Around two-thirds of Britons oppose the use of public funds to support professional football (67%) and rugby clubs (66%) on the brink of administration.
An overwhelming majority of adults believes that children have more opportunity to play sport than they had, but are less active. This is one of the findings of a new Nestle & acute; Family Monitor study on 'Sport and the Family' undertaken with the Youth Sport Trust.
Anna Kournikova international tennis star and face of the best selling Berlei Shock Absorber sports bra range, announced today that over half the women in the UK who regularly take part in sport are running the risk of irreversible damage to the breast by not wearing a sports bra. These surprising findings were revealed in a recent survey by MORI commissioned by Berlei.
The RFU recently commissioned a MORI survey on the views of the local community relating to Twickenham Stadium. This was done to test the perception, particularly at local council level, that there was widespread opposition among residents to increased activities at the Stadium.
The weakness of the Boo.com brand may be another cause of the failure of the high profile on-line clothes retailer, according to research undertaken by MORI Technology, the internet and new media division of MORI.
Approximately 8 million motorists in Great Britain are still breaking the law and putting lives at risk by not wearing seat belts in the back seat of the car. According to the new Direct Line Motoring Report, only 73% of British motorists claim they always belt up when a passenger in the back seat, despite this having been a legal requirement since 1991. 17-24 year olds are the worst offenders - only 60% of them say they would always belt up when a passenger in the back seat, compared to 82% of those aged 65 and over.
The new generation of internet-connected games consoles are speeding convergence of home entertainment. The MORI e-Entertainment survey shows that the strongest reason among consumers for purchasing internet-connected games consoles would be the ability to play DVDs via the console - 57% of those who expect to buy an internet-connect games console. Furthermore, 30% of those able to watch DVDs via their PC would consider purchasing a games console in order to watch DVDs on their TV.
