Catch up on SDR UK’s webinar
Smart data for economic growth – jobs, money, and living standards
📅 11 November 2025
Missed our first Smart Data Research UK live event? The recording is now available.
In this session, we looked at how innovative data sources, such as online activity, banking, and transaction data, can complement official statistics to reveal fresh insights into productivity, jobs, money, and living standards. Our panel discussed how smart data can reshape economic analysis and inform future policymaking.
Meet the panel
- Rachel Griffith, Co-Director, Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (IFS)
- Michael Hardie, Deputy Director, Prices Division, Office for National Statistics
- Dougie Robb, CEO, Smart Data Foundry, home to SDR UK’s Financial Data Service (FINDS)
- Philip Bunn, Senior Technical Advisor, Bank of England
- Joe Cuddeford, Director, Smart Data Research UK (Chair)
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