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Read the latest blogs exploring how our data is being used to tackle poverty and promote economic wellbeing.

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8 Apr 20265 min read

Economic Wellbeing across Salary Bands in Great Britain

There has been a decrease in account holders living beyond means, but an increase in overdrawn accounts

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7 Apr 20267 min read

The missed opportunity in the Smart Data Strategy

The UK Government's Smart Data Strategy misses a significant opportunity by overlooking research and public good as core use cases for smart data.

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6 Apr 20265 min read

Explore financial data in practice: Watch the FINDS webinar

In this webinar, find out what FINDS datasets we have available, how they could be used and how to get access to them.

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30 Mar 20264 min read

Insights from the March Nowcast: A Shift in Financial Wellbeing

The Economic Nowcast has been updated to 15 February and shows a slight shift in a positive economic direction, with average incomes increasing across GB

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27 Mar 20266 min read

Sage UK SMB Workforce Pulse - February 2026

February insights drawn from anonymized payroll data from approximately 200,000 small businesses with millions of employees across the UK

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26 Mar 20267 min read

Integrating local authority datasets into the Economic Wellbeing Explorer

Did you know that alongside our research-ready datasets within the Economic Wellbeing Explorer you are able to integrate your own data sources?

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24 Mar 2026

Podcast: AI+U - AI Value chain and Sovereignty

Our Chief Data Scientist Gordon Baggott joined AI+U to share his thoughts on opportunities of utilising the public sector data for public good

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19 Mar 20266 min read

What smart SME data reveals: SMEs remain pressured but resilient

How SME smart data on profitability, workforce, investment and growth can be harnessed for a bigger purpose.

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13 Mar 20264 min read

Generational and regional differences across Great Britain

The number of people living beyond their means and those with low emergency resilience have both slightly increased between December 2025 and January 2026

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