Entrepreneur and Global Research Exec hired to oversee Vision Critical’s growing UK business. London, April 26, 2010 – The UK headquarters of strategic interactive research and technology company Vision Critical is pleased to welcome Sally Campbell as its new Managing Director. Campbell has a long and distinguished research resume and has worked with some of the world’s most innovative brands. Most recently, Campbell served as the Global Account Director for Unilever at Research International UK and spearheaded the firm’s business development ... | Read More

London, January 18, 2010 – Vision Critical’s® public affairs division, Angus Reid Public Opinion (formerly Angus Reid Strategies) has been voted the #2 “Pollster of the Year” by a pool of 2,200 readers of Iain Dale’s Diary – a popular UK blog. Iain Dale is one of Britain’s leading political commentators. He appears regularly on TV and radio, but is best known for his political blog. The Pollster of the Year ranking was part of Iain Dale’s end-of-year awards voted ... | Read More

Governing Labour continues to trail the Tories by double-digits. Britain's political scene has not changed dramatically over the past month, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll conducted in cooperation with PoliticalBetting.com has found. Voting Intention Across Great Britain, 40 per cent of decided voters and leaners (+1 since late November) would support the Conservative candidate in their constituency if a General Election were held tomorrow. The governing Labour Party remains in second place with 23 per cent (+1), followed by the Liberal ... | Read More

One-in-four voters say they will consider both a party’s motivations and its policies before deciding who to support. Voters in Britain are motivated by very different reasons as they ponder their choices in the impending General Election, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll conducted in cooperation with PoliticalBetting.com has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,632 British voters, 34 per cent of respondents say they will look at a few key issues and see which party ... | Read More

More than a third of respondents are “happy” that Tony Blair was bypassed for the position of European President. People in Great Britain do not believe the new structure of the European Union (EU) will lead to significant changes, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. On Nov. 19, Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was chosen as the first President of the European Council, and British Labour politician Catherine Ashton was selected as the High Representative for Common Foreign ... | Read More

Pledges to guarantee free personal care for the elderly and amend the laws on MPs expenses are regarded as the most important bills included in the most recent speech. Many Britons would like the long-standing tradition of the Queen’s speech to continue, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of 2,004 British adults, 44 per cent believe the Queen’s speech—written by the Government and geared at setting out their planned bills ... | Read More

For the third consecutive time, the British National Party gains a point. The Conservative Party maintains a large advantage in Britain, as the two other major parties appear locked in a tight race for second place, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll conducted in cooperation with PoliticalBetting.com has found. Voting Intention Across Great Britain, 39 per cent of decided voters and leaners (+1 since early November) would cast a ballot for the Conservative candidate in their constituency if a General Election were ... | Read More

Most respondents believe illegal immigrants take jobs away from UK workers, and call for their deportation. A new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found that immigration is clearly in the minds of British voters as the next General Election draws near, and while several proposals developed by the governing Labour Party enjoy support, the public expresses a preference for the Conservatives on this particular file. In the online survey of a representative sample of 2,006 British adults, 67 per cent of ... | Read More

Men are more likely to regard nuclear energy as beneficial, while women would prefer to focus on other carbon-free sources of energy. People in Great Britain hold positive views on nuclear energy, although some concerns still persist, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of 2,004 British adults, 55 per cent of respondents support building more nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom. A third of Britons (32%) are ... | Read More

David Cameron’s decision to back away from an earlier promise to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty might hurt his Conservative Party in the next General Election, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found. In the online survey of a representative national sample of 2,000 British adults, 67 per cent of respondents say the issue of European integration is important to them—with 27 per cent saying it is “very important.” In 2007, the leader of the Conservatives vowed ... | Read More