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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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22 Jan 2026

Podcast: Building Trust at Scale Through Smarter Financial Data

Recently Smart Data Foundry CEO Dougie Robb was a guest on the podcast Digital Customer Communications: Regulated with Sam Kendall.
InsightsSmart dataData Protection
20 Jan 2026

Exploring data from the Economic Wellbeing Explorer

There was a decrease across all of Great Britain in people living beyond their means
Economic WellbeingInsights
13 Jan 2026

Insights from December’s Economic Nowcast

Average incomes across Great Britain are up 4.22% and people living beyond their means has decreased 0.9%
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
19 Dec 2025

New Contextual Datasets Available

Four new contextual data sets are now available in Smart Data Foundry's data catalogue.
InsightsResearchData Protection
5 Dec 2025

Creating meaningful data visualisation from 5m de-identified bank accounts

How do we make sure our data insights can have immediate impact upon viewing? 
InnovationSmart dataEconomic Wellbeing
5 Dec 2025

2024 vs 2025: What’s Changing in Britain’s Financial Health?

These indicators highlight patterns and shifts, combined with contextual data, they help reveal drivers of poverty, inequality and financial vulnerability
InsightsReportEconomic WellbeingCost of Living Crisis
4 Dec 2025

Financial Footprints: A New Approach to Quantifying Fuel Poverty

For an increasing number of people, energy bills are a source of financial stress and insecurity; but fuel poverty is still poorly understood.
ResearchFINDSInsightsCost of Living Crisis
3 Dec 2025

Insights from November’s Economic Nowcast

Average incomes across GB are up 3.04% and people living beyond their means has decreased 1.2%
NowcastInsightsEconomic Wellbeing
Stone building with HM Treasury embossed on it
27 Nov 2025

Autumn Budget 2025 – how can we assess its impact on economic wellbeing?

The Autumn Budget will affect the financial wellbeing of UK families. By using smart data, we can to trace some of these effects in near real-time.
PolicyResearchFINDS

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