Steps in the right direction
The advantages of having a diverse workforce are now widely acknowledged. The Centre for Creative Leadership states companies with a higher proportion of women in their workforce have higher job satisfaction from all genders, are more likely to attract young talent and are more likely to have increased revenue.
“The gap between male and female employment is the smallest ever recorded”
In the last few decades, more and more women have been joining the workforce. According to the office of national statistics (ONS) the female employment rate is up 20% since 1970 and the gap between female and male employment is currently 6.4%, the smallest ever recorded.
Key pieces of government legislation…
The sudden onset of the pandemic has forced the government to act quickly on many issues. A special pandemic procurement policy means the government can award contracts that are urgently needed to reduce the risk to peoples health. However, there have been many critics of the way the department of health and social care have dished out these lucrative contracts. Analysis by the New York Times suggests around half of the companies receiving contracts have an unscrupulous past, no prior experience or political affiliation. This has led to many claims of ‘cronyism’ within the department. …
After a relatively stagnant market in recent years, house prices have seen unprecedented growth. As shown in the graph below, house prices rose nearly 12% from January to September 2020. Many factors, such as the governments ‘stamp duty holiday’ and a supply/demand imbalance has created a perfect storm inflating property prices.
This level of inflation, however, is not sustainable and there are plenty of causes for concern. The end of the stamp duty holiday on the 1st of April 2021 is expected to negatively affect the market. As well as this, faith in inner-city flat markets has plummeted following the…
Whilst smoking rates are trending downwards, there are still pockets where smoking greatly exceeds national averages.
Health campaigns have succeeded in reducing the number of smokers in the UK by 5.4% from 2011–2018. This has led to a huge reduction in smoking-related illnesses and millions saved for the NHS. Knowing which areas contain the most smokers is vital in targetting future campaigns and can lead to many other interesting findings. In this article, we use data from Doorda to uncover the areas with the highest and lowest number of smokers.
Background
In 2018, 14.7% of people aged 18 years and above smoked cigarettes. This equates to around 7.2 …
Spring lockdown led to a huge drop in total crime but more Drug and Anti-Social offences.
The first national lockdown (March-May) set the scene for a huge sociological study. How would being locked at home affect peoples behaviour? The data provided by lockdowns will no doubt be studied for decades to come. In this article, we take a deeper look into how the lockdown affected the amount and type of crimes being reported.
A Decrease in Crime
Some of the most noticeable trends include a drop in burglaries (-40%) and shoplifting (-56%) when comparing April 2020 to April 2019. The same is true for violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime, theft from the person, robbery as well as criminal damage…
Whilst smoking rates are trending downwards, there are still pockets where smoking greatly exceeds national averages.
Health campaigns have succeeded in reducing the number of smokers in the UK by 5.4% from 2011–2018. This has led to a huge reduction in smoking-related illnesses and millions saved for the NHS. Knowing which areas contain the most smokers is vital in targetting future campaigns and can lead to many other interesting findings. In this article, we use data from Doorda to uncover the areas with the highest and lowest number of smokers.
Background
In 2018, 14.7% of people aged 18 years and above smoked cigarettes. This equates to around 7.2 …
Spring lockdown led to a huge drop in total crime but more Drug and Anti-Social offences.
The first national lockdown (March-May) set the scene for a huge sociological study. How would being locked at home affect peoples behaviour? The data provided by lockdowns will no doubt be studied for decades to come. In this article, we take a deeper look into how the lockdown affected the amount and type of crimes being reported.
A Decrease in Crime
Some of the most noticeable trends include a drop in burglaries (-40%) and shoplifting (-56%) when comparing April 2020 to April 2019. The same is true for violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime, theft from the person, robbery as well as criminal damage…
