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- Blog
- 7th Dec 2022
How To Support Employee Financial Well-being
Employers have an absolutely crucial role to play in their employees’ financial wellbeing. There is a large appetite for this: over two-thirds of UK employees want more support from their employers when it comes to money.
- Person
Dr David Hume
David is an Advisor within the Financial Behaviour team at BIT's London office. His work at BIT involves projects aimed at supporting individuals in financially vulnerable situations. Before joining BIT, David first qualified as a chartered accountant which he followed with a career working in the financial services industry. David…
- Blog
- 6th Dec 2022
House of Lords hosts gambling harms event
On 29 November BIT's Gambling Policy and Research Unit (GPRU) held an event at the UK House of Lords bringing together key stakeholders, policy and decision makers who are working in the field of reducing gambling harms - GPRU's core mission. Attendees included representatives from industry organisations, support services and…
- Report
- 1st Dec 2022
Using behavioural insights to increase the take up of Pension Credit in Northern Ireland
This project details the findings of a research study into pensioners not claiming Pension Credit in Northern Ireland. It was undertaken as part of the Department for Communities’ Economic and Social Research Programme 2021/22. In this project the Department commissioned the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) to explore why people in…
- Policy proposal
- 28th Nov 2022
Redesign gambling websites to reduce harm
The gambling space, and the way people gamble, has changed dramatically over the past decade. The industry has invested heavily in technology resulting in a huge increase in online gambling. Consumers now have access to an open-all-hours casino in their pocket and regulation has struggled to keep pace. This note…
- Press release
- 28th Nov 2022
Five simple ways gambling websites can significantly reduce harm
Five recommendations backed by BIT’s evidence that can and should be implemented immediately
- Blog
- 22nd Nov 2022
5 traps to avoid on Black Friday
It’s Black Friday time again. This year UK spending is expected to hit £7.5bn with customers spending over £200 each on average according to PwC. This trumps the typical spend during Boxing Day of around £186 each. Businesses know this is a lucrative sales time, but also that record levels…
- Blog
- 16th Nov 2022
Helping users shape their digital world
Who should make decisions regarding governance of a social media platform that connects billions of people?
- Person
Eva Myers
Eva Myers is joint Director of Economic Policy with Nida Broughton in our UK office. She oversees BIT’s work on energy, environment and sustainability, diversity and inclusion as well as wider work on financial, consumer and business behaviour. Eva has over 15 years of international economic and financial policy experience…
- Past event
- 29th Nov 2022
Market Behaviour
The Behavioural Insights Team's Gambling & Policy Research Unit is hosting a reception in the House of Lords to bring together experts in the field to discuss actions that need to be taken NOW to bring the huge UK gambling market up to date to protect consumers from gambling harms.