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July 2010 - ORB'S BASRA B2B PAPER SCOOPS AWARD AT RESEARCH CONFERENCE

ORB director Allan Hyde’s paper on B2B research in Basra has received the “Best Content” award at the 2010 BIG Conference.

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April 2010 - Economy is main concern of voters

New analysis conducted by ORB for Unlock Democracy’s Vote Match project shows economic issues to be dominating voters’ thinking as they decide which party to support.

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April 2010 - Clinging to Hope, Living in Crisis: The Mogadishan Way of Life

A rare poll of Mogadishans shows that despite almost two in three (62%) residents believing their country to be heading in the wrong direction, an almost identical proportion (66%) predict that their life will improve over the next six months.

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April 2010 -Economy likely to improve with Conservatives say City investors

A new ORB survey of investment professionals – within institutions managing a combined total of £1.75 trillion – points to City concern over the implications of a Labour victory or hung Parliament.

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March 2010 – ORB announces Vote Match link and service launch date

As the General Election approaches and speculation over the final outcome intensifies ORB is proud to announce its role in helping to prepare Vote Match 2010 and to advise of its launch date of 31st March.

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March 2010 – winter weather results in multi-billion losses for SMEs

As a result of the severe winter weather Britain’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have suffered losses estimated to be over £7 billion. This is one of the findings of a recent ORB survey conducted on behalf of Lloyds Banking Group.

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March '10 - Scottish Marginal Constituency Poll

Latest poll amongst a representative sample of 7-10 voters across five Scottish marginal seats.

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February 10 - Scottish Marginal Constituency Poll

ORB conducted a telephone poll of 1,007 voters across five constituencies in Scotland between 28th and 31st January 2010.

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January 10 – Scottish Marginal Constituency Poll

A poll by ORB on behalf of Scottish Conservatives suggests that the election in some key marginal seats will be a close contest.

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December 09 - Countryside Alliance Poll

In a poll undertaken amongst a nationally representative sample of those living throughout England and Wales, more than one in two (57%) believe that the current Hunting Act legislation is not working

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December 09 – 1,000 Scottish Voters Survey

An opinion poll conducted by ORB amongst 1,000 Scottish voters for the Scottish Conservative party has found that two in three voters think that the Conservatives will win the General Election next year.

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September 09 - BBC Newsnight Poll. Voters back Cameron to make right cuts

Latest poll by ORB on behalf of BBC Newsnight reveals more people believe David Cameron and the Conservative Party will "make the right cuts in public spending" than Gordon Brown and Labour.

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August 2009 - Shopkeepers foresee tobacco display ban aiding black market

Further results released from a survey commissioned by the Tobacco Retailers Association (TRA) show three-quarters (76%) of shopkeepers believing that a tobacco display ban could result in trade being displaced to the black market.

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July09 – Home Secretary’s immigration stance at odds with most constituents

A new poll conducted by ORB for Migrationwatch found that 78% of people in the Hull West and Hessle constituency disagree with Alan Johnson’s general attitude towards immigration and UK population growth. Meanwhile 80% believe that he is “out of touch” with people like them on these issues.

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June 2009 – Corner shops feeling threatened by tobacco display ban

A survey from ORB commissioned by the Tobacco Retailers Association (TRA) found over three-quarters (77%) of shopkeepers believing that a ban on tobacco displays in their shop could directly threaten the viability of the business.

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June 2009 - ORB Featured in Newsnight’s MP’s Expenses Coverage

On Monday 1st June ORB focus groups formed the central part of Newsnight’s coverage of the MP’s expenses scandal.

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May 2009 - Public supports intervention to protect declining bird species

In a recent ORB survey eight in ten (80%) British adults thought that if the numbers of a type of bird are in decline then we should intervene; with 18 per cent taking the view that we should 'leave it to nature’.

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Feb2009–Strong support for three unitaries in Suffolk local government poll

In ORB's recent survey of Suffolk residents a majority preference (60%) for local government to be structured into three unitary authorities was found. Among those respondents who expressed a preference* a three authority option - "Ipswich, the East and West" was favoured.

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Jan2009–Kenyan Opinion of the US swells in Anticipation of Obama Presidency

Kenyans are rightly proud that President-elect Obama, due to be sworn into office in less than 1 weeks time, has Kenyan roots. Most are also speculating that this heritage bodes well for future political and economic relations between their country and the U.S.

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