February 21, 2012
The last newsletter from EnergyMarketPrice is consistent with the warnings from economist Jeff Rubin [i] in telling us world oil demand will increase despite the weak economic environment [ii]. Today’s headline Iran ‘halts oil sales to France and Britain’ is …
February 15, 2012
Recently the Department for Transport (DfT) completed a pilot study to see if GPS could be used in the methodology for the National Travel Survey. Their conclusion was that GPS technology would not be feasible. A sample of GPS tracks …
February 7, 2012
…and there’s a prize! Not just any prize either… A Celebration Gift Box from Betty’s! Maps don’t always start with ‘m’. These ones start with ‘ll’, ‘ch’, ‘st’… Can you identify which is which? The thinking behind this post and …
February 2, 2012
A few years ago I performed some estimates of carbon footprints using the P² People and Places geodemographic classification from Beacon Dodsworth. I used carbon footprint numbers from the Green Ration Book and combined these with data from the Target …
January 24, 2012
With oil prices currently around $100 a barrel, now is as important a time as any to reduce your fuel costs. Here are five ways to help you cut the costs of your fuel and be kinder to the environment …
January 19, 2012
In a collaboration with Beacon Dodsworth, the North West Public Health Observatory used P² People & Places and the national Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data to investigate the effect of lifestyles on disease rates. We found some interesting results… The method …
January 12, 2012
I had a pleasant but quiet holiday. But… being Beacon Dodsworth’s token ‘green’, I was worrying too much about the environment and climate change, particularly about the reports of methane bubbling from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf as reported by Natalia …
December 23, 2011
This is part two of our series of blog posts on how increasing fuel prices affect rural life. Read part one here… How increasing fuel prices affect rural life Part 2: Expenditure on fuel Using the Living Cost and Food …
December 19, 2011
Part One: Driving to local towns We started the BD blog to allow us to be geeky and topical and so we decided to make good on that promise and look at one of the most debated topics around: fuel …
December 16, 2011
The reason geography matters is because everything happens somewhere. That might sound overwhelmingly obvious but what we mean is that there is a geographic aspect to every news item, every need for a public service and every sales message. In …
Beacon Dodsworth Ltd. Garth Mews, Sim Balk Lane, Bishopthorpe, York, YO23 2UE, UK
Tel. +44 (0)1904 701020 Fax. +44 (0)1904 701030 email
info@beacon-dodsworth.co.uk
© Beacon Dodsworth Ltd 2012 | Legal
Registered in the UK, company no. 2908091