London Economics were commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to investigate the state of childcare providers’ finances and the cost of childcare to parents, using information from the 2023 Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers (in partnership with IFF Research). In the midst of an historic expansion in government funding for childcare […]
Daily life in the UK is underpinned by signals from satellites orbiting in space. People and businesses across the entire economy rely on infrastructure called Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), often called ‘satellite navigation’, to determine their position, velocity, and time. Many critical sectors depend on GNSS, in many cases without their explicit knowledge. This […]
The Digital Markets Competition and Consumer Act is expected to see a boom in consumer protection. Michael Grenfell, the CMA’s former executive director of enforcement told the Global Competition Review ‘consumer protection will become “as significant and as much a risk factor for businesses as antirust has been to date”‘. A key element of consumer […]
In this paper, presented at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Milan , 14-18 October 2024, we develop a dynamic economic model that considers the choice of multiple satellite operators on whether to develop and launch a satellite. This choice is dependent on the risk of collision, which is modelled as a function of […]
Launch has been one of the space industry’s fundamental constraints, imposing limitations on the size, mass, cost, and capabilities of spacecraft and the payloads they carry. This has served to restrict satellite communications (satcoms) to a small niche within a significantly larger telecommunications ecosystem. The arrival of “Super Heavy” Lift Launch Vehicles (SHLVs) offer a […]
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 £587m (from £12.45bn) with HMG p…
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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:…
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RT @LE_Education: Before everyone starts asking about increasing the HE tuition fee, and who pays for it (obvs. important!), understanding…
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RT @LE_Education: Very pleased to be presenting at an @AdvanceHE session today on HEI finances for student governors ….. It’s quite packed 😳
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We are pleased announce that our study, which estimates the value of the Met Office’s Public Weather Service to the UK public in 2024 to be between £1.10 billion and £1.28 billion, was published today. Read the full study here: https://t.co/R4aApvapu8
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We are proud to announce the publication of our recent economic evaluation study of the Met Office. The study identified £56 billion of economic value to the UK from the Met Office’s activities over the next decade. Read the full study at https://t.co/ut8UIDgCVn https://t.co/B1vr10uHji
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