Assessing the Skills for Inclusive Digital Participation programme
The British Council has published the Theory of Change and baseline assessment of the Skills for Inclusive Digital Participation (SIDP) programme which was produced by Winning Moves as part of their monitoring and evaluation work on the programme. SIDP creates opportunities for digitally excluded individuals (DEI), including women, young peopled from disadvantaged backgrounds and those […]
Publication
Evaluating the government’s efforts to retrofit homes with energy efficient measures
Retrofit of homes with renewables and energy efficiency measures is a crucial component in the UK achieving its Net Zero targets. And crucial steps to achieving that retrofit are building both householder enthusiasm for it, and a supply chain that can deliver it at scale. In the Local Supply Chain Demonstrators scheme, the Department of Business, […]
Case Study
Turning a business support skeptic into a believer
Chris Brierley of Cotswald RAW joined the Elevate digital programme for the potential grant money, his business gained much more.
7 key benefits of a business diagnostic platform
Benchmarking is an established, effective tool to improve a business’ competitiveness. After all, how can a business understand its strengths and areas for improvement without an objective assessment of how it compares with others? Likewise, business diagnostic platforms are a powerful approach for organisations that support local business, not only for assessing a client’s performance, […]
The decision to leave the EU has provided the UK with the opportunity to transform its approach to business support and economic development. The shift to a devolved system and mayoral combined authorities (MCA) undoubtedly offers great potential benefits. However, the journey towards this new devolved vision is proving to be far from straightforward. Although […]
Building stronger Irish businesses
Enterprise Ireland have been the leading deliverer of the Benchmark Index (BI), locally branded as Winning Measures, in the Republic of Ireland for many years. In that time, more than 1,500 SMEs have been benefitted from the service, delivered by a talented team of internal and external expert advisers. The service has been used as […]
Demonstrating our commitment to sustainable practices, Wining Moves has signed up to The Market Research Society’s NetZero Pledge. By committing to the Market Research Society (MRS) Pledge, we warrant that by 2026 we will: The NetZero Pledge is aimed at helping the research sector be part of the solution to the growing climate emergency, more […]
Evaluation in the context of a pandemic
Just like everyone else, the evaluation community had to rethink and reconfigure its practices and processes during the pandemic. The Evaluation Showcase of the The Midlands Regional Network of the UK Evaluation Society was a welcome opportunity to reflect and share best practices and pain points amongst peers. Ahead of the session, six showcases were […]
Challenges in evaluating a programme designed to bring about systems transformation
Through the Smart Systems and Heat (SSH) Programme, Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) delivered a large consumer-focused project aimed at identifying how to overcome the barriers to the decarbonisation of residential heat. SSH was designed as an opportunity for learning about what and how to innovate in the delivery of residential heat. Evaluation was built into […]
National performance-based policy framework for rating energy and carbon in large buildings
The Government has recently published a consultation on proposals to introduce a national performance-based policy framework for rating the energy and carbon performance of large commercial and industrial buildings. To inform the development of the policy, the Government has commissioned a consortium of Winning Moves, University College London and Verco to lead a research project […]
Case Study
Benchmark Index helps tackle poverty with UNIDO
UNIDO’s Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (SPX) Programme is designed to tackle poverty by working to increase the competitiveness of local suppliers. Through profiling, benchmarking and upgrading suppliers, the Benchmark Index has become central to the development and success of SPX. Supply chain localisation and cluster development are affected through a now well-established process of […]
Diversity of methodology: Debate on modern evaluation methods
Following the UK Evaluation Society Annual Conference, Michelle Hollier, our Director of Research and Evaluation, wrote an article for The Evaluator, on the panel session, ‘Diversity of Methodology: Debate on modern evaluation methods’. The session, led by members of the steering group for the UKES Midlands Regional Network, explored issues and opportunities relating to innovation […]