Ipsos MORI is one of the leading political, social and business research companies in the UK and Ireland. We produce many reports and thought pieces which review our research and thinking across a broad range of topics.
National Business Survey 28 February 2010 The National Business Survey is a survey of 5300 businesses by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Regional Development Agency (RDA) Network and Invest Northern Ireland is the largest of its kind, asking businesses about their performance, opportunities and issues.
Understanding Society - Winter 2009 Winter 2009 Public services have improved considerably in recent years but, as we know, the public response to this is often to quickly ‘bank’ any improvements and then raise their expectations once again. Meeting – and managing – these expectations is only going to become more important as tighter budgets require services to focus on the priorities that really matter. The winter edition of Understanding Society, the newsletter from Ipsos MORI’s Social Research Institute, considers some of the ways in which central and local government can respond to the challenge of continuing to meet public expectations when public finances face their tightest squeeze for decades.
The Reputation Of Business In Westminster July 2006 This report brings together thirty years of research among this key audience and covers MPs' attitudes towards business and the political and economic landscape in which business operates. Specifically: The issues MPs are contacted about most frequently by individuals MPs' economic outlook and how their views compare with other audiences How MPs' concerns for business and industry have changed since the late 1970s MPs' views on whether business is meeting its social and environmental responsibilities The factors MPs take into account when judging companies The lessons we have learnt from analysing the reputation of individual companies Individual MPs singled out as most impressive by their peers
Who Are Britain's 'Grousers' and 'Shiners'? 10 March 2004 The North-east is easily the most optimistic part of Britain, according to a new analysis from the MORI Social Research Institute. People in the north-east are consistently more positive than most others on the economy, and most public services.