Michael Curtis

EY Future Consumer Index: Consumer optimism on the rise but connecting with the independent consumer heralds a new challenge for retailers and brands

LONDON, 29 MAY 2024. Nearly half (47%) of respondents continue to be optimistic about the future according to the latest EY Future Consumer Index (FCI) – which surveyed more than 23,000 consumers across 30 countries – despite concerns about rising living costs (73%), climate change (63%) and geopolitical tensions (51%).

Extreme E and EY publish Season 3 report, recording 8.2% carbon footprint reduction as female-male performance gap continues to narrow

LONDON, 9 APRIL 2024. Extreme E has published its third Sustainability Report, compiled, and produced in collaboration with EY. Continuing to race the series’ ODYSSEY 21 off-road electric vehicles and leveraging solar and green hydrogen energy, the report reveals that the racing series maintained its carbon-neutral status and reduced its overall carbon footprint by 8.2%.

Businesses favor gradual adoption of GenAI as they look to address knowledge gaps

LONDON, 15 FEBRUARY 2024. The latest EY Reimagining Industry Futures Study confirms generative AI’s (GenAI) status as a breakthrough technology, with 43% of the 1,405 enterprises surveyed investing in it.

Deals are back: Surge in life sciences M&A fueled by sector's capital reserves and quest for new revenue growth

LONDON, 8 JANUARY 2024. The global life sciences industry has once again embraced big deal making, with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) investment totaling US$191b to 10 December 2023, compared with US$142b in 2022.

Tech industry outlook brighter than 12 months ago, with GenAI emerging as top opportunity for 2024

LONDON, 7 DECEMBER 2023. Following a challenging start to 2023 for the technology sector, characterized by macroeconomic weaknesses and cost-savings, company strategies centered on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) have triggered a rebound in confidence.

The emergence of GenAI is reshaping the 2024 telecoms risk radar

LONDON, 30 NOVEMBER 2023. Changing imperatives in privacy, security and trust emerges as the top risk facing telecoms companies in 2024.

EY Future Consumer Index: Consumers learning to live with less as climate change and cost-of-living reality hits home

LONDON, 9 NOVEMBER 2023. While 94% of consumer respondents globally remain concerned about the cost of living, almost 89% are also concerned about climate change.

Universities failing to deliver as 1/3 of students say they feel negative or neutral about their choice of university

LONDON, 8 NOVEMBER 2023. Universities need an urgent overhaul of their digital education practices and student experience to help their teaching staff better meet student expectations, according to a new EY report.

EY Study: Lack of autonomy and patient safety driving clinicians to sound the alarm for new care delivery models

NEW YORK 17 OCTOBER 2023. EY Global Voices in Health Care Study 2023 finds clinicians are calling for models that allow them to put patients first without sacrificing their own quality of life.

EY study: consumers are still spending on digital home products and services despite cost-of-living crisis

LONDON, 14 SEPTEMBER 2023. Less than one in five digital households (16%) have reduced or plan to reduce their spending on home broadband, mobile connectivity or streaming according to the latest EY Decoding the digital home study – which surveyed more than 21,000 consumers on their attitudes toward technology, media and telecoms experienced in the home across eight countries: Canada, France, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US.

EY survey: 42% of global health consumers rate access to care as below average

LONDON 7 JUNE 2023. The EY Global Consumer Health Survey 2023, released today, finds that access to care is valued most highly by consumers.

Consumer goods CEOs identify key ways to ensure thriving businesses in turbulent times while protecting people and planet

Kyoto, 5 June: The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has today published a report developed with EY bringing together opinions from 17 consumer industry leaders, to understand how they are working together to ensure resilient businesses and accelerate sustainability action amid multiple crises.

EY Future Consumer Index: Consumers losing trust and turning away from brands amid cost-of-living crisis

LONDON, 16 MAY 2023. Consumers globally continue to reign in their spending amidst a challenging cost-of-living environment, with 94% of consumers now worried about the rise of living costs as they continue to navigate inflation.

Extreme E and Official Sustainability Partner, EY, share Season 2 carbon footprint and record first 100% renewable motorsports event

LONDON, 25 APRIL 2023. Extreme E has published its second Sustainability Report, compiled and produced in collaboration with EY.

Investor behavior changes in face of increasing market volatility as demand shifts to active investments and FinTech, new EY report finds

LONDON, 24 APRIL 2023. Wealth managers will need to adapt faster than ever amid unprecedented levels of volatility and global uncertainty that is changing the way people invest in uncertain times, according to the 2023 EY Global Wealth Research Report.

Sustainability is driving the emerging tech investment agenda

LONDON, 15 FEBRUARY 2023. The fourth edition of the EY Reimagining Industry Futures Study reveals that enterprises’ emerging tech investment decisions are increasingly driven by sustainability and ESG goals.

Firepower 2023: Life sciences M&A target bolt-ons and alliances but major deals are on the agenda entering 2023

LONDON, 9 JANUARY 2023: Global life sciences mergers and acquisitions (M&A) investment totaled US$105 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, with total deal value well down on 2021, according to the 11th edition of the annual EY M&A Firepower report.

EY report predicts appetite for tech deals will return in 2023, despite adverse conditions

LONDON, 8 DECEMBER 2022. Faced with high inflation, an energy crisis and falling consumer confidence, the biggest opportunity for tech companies in 2023 is to adopt an active mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy – according to an annual EY report, Top 10 opportunities for technology companies in 2023.

Failure to respond to rise in cost-of-living tops telecoms risk radar

LONDON, 30 NOVEMBER 2022. The rise in the cost-of-living has driven consumers to re-adjust spending priorities.

EY Future Consumer Index: consumers opt for caution this holiday season to cope with rising cost-of-living

LONDON, 9 NOVEMBER 2022. Many consumer respondents globally are preparing for a greener, more financially cautious holiday season as health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic begin to fade while cost of living and environmental concerns deepen, according to the latest EY Future Consumer Index (FCI ).