Tag Archives: economics
Size and Health of the UK Space Industry 2024
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | UK Space Agency | |
| Published: | 15 July, 2025 |
Since its inception in 1992 by the British National Space Centre (BNSC), the Size and Health of the UK Space Industry report series has acted as the single most important source of data that delivers statistics and analysis on the performance, vitality, and challenges faced by UK organisations operating in the space sector. Now implemented […]
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Using Behavioural Insights for Water Demand | Behavioural Economics in Focus Issue 3
| Sector: | Regulatory economics. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 23rd August, 2022 |
Hosepipe bans across England and Wales: time to turn to behavioural insights for managing water use With England’s water reservoirs at a 25-year low and hosepipe bans being introduced by the majority of water companies, Dr Charlotte Duke and James Suter consider the evidence on the effectiveness of hosepipe bans and recommend harnessing the power […]
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The Behavioural Tool Kit – What You Need to Know and Why Should You Care
| Sector: | Behavioural Economics. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 04 May, 2022 |
James Suter and Tiffany Head of London Economics’ Behavioural Team explain how behavioural economics provides many powerful insights on how people behave and why, with real-world applications in the worlds of business and policy making… What is Behavioural Economics? Behavioural economics is the study of human behaviour and how our ‘behavioural biases’ and the context […]
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AI for Services 2022 – April 2022
| Sector: | Disruptive technologies. | |
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| Client: | Knowledge Transfer Network | |
| Published: | 1 April, 2022 |
The 2022 AI for Services Report by London Economics has now been published by the Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Network. This is the second edition of the report, exploring the UK’s LawTech, InsurTech and AccounTech landscape and adding a comparative perspective, with case studies covering France, Germany, Singapore and the United States. In this report […]
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SPAC(e) In Focus – Finance at the Final Frontier
| Sector: | Space. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 7 March, 2022 |
The rise of a new financial mechanism has been central to the arrival of many new space ventures on public markets. But as the fervour for SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, wanes among investors, what will be the consequence for the space industry? In the latest edition of Space in Focus, former LE Consultant […]
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Economic and Distributional Impacts of the Proposed New Enveloped Property Transactions Tax – February 2022
| Sector: | Public Policy. | |
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| Client: | Government of Jersey | |
| Published: | 16 February, 2022 |
This report responds to a request from the Government of Jersey’s Economics Unit to provide an assessment of the economic and distributional impacts of the proposed changes set out in the Draft Taxation (Enveloped Property Transactions) (Jersey) Law. The proposed changes analysed in the report are the introduction of a new Enveloped Property Transaction Tax […]
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New Year, New You, New Nudges
| Sector: | Behavioural Economics. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 12 January, 2022 |
Only around a third of us manage to keep our new year’s resolutions[i]. As 2022 begins, Joscelyn Miller from London Economics’ Behavioural Team reflects on why we are so bad at sticking to plans and how adopting a behavioural approach can help you succeed this year… The new year perfectly lends itself to goal setting, […]