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Pay Gap Tools #1 – Where can I find a gender pay gap calculator?

June 1, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

** Update 22nd August 2020 ***

I am no longer offering a free spreadsheet tool. 

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COVID19 Deaths #2C – Estimated Excess Deaths in England up to 15th May

May 16, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

In many countries across the world, the total effect of the Coronavirus pandemic is now being measured using the concept of Excess Deaths.  However, publication of such data by the Office of National Statistics for England is up to 2 weeks slower than the daily deaths published by Public Health England.  In this post, I update my model which uses the PHE series to estimate what the ONS will publish for excess deaths in England on Tuesday 19th May.

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COVID19 Deaths #2B – Estimated Excess Deaths in England up to 8th May

May 11, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

In many countries across the world, the total effect of the Coronavirus pandemic is now being measured using the concept of Excess Deaths.  However, publication of such data by the Office of National Statistics for England is up to 2 weeks slower than the daily deaths published by Public Health England.  In this post, I update my model which uses the PHE series to estimate what the ONS will publish for excess deaths in England on Tuesday 12th May.

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UK Weather Tracker #39 – April 2020

May 7, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

With the UK under unprecedented lockdown due to COVID19, did the sunniest April on record help make it more bearable for everyone?

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COVID19 Deaths #2A – Estimated Excess Deaths in England up to 1st May

May 3, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

In many countries across the world, the total effect of the Coronavirus pandemic is now being measured using the concept of Excess Deaths.  However, publication of such data by the Office of National Statistics for England is up to 2 weeks slower than the daily deaths published by Public Health England.  In this post, I explore how the PHE series can be used to estimate what the ONS will publish for excess deaths in England every Tuesday.

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UK Weather Tracker #38 – March 2020

April 10, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

After the wettest February on record, the UK followed it with an extremely normal (and boring) weather in March 2020.

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UK Weather Trends #12 – Winter 2020

March 8, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

The UK experienced its 5th wettest and warmest winter on record in 2020.

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Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: multivariate data, Presenting data, principal components analysis, standardisation, trend analysis, Weather, weather trends, z-scores

UK Weather Tracker #37 – February 2020

March 8, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

February 2020 broke a string of boring months weather-wise in the UK with the wettest February on record.

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UK Economy Tracker #7 – 2019 Q4

February 17, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

The mixed picture for the UK economy continued in Q3.  GDP growth is now at its lowest level since the 2008/9 recession but unemployment and inflation continues to be good.  The low level of growth though continues to be a drag on government finances.

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UK Weather Tracker #36 – January 2020

February 7, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

January 2020 was the 6th warmest January on record. The met office has recently released data for the late 19th century so the record now goes back further than before.

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