CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT This paper explores whether the evaluation of business support interventions could be improved by taking into account the wider economic impact on growth. For example, the extent to which those businesses receiving support grow at
Linking the 2006 & 2007 Small Business Survey to the IDBR
CLICK FOR FULL REPORT This report describes work to link two waves of the Small Business Survey (SBS) to the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). The first wave that has been linked is the Annual Small Business Survey 2006/07; the second
Opening access to administrative data for evaluating public services
CLICK FOR FULL REPORT Belmana are working with the University of Middlesex to understand the impact of the opening up of administrative data for evaluating public services. A focus has been the effort led by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) in
The use of Data Labs in the Third Sector
Belmana took part in a free training course covering the use of administrative data in the Third Sector, organised by the University of Southamptom/Administrative Data Research Centre for England (ADRC-E). The course included speakers from Belmana, Middlesex University, Southampton University/ADRC-E,
Evaluating the evaluating
Last week saw the Justice Data Lab publish reports evaluating the performance of a further two charities working with ex-offenders. A total of 59 reports can be found on the Ministry of Justice part of .gov.uk. The Lab has been