Mar 3, 2021 | Social history, Stories
While we live in an era dominated by post-Brexit politics and the pandemic, new realities bring fresh perspectives on the same old perennial issues. One such issue recently brought back into focus was that of inequality: Labour leader Keir Starmer in his recent...
Feb 18, 2021 | Social history, Stories
During lockdown, despite the loss of employment income for many, consumers have been accumulating savings rather than spending. The Bank of England estimates £125 billion has been racked up – an average of £4,000 per household. Will consumers use these ‘pent-up’...
Feb 4, 2021 | Advertising and media, Stories
Though the current recession looks like being the worst on record, some useful guidelines from previous recessions are to be found in the Archive. In particular, the report provided by Millward Brown in 2011 showed that the tendency to shift focus from long-term...
Dec 21, 2020 | Social history, Stories
A look at two Christmas related research findings published 46 years apart, and accessed from the Archive, finds similarities but also interesting changes in tone. An NOP bulletin poll from 1969 stated that “Most people enjoy Christmas – only 13% said they did not...
