PFRC
Welcome to the Personal Finance Research Centre
The Personal Finance Research Centre is an independent research centre that specialises in social research across all areas of personal finance, mainly from the consumer's perspective. Much of our work focuses on the following areas:
- Financial confidence, capability and wellbeing.
- Money management and decision making.
- Financial exclusion and inclusion.
- Credit use and over-indebtedness.
- Saving and retirement planning.
Our interdisciplinary team combines extensive empirical research skills with a detailed understanding of a range of social policy issues. Our work is influential in shaping public policy, and we provide technical and policy advice to government departments and others.
Featured News
Promoting legal capability in the UK
23 January 2012
A new framework, produced by PFRC and Law for Life, aims to improve public legal education so that more people are aware of their legal rights when faced with law-related issues in everyday life, such as consumer complaints, discrimination at work or debt problems.
- Read more about the research.
Featured Research
Facing the squeeze 2011
21 October 2011
The recession may technically be over but multiple drops in household income and the rise in the cost of living has led to households adopting diverse strategies to adjust to their financial situations.