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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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AllIncome VolatilityPartnershipPress ReleaseCost of Living CrisisFinTechSMEEconomic WellbeingResearchInsightsReport
11 Nov 20259 min read
Smart data for smarter policy: Reflections on Evidence Week 2025
We were in Westminster to advocate for the inclusion of smart data in the evidence base for policy making.
PolicyResearchLegislation
7 Nov 202512 min read
From Macro to Micro: Complementing Regional Analyses with Smart Data Foundry
We explore financial wellbeing with TPI to illustrate how top-down regional analyses can be enriched with bottom-up insights accessible to researchers
ResearchPartnershipEconomic Wellbeing
3 Nov 20256 min read
Updates from the October Economic Nowcast
Across GB average proportion of people living beyond their means is 13%
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
13 Oct 20256 min read
Exploring Regional Differences in Scotland's Economic Wellbeing
35% of Scottish people have low emergency resilience.
InsightsEconomic WellbeingIncome VolatilityCost of Living Crisis
13 Oct 20257 min read
Closing the Affordability Gap: An Archetype-Led Pathway to Retrofit Delivery
The study grouped homes based on their construction and age, and then estimated energy savings and retrofit costs for different levels of retrofitting
ResearchFINDS
2 Oct 20256 min read
Insights from September’s Economic Nowcast
Incomes shrink by 1.53%, and an extra 50,000 people are now struggling to make ends meet.
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
17 Sep 20255 min read
Unlocking new insights: Covid Income and Spend Dynamics research datasets now in the FINDS data catalogue
Covid Income and Spend Dynamics research datasets (2019-2024) now in the FINDS data catalogue
FINDSResearch
