Our team recently analysed the responses to a public consultation by The Scottish Government on its draft British Sign Language (BSL) National Plan for 2023-2029. The plan is a set of policies intended to tackle barriers faced by BSL users and support…
Read MoreThe UK’s leading children’s charities (Action for Children, Barnardo’s, The Children’s Society, the NSPCC and the National Children’s Bureau) recently commissioned Alma Economics to compare the costs and benefits of the government’s strategy for…
Read MoreThe Fair Work Convention, established in 2015, is an independent body with a remit to advise Scottish Ministers and advocate and promote Fair Work in Scotland. Within the Fair Work Framework (2016), the Fair Work Convention set out a vision that…
Read MoreOur team was commissioned by GambleAware to conduct secondary analysis on three waves (2020, 2021, 2022) of the Annual Great Britain Treatment and Support Survey to explore the relationship between mental health and gambling harms…
Read MoreDrip pricing is a strategy used by online retailers to encourage purchases. It occurs when consumers are shown an initial, often attractive price, with additional fees revealed, or “dripped”, later in the checkout process. Until now, it has been unclear how prevalent this practice is…
Read MoreWhile the existence of fake reviews on e-commerce sites is well-known, the extent of their prevalence as well as the impact they have on consumers’ purchasing decisions is less certain. As such, in a project commissioned by the Department for Business and Trade, Alma Economics sought…
Read MoreIn 2019 there were over 4.2 million disabled people in employment in the UK, rising from just under 2.9 million in 2013. The increase in employment for the disabled population over this period was faster than that for the non-disabled population…
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