In response to the enormous challenge faced by businesses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government rapidly deployed around Ā£80 billion of finance to businesses through three loan guarantee schemes (BBLS, CBILS and CLBILS). In 2021 London Economics were commissioned to lead a large interdisciplinary team conducting a mutli-year evaluation of the schemes. […]
London Economics recently undertook research, commissioned by the British Insurance Brokersā Association (BIBA), on the cost of regulation in the insurance sector. The analysis, based on survey data collected from insurance companies and insurance brokers, found that regulatory costs amount to 5.2% of total premiums collected. This included 3.3% for insurance brokers and 1.9% for […]
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) published London Economics’ work on the Interim evaluation of the domestic energy affordability support schemes in Northern Ireland and Great Britain. In 2022, in response to the rapid increase in energy prices and growing concerns about their impacts on consumers the UK government launched a package […]
London Economics were commissioned by the National Union of Students and University of the Arts London to model the costs of the existing undergraduate higher education fees and funding regime, and an alternative funding system proposed by the NUS consisting of the reintroduction of maintenance grants for the least well-off students, combined with a āstepped […]
On 03 April 2025 the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced an initial Ā£20 million investment in āStarmaker Oneā, a new fund aimed at mobilising up to Ā£150 million in funding for fusion technology in the UK [Government kickstarts Ā£100 million fusion investment – GOV.UK]. The government cites London Economicsā 2020 research [The […]
UK Met Office Hadley Centre generates Ā£1.9 billion (2018-21) to the UK via its climate research and dissemination activities. LEās evaluation of the HCCP for UK Government published: https://t.co/WZqo0Y3TbI
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A new era of consumer protection? Ensuring a robust understanding of customer behaviour ever more important with the introduction of the DMCC. Global Competition Review https://t.co/ZaKa4HfSbS
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RT @LE_Education: Looking only at fees, indexing tuition fees to inflation raises HEI income per cohort by Ā£587m (from Ā£12.45bn) with HMG pā¦
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RT @LE_Education: Mention of some of the @LE_Education analysis in here on the student loan repayment system. Universities are in a hole:ā¦
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RT @LE_Education: Before everyone starts asking about increasing the HE tuition fee, and who pays for it (obvs. important!), understandingā¦
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RT @LE_Education: Very pleased to be presenting at an @AdvanceHE session today on HEI finances for student governors ā¦.. Itās quite packed š³
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We are pleased announce that our study, which estimates the value of the Met Officeās Public Weather Service to the UK public in 2024 to be between Ā£1.10 billion and Ā£1.28 billion, was published today. Read the full study here: https://t.co/R4aApvapu8
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