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777 results that are Research, sorted by Updated (newest)
From Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)
  • A study of the shopping habits of different types of consumer.

  • Research looking at men and women's experiences of parenthood.

  • Looking at the factors that affect the performance and growth of small businesses with 10 to 49 employees.

  • A comparison of the numbers of self-employed broken down by length of time in employment.

  • Paper examining trends in compliance with directors' remuneration reporting requirements, shareholder voting and company directors' pay.

  • Report detailing apprentices’ pay, earnings and compliance with the national minimum wage, according to age, framework and level.

  • A report on understanding the motivations for entrepreneurship.

  • A second report on how ambition affects business performance, and how ambitions may change over time.

  • Report on how small and medium-sized businesses with employees have fared in 2014.

  • Findings from interviews with Growth Voucher programme participants on its implementation and early impacts during August to October 2014.

  • Presents finding from interviews with Growth Vouchers programme participants on its implementation in the early months, March to April 2014.

  • Findings from an evaluation of the matrix standard. BIS research paper number 218.

  • Examines how migrant workers have impacted on UK businesses, through interviews with 80 UK based companies.

  • NMRO Enforcement Authority investigation into RoHS and batteries (placing on the market) legislation for higher priced toys in the UK.

  • A comparison by age of numbers self-employed with the newly self-employed.

  • This report makes recommendations on how government can increase opportunities for women in enterprise.

  • Presents the findings of a major study of work-life balance among British workplaces with 5 or more employees. BIS research paper number 184.

  • The Prime Minister’s Enterprise Advisor Lord Young reviewed the changing face of small businesses in the UK over the past 5 years.

  • The NMRO has completed an assessment of imported Chinese plywood in relation to the EU Timber Regulation.

  • The National Measurement Office undertook an investigation into the technical information presented for tyre labels in the UK.