October 2006 - OFT Consumer Report
A research study conducted by ORB on behalf of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been published today.
September 2006 - Small Businesses Cautious About UK Economy
Bank of Scotland Business Banking survey of small businesses has discovered that despite concerns over the strength of the UK economy, many British small business owners believe their firms will continue to grow over the next 12 months.
September 2006 - ‘Honeymoon period’ for Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki is over
Less than a third of Iraqis now have a favourable opinion of their Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, according to a poll released today by ORB.
August 2006 - ORB Managing Director shares Iraqi experience at ESOMAR 2006
ORB Managing Director Johnny Heald is to present a paper - ‘Measuring opinion in a war zone: What Iraqis really think’ - at the ESOMAR Congress, London, on 19 September 2006.
June 2006 - Small Businesses Failing to Attract the Best Candidates
Bank of Scotland Business Banking's survey of small businesses has discovered that many have a very low opinion of the quality of job applicants. Less than half thought candidates showed a good level of enthusiasm towards their business or possessed 'above average' basic skills.
June 2006 - Businesses and IT - the ultimate Love/Hate relationship
Bank of Scotland Business Banking's survey of small businesses has discovered that while changes in technology have unquestionably increased companies' efficiency, it is also the source of great frustration - often resulting in physical attacks on computers.
June 2006 - No Such Thing as a Holiday for High Growth Businesses
Bank of Scotland Business Banking's survey has discovered that while owners of 'struggling' businesses are enjoying their free time the 'high flyers' are keeping a check on things 'back home'.
May 2006 - Da Vinci Code's Impact on Readers' Beliefs
A new poll commissioned by the Da Vinci Code Response Group from ORB has found people are twice as likely to believe that Jesus Christ fathered children after reading the Dan Brown blockbuster. They are also four times as likely to think of the Catholic organisation Opus Dei as a murderous sect.
April 2006 - Scottish Small Business Economic Confidence Survey
The Bank of Scotland Business Banking’s quarterly survey, conducted by ORB, has revealed Scottish entrepreneurs continue to have a positive, if slightly more cautious, outlook.
February 2006 - Attitudes Toward Docking
An ORB poll commissioned by the Countryside Alliance has found that over a quarter (27%) of adults in the UK believe that docking should be allowed to continue whatever the reason.
January 2006 - Churches make neighbourhoods ‘a better place to live’
More than eight out of 10 people in Britain go into a church or place of worship each year and six in 10 believe a place of worship makes their neighbourhood a better place to live, according to the detailed findings of an Opinion Research Business attitude survey.
January 2006 - Undertaking Research in Iraq
Munqith Daghir discusses the dangers of polling in Iraq in the January edition of Research magazine. Read the full article with ORB’s affiliate in Baghdad...
January 2006 - Scottish Small Business Economic Confidence Survey
Almost nine out of ten (88%) Scottish entrepreneurs believe the performance of their business will be better or stay the same in the next 12 months. Just 11% expect their business to be worse off in 2006.
January 2006 - Welsh Small Business Economic Confidence Survey
The quarterly Bank of Scotland Small Business Banking Survey has revealed that Welsh entrepreneurs are opimistic for 2006.
January 2006 - UK Small Business Economic Confidence Survey
Bank of Scotland Business Banking’s quarterly UK-wide small business economic confidence survey has revealed optimism amongst entrepreneurs is running high for 2006.
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