December 2005 - O Come All Ye Faithful: Church is a Big Draw at Christmas
A recent survey conducted by ORB found that more than four out of ten adults will attend church this Christmas – up by a third in the past four years.
December 2005 - ORB Launches Exclusive Iraq Consumer Omnibus
Beginning in January 2006 ORB together with Iraqi pollster, Munqith Daghir, will run a new omnibus survey providing access to consumer opinion in Iraq.
December 2005 - Attitudes Towards the Hunting Act
A new poll carried out by ORB for the Countryside Alliance, showed that just over one third of UK adults think that the Hunting Act is working.
November 2005 - Respect for Animals Canadian Seal Hunt Survey
In an ORB poll conducted for Respect for Animals, figures show that an overwhelming 79% of UK residents believe that the annual Canadian seal hunt should be stopped and 73% think there should be a ban on the import of seal products into Britain.
October 2005 - Countryside Alliance Hunting Ban Survey
A new poll from ORB, published at the start of the hunting season, shows no majority of support for the ban on hunting with dogs, and support for a ban at an all time low.
October 2005 - Corporate Regulation Makes for Better Information
According to major new research conducted by ORB, the increasing weight of regulation has improved transparency among public companies but hasn’t done enough to prevent an ‘Enron’-style corporate scandal in the UK.
August 2005 - Sportsmatch Annual Tracking Survey
ORB conducted a survey amongst 366 sporting organisations and their sponsors; the results show that without Sportsmatch involvement 70% of sponsors would have invested less or nothing at all in grass roots sport.
July 2005 - UK Small Business Economic Confidence Survey
The Bank of Scotland Business Banking’s quarterly small business economic confidence survey has revealed soaring optimism amongst the country’s owner-managers in their own businesses.
May 2005 - Small Businesses Bound By Red Tape
A staggering 91% of the UK’s four million Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) report that the amount of time they spend dealing with ‘red tape’ has increased or stayed the same over the last 12 months.
April 2005 - Making Security the Business
Small businesses’ owners and managers across the country are being urged to do more to secure their workplaces against crime after new research by ORB reveals some SMEs are not taking the most basic security precautions.
April 2005 - There’s No Rest For The Productive
Productivity is directly linked to the long hours and industriousness of the country’s entrepreneurs, found the Bank of Scotland Business Banking survey, conducted by ORB.
March 2005 - UK Small Business Economic Confidence Survey
The Bank of Scotland’s annual UK-wide small business economic confidence survey, conducted by ORB, has revealed confidence among the country’s owner-managers remains high despite a dip compared to last year.
March 2005 - Small Businesses Still Want A Better Deal
Three years after the Competition Commission’s report into the supply of banking services, many Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) still believe they are getting a raw deal from their ‘Big 4’ bank - RBS/Natwest, Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds TSB.
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