a considerable presence around the world, according to a survey of overseas attitudes towards the UK conducted by MORI on behalf of the British Council. In the 17 countries surveyed, well educated young people aged 24-40 said that they knew the UK better than France, Germany and Japan. Of the five countries tested, only the USA enjoyed a higher degree of familiarity.
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Wales Ignores Test To Detect Deafness In Babies
Welsh deaf children will be denied the best start in life unless a screen to detect deafness in new born babies - being introduced in England from next year - is implemented in Wales. The screen, which costs as little as £13 per head, will soon be available in 20 English hospitals, but there are no plans to do the same in Wales.