Sports

New research from Stanleybet, Europe's leading cross-border retail sports betting company and Ipsos, reveals that almost a third of Italians (31%) support an increase in the number of sports betting operators and that two-fifths (42%) believe such an increase would boost jobs in the country.

Ipsos's football fan poll for The Sun shows that England supporters questioned before the Croatia match remained favourable to Steve McClaren despite the continuing scrutiny over his record as England coach.

Ipsos and Ben Schott of 'Schott's Almanac' have teamed up to explore the British public's attitudes towards sleep.

Two-thirds of those who have seen the new Olympic logo disapprove of it, with just one in twenty-five (4%) 'strongly' approving.

The advent of the smoking ban on 1st July is likely to bring an unexpected increase in custom to pubs and wine bars, according to new research conducted by Ipsos. Publicans should experience a significant increase in business, with 20% of regular or occasional drinkers in pubs / wine bars saying that they would visit pubs more regularly. This view was most strongly held amongst the nearly three quarters of pub goers who are non-smokers, amongst whom 26% said they would probably go to a pub more often. Among the total population, this translates to approximately 1.8m adults in England and Wales (taking into account the difference between those who would go more often and less often).

A telephone survey among a representative sample of the Edinburgh population to assess city-wide opinion regarding major sports developments in the city.

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.

The results of the Active People Survey were released on 7 December 2006 via a sophisticated web based analysis tool Active People Diagnostic.

More than two-thirds of Londoners support London hosting the 2012 Olympic games (69%).