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Crime data begins to indicate a trend

Crime in England & Wales rose by 110,000 or 23% between December last when the Home Office website went online and April (6 months). This is a steep increase. It’s possible that December is a seasonally low crime month (the data certainly suggests that), in...

US economic data mapped in G-View

For those interested in a global perspective, G-View 3 captures global data. US economic data is richly detailed and for those interested in seeing, for example, GDP by industry and state and how UK regions compare, the data are powerful. We have prepared a screenshot...

An economy that works: job creation in the USA

Those interested in how the UK will fare in the next 10-20 years, should consider “An Economy that Works; Job Creation and America’s Future”, a McKinsey Report. The numbers are of course American, but the lessons are applicable here. Two interesting findings from...

England wealth and poverty data in DataOnline

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2010 is a comprehensive analysis of wealth and poverty in England. Based on 8 ‘domans’ of poverty: Housing Crime Education Employment Health Income Environment TOTAL As with all government data, this database...

Can we make dustpans like the Americans?

Last Christmas my wife bought me a dustpan and brush. They were beautifully wrapped. She had bought them from Labour and Wait – a well known shop off Brick Lane in the east end of London. There weren’t too many interesting features of my present, but one did catch my...