What does CFS stand for?

Dr Frank Shaw, Foresight director at the Centre for Future Studies, says the results indicate a 'mega shift' to a rental society: "The 'disposable mentality' will give way to efficient use and this will serve to reduce the adverse impacts on the environment.

But the report, commissioned by The Centre for Future Studies, said this revolution has created a skills problem, with 62% of North-east SMEs claiming staff lack the appropriate IT skills and training to properly exploit existing technology

Forecasting organisation The Centre for Future Studies said two-thirds of small and medium-sized firms in the region now claimed to offer employees some form of flexible working with the introduction of wireless and mobile technologies.

Carried out by the Centre for Future Studies, the report said a number of popular tourist sites could have reached visitor capacity by 2020.

The research was compiled by the Centre for Future Studies and indicate that these differences happen over time.

People who are disagreeable, impulsive, neurotic, sensation-seeking and irresponsible are the most likely to have an accident according to the Centre for Future Studies.

What is more exceptional, however, is the continuing growth in one-person households in the UK; the number of people in these households has doubled since 1971 and is set to rise by 53% over the next 20 years, according to Alliance & Leicester (in its Changing UK Household Market report, in conjunction with think tank Centre for Future Studies, published December 2006).

Dr Frank Shaw, Foresight director at the Centre for Future Studies, says the results indicate a 'mega shift' to a rental society: "The 'disposable mentality' will give way to efficient use and this will serve to reduce the adverse impacts on the environment.