A significant element of the UK government's leveling up plan to create thousands of jobs, regenerate more deprived areas and attract overseas investors is the introduction of freeports. These special low-tax trading zones ...
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2023
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Banning promotions, like "buy one get one free" (BOGOF), on soft drinks could be more effective than the sugar tax in reducing consumption of sugary drinks according to new research from the University of Aberdeen's Rowett ...
Economics & Business
Feb 7, 2022
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Extreme weather has been the cause of some of the biggest public health crises across the world in recent years. In many cases, these have been enhanced by human-induced climate change. For instance, in 2003, high summer ...
Environment
Oct 28, 2021
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The number of unowned cats in urban areas of the UK is estimated to be 247,429 according to a modeling study published in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that urban areas with higher human density and deprivation ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2021
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School absenteeism increased amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland generally, and especially in more deprived areas, according to research at the University of Strathclyde.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2021
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Widely cited on the topic of contact tracing during the nationwide lockdown last year, Associate Professor Malcolm Campbell has collaborated with colleagues from UC's GeoHealth Laboratory, School of Health Sciences, Denmark's ...
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2021
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From reporting election results to issuing weather forecasts, maps offer a powerful, accessible and visually appealing way to convey complex information. But as a researcher focusing on data visualisation, I'm aware that ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2019
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Most people in England could not get work without motorised modes of transport, according to new research by the University of Leeds.
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2015
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Although the just released second annual Child Poverty Monitor has revealed a small decrease in the number of New Zealand children living in income poverty, researchers involved in its preparation say there is still much ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2014
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Cuts to local authority budgets in England are disproportionately affecting councils in the North and those in the most deprived areas, according to a new report by the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI).
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2014
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