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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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28 Jun 202610 min read
Smart Data Foundry’s Theory of Change: turning data into impact
We believe that when data is used safely, responsibly and with the right safeguards, it can shed light on some of society’s important questions
ImpactSmart dataResearch
18 Jun 20265 min read
Benefit reliance across Great Britain: Insights from the Economic Wellbeing Explorer
The data within the Economic Explorer has been refreshed to the 26th of April 2026.
Economic WellbeingInsightsSmart dataCost of Living Crisis
11 May 20267 min read
One in six adults claims Universal Credit, but who relies on it most? New data for local authorities
Localised insights on financial vulnerability, using income data to understand how benefits support overall economic wellbeing.
PolicyEconomic WellbeingSmart data
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
Smart dataInnovation
12 Feb 20264 min read
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
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
5 Dec 20258 min read
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
