Economy

Over two-thirds (69%) of analysts in the City and Wall Street think the outsourcing of business critical processes can improve a company's share price. Meanwhile 64% think such outsourcing can have a significant impact on a company's profitability.

Fathers' financial advice is well received by their children, according to research commissioned by B&CE Benefit Schemes. Eight-eight per cent of those who asked their fathers for advice said they were glad they took it, compared with just 2 per cent who wished they had gone to a person qualified to give advice.

MORI research for Direct Line Travel Insurance shows that many holidaymakers who arrange travel insurance as part of their holiday spend little time discussing their insurance package.

Q1 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Gordon Brown is doing his job as Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Research on behalf of Norwich Union, the UK's largest insurer, into stakeholder pensions shows that only just over a half of people earning between 16310,000 and 16325,000 a year say they've heard of stakeholder pensions

Views of employers and employees on workforce mobility within the EU.

The importance of mobile employees to business and the barriers to mobility.

Enron situation will only give further impetus to extending the role

Research released today carried out by MORI on behalf of Black Sun — the loyalty consultancy — reveals the scoop on consumer habits towards loyalty cards. The findings provide a basis for businesses to re-think expensive loyalty programmes, as research shows that current programmes offered by retailers are missing the mark with consumers.