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Adoption of Digital Financial Tools

To understand the economic opportunity adoption of digital financial tools present to UK SMEs, London Economics undertook economic modelling using the survey data gathered from SMEs. The model uses survey evidence on time savings, staff involvement and adoption levels and links the time saved on routine financial tasks to higher economic output at firm and […]

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Understanding Plan 2 Student Loan Repayment Terms

To support the Treasury Select Committee’s inquiry into student loan repayment terms, we were commissioned by the National Union of Students and the Higher Education Policy Institute to model the resource flows and cost implications associated with Plan 2 student loan repayment terms. The work focusses on the last cohort to be subject to Plan […]

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Prison Service Pay Review Body Pay Comparator Review

London Economics and Beamans Management Consultants undertook the latest pay comparability exercise for the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB), looking at pay for operational prison staff working for HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and relevant comparators. The PSPRB is an advisory non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice and its remit […]

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A Crisis That Runs on Satellites: Maritime’s Dependence on Satellite Communications

The ongoing war between Iran, the United States and Israel has caused severe disruptions to global shipping, as the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical chokepoint for energy supplies, is effectively closed for Western-aligned vessels. As a result, one invisible layer of space-based infrastructure has moved to the centre of the crisis: satellite communications, […]

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How We Value Environmental Costs and Benefits

In our article last month, we reflected on the publication of the UK Government’s revised ‘Green Book’ and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and how they underlined the increasing importance of environmental valuation. In this month’s article we look in more detail at how these values are developed to support decision-making […]

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