A quiet earthquake: Open Banking in the UK

30 Oct 2018

Open Banking came into force in the UK in January this year.  On my 40th birthday, as it happens.  Much like my own milestone, Open Banking was widely spoken about beforehand and  hasn’t been mentioned much since. In March 2017, the Economist...

Review of text analytics software

30 Oct 2018

Mike Stevens of Insight Platforms has published some useful commentary in their newsletter on text analytics. – The bluffer’s guide to text analytics takes a look at how text analytics works – 6 flavours of text analytics platforms takes a look...

A year of independence

30 Oct 2018

There comes a time in every researcher's life when they question what direction their career should take.  In Niall Smith's case, it meant a leap into the great unknown. It was about a year ago that I made the decision to go freelance.  I was looking...

Consumer Confidence Briefing October 18

28 Oct 2018

The ICG's John Gilbert looks at what the next few months has in store for us… The monthly UK Consumer Confidence Barometer (CCB), undertaken by GfK on behalf of the European Commission*, fell 1 point in October to -10, unchanged on a year ago.   ...

Become a trusted adviser…

15 Oct 2018

How to build your credidibility as a trusted adviser. In a recent ICG evenng talk, Lucy Eckley shared her hints and tips with ICG members.  We have a video of the event – available for a limited period only.  Click here for the Q&A session. Lucy...

How to password protect files in Google Drive

09 Oct 2018