Opinium Research
Opinium (Opinium Research) is a market research and strategic insights agency headquartered in London and New York. It provides market research, opinion polling, and insight consultancy services for clients across practice areas including brand and communications, product and service development, stakeholder research, and thought leadership, and also conducts political polling.www.opinium.com
4
MENTIONS
4
EPISODES
4
PODCASTS
Search complete. 4 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Opinium Research".
Oct 5, 2026
Richard TiceGUEST
It's as simple as that.
Richard TiceGUEST
And I'd just gently remind you, on Saturday there was an opinion poll out from Opinium where the Tories were at 17%, exactly where they were a year ago.
Jeremy KyleHOST
Um, can I just say I'm loving the pre-wedding haircut.
Jeremy KyleHOST
You're looking many years younger.
Matt WilkinsonHOST
It's not just changing investment.
Matt WilkinsonHOST
The Open University's 2026 Business Barometer, a survey of 1,500 UK business leaders carried out by the polling foam Opinium in April and May, found that 51% say AI is changing how they hire.
Matt WilkinsonHOST
19% said they are reducing entry-level recruitment, and 42% of that group agreed the cut was a result of wider use of AI.
Matt WilkinsonHOST
That works out at about 1 in 12 of all the business leaders surveyed.
Damian WatsonHOST
So there are 2000 adults.
Damian WatsonHOST
Opinium was the research company.
Damian WatsonHOST
Alex, who did we use for the empathy index? Same number of people, wasn't it? 2000?
Alexander HuntleyGUEST
Yeah, 2000.
Catherine ErdlyHOST
Against this fairly mixed trading picture, consumers are actually starting to feel better.
Catherine ErdlyHOST
So the BRC and Opinium asks consumers what they expect to happen over the next three months.
Catherine ErdlyHOST
Expectations for personal retail spending jumped plus one in July and plus eight in August.
Catherine ErdlyHOST
So expectations around people's own finances also improved, and the Barclays research found that confidence in the UK economy reached a 21-month high in July.