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    Social Metrics Commission

    Graham Pontin as the Company Director and Senior Economist at GPontin Ltd and as a Associate of WPI was commissioned to develop the Social Metrics Commission Website.

    The Social Metrics Commission is an independent charity dedicated to helping policy makers and the public understand and take action to tackle poverty. Our work is based on rigorous analysis and research and is underpinned by an open approach that looks to engage with the widest range of stakeholders possible.

    Our ultimate goal is to develop new poverty metrics for the UK. We want these metrics to both have long-term political support and effectively identify those who are in poverty. By doing so, we hope that Government and others will be better able to develop interventions that reduce the number of people experiencing poverty and improve outcomes for those people who do experience it.

    To find out more go to: http://socialmetricscommission.org.uk/

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    WPI – Mobile infrastructure

    Graham Pontin as the Company Director and Senior Economist at GPontin Ltd and as a Associate of WPI was asked to support the development of innovative research  for a client.

    Where once the PC was the focus of internet activity, with low portability and slow access speeds, this is no longer the case. The internet in the last five years has truly gone mobile. With many activities that would have required a physical wired connection just a few years ago now carried out on the move, the development of 4G networks has shown what mobile data can do.

    Using internet in the mobile world has also changed how consumers engage. Business Insider recently reported that, with more and more dedicated apps becoming available and consumers’ increasing willingness to go straight to the services they want, there are real questions over the long-term viability of the traditional search engine and web page model.

    Mobile has also opened up a range of opportunities never before thought of. Combined with smart devices in the home such as smart TV’s, heating systems and white goods, consumers can now control their home from work, the cinema or shopping mall.

    If you wish to commission GPontin Ltd to support your research please contact Gpontin on [email protected]

    To visit WPI’s website please go to http://wpi-strategy.com/

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    WPI – Northern Powerhouse

    Graham Pontin as the Company Director and Senior Economist at GPontin Ltd and as a Associate of WPI was asked to support the development of innovative research  for a client.

    The Northern Powerhouse is at the heart of the Government’s ambitions to create a lower welfare, lower tax and higher wage economy, with growth spread sustainably across the whole of the UK.

    If the Government is to achieve this, along with its ambitious aims in eliminating the deficit, tackling low skills, halving the disability employment gap and, ultimately, boosting living standards for all, firm policy proposals to make the Northern Powerhouse a reality will be needed.

    If you wish to commission GPontin Ltd to support your research please contact Gpontin on [email protected]

    To visit WPI’s website please go to http://wpi-strategy.com/

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