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13 Mar 2026

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
InsightsEconomic WellbeingCost of Living Crisis
10 Mar 2026

Updates from the Economic Nowcast across Great Britain

The Economic Nowcast has been updated with data to the 11th of January and brings the impact of the holiday season with it.
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
Young people on an escalator
1 Mar 2026

Scotland's Youth on the "Downward Escalator": More Than Half Lack £100 of Financial Resilience

While headlines focus on unemployment rates, our latest update reveals economic fragility across the entire young adult population
Economic WellbeingIncome VolatilityInsights
Three people stand infront of a screen giving a talk
27 Feb 2026

Shared data, shared impact: A vision for private, public and third sector data collaboration.

How better private, public and third sector data collaboration can drive real-world impact.
ImpactEventData Partnerships
26 Feb 2026

Sage UK SMB Workforce Tracker - January 2026

The Sage UK Workforce Tracker shows that looking ahead, a lack of economic momentum is set to constrain growth in 2026
SMEInsightsPartnershipReport
12 Feb 2026

New research-ready datasets available in myFoundry

There are six new datasets in the data catalogue on myFoundry; Income and Spend microdata datasets, and Small Business microdata datasets.
ResearchFINDSSmart dataSME
5 Feb 2026

Economic Wellbeing Explorer Data Update for February

There has been a decrease in overdrawn accounts, low emergency resilience, and living beyond means throughout Great Britain this month.
Economic WellbeingInsightsCost of Living Crisis
4 Feb 2026

Turning Crisis Into Resilience: A Data-Driven Opportunity for Local Authorities

By combining strategic data use with thoughtful service design, local authorities can fulfil the ambition of the Crisis and Resilience Fund
PolicyEconomic WellbeingCost of Living Crisis
2 Feb 2026

From Pressure to Progress: A Positive Shift in Financial Wellbeing?

The proportion of people in Great Britain living beyond their means has fallen again, dropping 1% month-on-month to 9.9%.
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing

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