Good work, wellbeing and employment

Taking the initiative

The UK labour market is currently in a state of flux, constantly reacting to new challenges and opportunities. Many local authorities, SMEs and public sector bodies therefore look to CEEDR for valuable insights regarding employment, working conditions and sustainable growth. Our research helps them make timely, accurate decisions.

Proven track record

In particular, our experienced staff regularly carry out labour market research for local authorities, assessing the recruitment and skills needs of particular sectors, including the health and social care service.

Additionally, we have a strong reputation amongst clients for projects that investigate 'welfare-to-work' initiatives related to deprived localities. We are also go-to experts for studies into the feasibility of 'active labour market' initiatives.

You'll find a selection of recent research projects below:

• Transition to Parenthood in UK SMEs
  Client - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Racing Home - Working mothers in the horseracing industry
  Client - Oxford Brookes
• ‘Good work’ and community business – identifying pathways to good practice
  Client - Power to Change
• Tackling modern slavery in modern business
  Client - British Academy
• Workplace Supports for Breastfeeding in South Africa
  Client - University of Cape Town
• Value of the Defence Sector in the UK
  Client - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• International EU-Latin American Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities (INCASI)
  Client -  European Commission/Horizon 2020-Marie Curie-Research & Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)
• Minimum wage underpayment in the informal economy
  Client -  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Making City-Regions Work: Inclusive Governance, Skills, and Labour Market Disadvantage
  Client - Sheffield University Innovation Impact and Knowledge Exchange Research (IIKE) Programme
• Welfare reform, work first policies and benefit conditionality: Reinforcing poverty and social exclusion?
  Client-Economiic and Social Research Council
• Maternity Protection in SMEs: An international review
  Client-International Labour Office
• Maternity protection and workers with family responsibilities in the formal and informal economy of Ghana including practices, gaps and measures to improvement
  Client - International Labour Office
• Can better working conditions improve the performance of SMEs?
  Client - International Labour Office
• Improving Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa
  Client - British Council
• Cooperation between education and training and the labour market in renewing VET
  Client - European Commission Vocational and Education Agency (Cedefop),
• Negotiating Skills for Sustainable Growth: Trade Unions and the Sector Skills Councils
  Client - Wales Institute of Social Research and Data Methods (WISERD)
• Ealing Primary Care Trust Job Rotation
  Client - Ealing PCT
• Public Service Sector in Rural England
  Client - Countryside Agency
• Cultural influences on health and safety attitudes and behaviour in small businesses
  Client - Health & Safety Executive
• Complementarity and Co-ordination of Self-Employment Support in Rural Areas
  Client - Countryside Agency
• Recruitment and Skills Issues in the North London Health Sector
  Client - Learning and Skills Health Council, London North