Much of the debate around text and data mining (TDM), has focused on a perceived trade-off between technology companies and some license holders. That is an important discussion—but it is far from the whole story. It is widely accepted that AI and digital technologies are vital for the UK’s future. Every business sector and public service
Philanthropy is the driving force behind many of Britain’s economic and social innovations. But the philanthropic sector remains reliant on a handful of highly generous high-net-worth donors who have consistently pledged their wealth, time and networks to charitable causes. The majority of donations from the wealthiest 1% of households come
Each year hundreds of thousands of small businesses go without insurance for the risks they face. Others take out too little cover, which means they will not be fully protected if they need to make a claim. Today Public First publishes new research examining the problem of uninsurance and underinsurance
New modelling, commissioned by University College London on behalf of the London Life Science Innovation Cluster, shows the £3.5bn potential if the distract were to scale at the same rate as its international comparators, and create 20,000 new jobs by 2035. You can download the full methodology and modelling here,
A growing number of donor governments have slashed their Official Development Assistance (ODA) budgets in recent years. Despite polling showing consistently high public support for development, these cuts have been met with little to no public resistance. In this context, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) commissioned Public First to
Public First has conducted polling for The Richmond Project on the UK’s attitudes towards the numbers that people use in their everyday lives. The polling has found that: Ninety percent of adults in the UK agree that being able to use numbers is an important skill and a majority (seventy-five