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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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3 Jul 2025

Tackling the Poverty Premium with data: Our research with Virgin Money

We’re proud to have worked alongside Virgin Money to shed new light on the poverty premium using smart financial data.
Poverty PremiumInsightsResearch
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2 Jul 2025

New datasets help researchers uncover how Scotland spends, saves and struggles

6 new curated financial datasets to support research and policy insights into poverty, inequality and economic wellbeing.
Economic WellbeingResearchFINDS
17 Jun 2025

Webinar - Harnessing smart data for good: Real-time insights into economic wellbeing

We share how near real-time financial data can help organisations better understand economic challenges and shape more effective policies and services. 
InsightsEventNowcastEconomic Wellbeing
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11 Jun 2025

Data (Use and Access) Act receives Royal Assent

DUA will open up new opportunities for research and insights which can inform policy, public service delivery and drive economic growth
LegislationFINDSResearch
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8 Jun 2025

Insights from the May Economic Nowcast

10% of British adults are spending more than they earn (down 3.3% on the previous month) and average incomes also fell to £314.75 per week.
NowcastInsights
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15 May 2025

Using banking transaction data for social good

A practitioner's SWOT analysis of de-identified consumer banking data for researchers.
ResearchFINDSSmart data
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7 May 2025

Insights from the April Smart Data Foundry Economic Nowcast 

1 in 6 British adults are spending more than they earn.
InsightsNowcastPolicy
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24 Apr 2025

Income Volatility and Insecurity: What Smart Data Tells Us About Britain’s Hidden Struggles

It’s not just how much money people make, it’s how predictably they make it. Smart data provides a new lens on income volatility.
ResearchFINDSIncome Volatility
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1 Apr 2025

Leveraging Smart Data to Complement Official Statistics in Responsive Policy Design

Whilst the challenges of using official statistics are not new, what is new is the availability of alternative data sources which can complement them.
PolicyNowcastSmart data

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