25.02.2016 – Ofcom Strategic Review of DCR
Ofcom has published the initial conclusions from its Strategic Review of Digital Communications (DCR). Economic Insight is advising EE on this matter.
25.02.2016 – Policy UK Conference on Science
Economic Insight addresses the Policy UK conference on science, innovation and the UK research budget. Today Ian Thompson, a Senior Consultant at Economic Insight, gave a speech on encouraging more public and private investment in R&D.
22.01.2016 – Strategy Lab at Retail Week Live
Strategy Lab @Economic Insight is sponsoring the forthcoming Retail Week Life conference at which industry’s top executives, most influential personalities and visionaries choose to take to the stage to share their stories, views and predictions for the industry. James Harvey, one of our directors, will be giving a talk discussing how economic experiments can help predict customer…
21.12.15 – Senior Consultant Appointment
We are delighted to announce that Ian Thompson has been promoted to Senior Consultant. Ian joined Economic Insight in 2013 and has made significant contributions to the continued growth and success of the firm across all of our practice areas.
30.11.15 – BIS appoint Economic Insight
The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has appointed Economic Insight to its Research and Evaluation panel of advisors. We are delighted to be one of BIS’s trusted economic advisors.
02.11.15 – Ofcom Strategic Review Report
Ofcom has published the responses to its Strategic Review of Digital Communications (DCR). EE has submitted our report Returns in the UK mobile sectorwhich suggests a far more cautious outlook to investment than Ofcom advocates in its DCR. Our report is available to download from the Ofcom website.
30.10.15 – Legal Services Board
The Legal Services Board has asked Economic Insight to assess the supply-side characteristics of certain unregulated legal services providers. Our research will be in the will writing, family and intellectual property areas of law.
26.10.15 – CMA Energy Retail Prices
Our latest batch of Insights is now available for download from the publications section of our website. Firstly, in The CMA should not cap energy retail prices we argue that the CMA should not pursue two of its remedy proposals, namely Ofgem, the economic regulator for energy, providing an independent price comparison website and the creation of a transitional ‘safeguard…
08.10.15 – EE Commission
EE has commissioned Economic Insight to undertake an analysis of profitability in the UK mobile sector, as part of its engagement with Ofcom’s Strategic Review of Digital Communications.
24.09.15 – Lower annual licence fees for the mobile industry
Economic Insight helps secure 13% lower annual licence fees for the mobile industry. Ofcom today published revised annual fees for mobile operators, determining the amount of money they must pay to use 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum. In setting the new annual licence fees, Ofcom admitted that an appropriate starting point for calculating the discount rate is the…