Cebr research for Legal and General revealed that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad (BOMAD) will spend £2.3bn helping their children pay rent.
Parents pay out £415 for each rental payment on average. The Bank of Mum and Dad help 9% of renters across the country.
Bespoke Research Cebr partnered with Just Eat to analyse the economic impact of the takeaway industry in the UK. Cebr revealed that takeaway restaurants
Cebr is delighted that Gareth Denley, former director of IBM UK and successful private equity entrepreneur, has accepted an invitation to join its board.
Renewing the Entente: Macron’s “New France” is good for Britain too The French mood this Bastille Day should be buoyant. And why not? The
Technological change presents an opportunity to abolish traffic jams PLUS cut the cost of motoring by about a third and the number of accidents by
NEWS RELEASE Election hit to confidence reduces GDP growth by 0.4% in both 2017 and 2018 – The political uncertainty created by the indecisive election
Embargoed: Not for publication before 00.01, 26 June 2017 Consumer confidence slumps in wake of hung parliament June data shows pronounced collapse in
Cebr comment on the implications of the UK General Election 2017 ‘Whoever tries to form a government has perhaps the most difficult mandate
Bespoke Research Cebr has been working for Open Britain analyzing the potential impact of losing access to the single market for services after Brexit.
•When considering the single market, many of the nuances relating to services are often lost as part of the ongoing focus on Brexit. This report
Legal & General, the FTSE100 financial services group and Cebr, the economics consultancy, have today published a new report into the role the Bank of
The Government’s decision to hold an early General Election in June has some potentially significant economic implications. On the upside, an increased Tory majority, which
• In 2016 the average UK household enjoyed disposable income of £35,300. In 2017 we expect this to decline to £34,800, meaning that the typical
Over recent decades, energy use across the world has increased considerably. From 1990 to 2015, total global energy consumption rose by 62%, driven mainly by
This is a sample of Cebr’s UK Housing Prospects analysis. To sign up for a 30 day free trial of Cebr’s forecasting and analysis service,
Cebr research with Hft a national learning disabilities charity warns that as many as 30,000 jobs in the learning disability sector could be at risk
The UK economy’s fastest growing sector is that mix of tech and the creative sector that I named in the eponymous book ‘The Flat White
Reforms to the tax rules for non-doms could reduce tax revenue if more than two-fifths of those affected decide to leave the UK according
– The UK lags behind the US, Germany, Japan and South Korea in robotics investment – Robotics investment is estimated to have contributed around
Philip Hammond seems to have been captured by his Treasury civil servants. These are essentially academic types without much understanding of the real world. This
The then 32 counties of Ireland had a GDP of $11,891 in 1913 (in 1990 Geary Khamis Dollars). It took till 1960 for the 26
An economist from a rival consultancy with the splendidly Scottish name of Ian Mulherin has been all over the airwaves postulating that Britain doesn’t need
Last year was challenging for many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Weak commodity export prices, the burgeoning US economy and poor quality infrastructure in the region
Today plans for a £1.3bn tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay have been backed by a government-commissioned review. As part of Swansea Bay’s campaign for
UK economy set to grow by 0.8% this year – the lowest rate since 2009. Economy set to speed up only marginally in 2018 and
Speech by Douglas McWilliams, Wednesday 11 January 2017 As David Smith’s analysis in the Sunday Times last Sunday showed, forecasters had a good year
Regular research: Cebr’s annual World Economic League Table which forecast that France’s economy will surpass the UK’s over the next five years, was covered
Help close pensions gap for the price of a morning coffee UK’s “Sandwich Generation” urged to re-think saving The Big Squeeze: Wealth Manager launches
Five years ago we doubted that Italy would stay in the Euro for a decade. Now half that decade is up and so far Italy
Bespoke analysis in the news: Mind the Generation Gap, a report launched this month by Cebr and Brewin Dolphin looking at inter-generational wealth management
Cebr response to Autumn Statement
Cebr President Douglas McWilliams’s initial thoughts on President Trump’s likely economic impact
Regular research Author of the Asda Income Tracker, Economist Kay Neufeld, was quoted commenting the latest report’s findings on consumer spending power and rising
Talk about “Hard Brexit” and the resultant slide in the value of the pound has seen consumer drop to its lowest level since July’s post-referendum
• Properties in Bristol and Edinburgh sell fastest – an average of 51 and 53 days, respectively • Homes in Swansea and Liverpool have the
Bespoke analysis in the News: Research by Cebr for Heathrow which calculated that an expansion at the airport could boost the UK economy by
Bespoke research: Analysis by Cebr for Funding Circle, the UK’s leading direct lending platform, showed that they have boosted the UK economy by £2.7bn
Regular research in the news: Following Britain’s vote to leave the EUThe YouGov/Cebr Consumer Confidence Index for June, produced by Director of Macroeconomics Scott Corfe, reported
Price growth will half in the rest of 2016 as the rush of buyers looking to beat April’s stamp duty surcharge abates and Brexit uncertainty
Even the most fanatical pro-Brexiteer will admit that Brexit is likely to hit inward investment until the position clarifies. Whether this leads to a recession
Business confidence in the UK has plummeted following the vote to leave the European Union. The YouGov/Cebr Business Confidence Index, which measures businesses’ outlook, was
Analysis of the economic implications of the EU referendum in the news: On 9th June, Faisal Islam, Political Editor at Sky News, described Cebr as
The Northern Powerhouse is set to become the cornerstone of the UK’s digital economy according to Flat White Economy guru Douglas McWilliams Digital economy in
The Brexit referendum today has had an effect on the real economy. At one level it has triggered substantial spending on advertising, propaganda and events.
Although I am sure that Europe is likely to be the slowest growing region in the world on average over the next 30 years, it
Research in the News: Research by Cebr in conjunction with Legal and General, titled Bank of Mum and Dad, which calculated that parents helped finance
Debt relief is the main agenda item. In its latest Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) published yesterday, IMF pointed out that Greek debt is unsustainable. Without