The LBD is at its core a re-usable longitudinal data spine with each of its component providing the longitudinal link between business references. Data spine is a new concept.
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We used text data from over 500,000 business websites to inform survey response-chasing efforts and gain insights into the impact of COVID-19.
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The latest update on our work with Barclays exploring if aggregated and anonymised card transactions data could provide significantly quicker, more granular insight into UK consumer spending.
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Today we published latest release of new, faster, indicators of economic activity constructed from novel data sources.
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High growth businesses drive economic growth in the UK. Therefore, understanding the characteristics that may lead to high performance is an area of active research.
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We explore whether it is possible to classify financial corporations to their detailed Standard Industry Classification 2007 (SIC2007) using financial assets, liabilities and other firm-level data.
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The maritime freight industry is of critical importance to the economic output of the UK, with almost half a billion…
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes economic information at both a national and regional level on a regular basis. Steven…
Read more on Big fish, little fish – understanding local economies using interactive visualisationsCan we better understand traffic at British ports and can we use shipping as an early indicator for gross domestic…
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Can a national urban vegetation dataset be generated using computer vision and machine learning techniques? Background The value of urban…
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