Aegis shares rocket almost 7% as the advertising group confirms it is in talks to sell its research arm Synovate to French firm Ipsos, with a rumoured price tag of £500 million... more
Next Monday is the deadline for responses to Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, following his decision to allow Rupert Murdoch's controversial takeover of BSkyB - and the hiving off of Sky News as a separate company to protect its independence... more
EXCLUSIVE: Teenagers are for the first time more worried about immigration than people in their thirties, research for the Evening Standard reveals... more
Economic confidence has plummeted to the lowest level in two years as Britons lose hope in the recovery, an exclusive Evening Standard poll reveals ... more
Business interview: Aged 76, an adviser to MORI, which he sold for millions, and now head of the Institute of Business Ethics, Bob Worcester still sets a fearsome pace
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Narrow majority of the public believe George Osborne's cuts are fair and will boost the economy - but most want them to be implemented more slowly, a poll shows... more
Bullish manufacturers are banking on an export-led recovery and taking on staff at the fastest rate for more than 20 years, the Confederation of British Industry says... more
Directly elected police commissioners will cost an extra £100 million over the next five years - the equivalent of 600 police officers’ salaries, the Association of Police Authorities claims... more
Last poll of this campaign, from Ipsos MORI exclusively for the London Evening Standard, shows the Conservatives at 36 per cent, Labour at 29 per cent and the Liberal Democrats at 27 per cent with other parties at eight per cent... more
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Clegg's surge in the polls is 'soft', leaving everything to play for as the party leaders prepare for their second TV debate, the Evening Standard reveals... more
Labour's hopes that its bold economic rescue package would revive its popularity were dealt a blow this weekend with another opinion poll showing the Tories were extending their lead.... more
A week rarely passes without someone in the media boasting about some enormous boost in their internet usage, but I'm beginning to wonder if the claims come anywhere near the reality... more
We reveal the opinion polls watchdog, in an unprecedented development, is to investigate Ipsos Mori's work for the Mayor. But there are even more concerns about his use of surveys... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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