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Alternative Data in United Kingdom: Insights and Use Cases

on April 14, 2022

Alternative Data Applications: A Guide for UK Investors

As economic activity comes online, new data trails are left behind. The most innovative investors leverage this data for alpha-generating insights. The following use cases illustrate how Thinknum’s alternative datasets power investment decisions across UK companies.

Construction: Compare Hirings Over Time

Changes in a company’s demand for new hires is a valuable leading indicator for future corporate performance. Savvy investors look to job postings to predict a company’s performance. View the number of open positions at Balfour Beatty and Kier, for example. Then filter to gain in-depth competitive insights

Using Alternative Data to Analyze the Economic Downturn

on April 14, 2022

Tracking shifts in business activity due to COVID 19

Real-time proxy for shifts in economic trends

In the wake of COVID-19, business activity globally is shifting dramatically. However, for a few companies/sectors, recent trends present an opportunity too.

Thinknum’s alternative data dashboard allows you to view business trends today compared to just a few weeks ago.

Energy Utilization

Track the amount of electricity generated by customers as a proxy for GDP growth.

Since March 1st, the weekly electricity demand has fallen 50.99% for company TEPCO in Japan.

Travel Agency Bookings

Traveling is among one of the industries

Utilize Alternative Data for Competitive Intelligence

on April 12, 2022

How alternative data lets you track you competitors
Derive Alternative Insights From Marketplace Dynamics

Information is key to success in analyzing competitive intelligence and gaining an edge to stay ahead. Alternative data provides crucial insights and uncovers business strategies via multiple sources and across various industries

Tracking Hiring and Expansion

Since most corporate expenditure is spent on employment, job listings data allows you to get inside the heads of your competitors’ management. You can track if they are expanding or contracting. Analyze what skill sets they are investing in, or even geographically where they are growing.

Tracking Product Pricing

Track

March 22, 2022 - Product Updates and Data Additions

on April 04, 2022

New Glassdoor data

Stay ahead of competitors with our new glassdoor metrics. We’ve added data on work/life balance and senior management ratings for all of the companies we follow on glassdoor.

For investors or for competitive intelligence, employee satisfaction can be a key indicator of company health before it becomes public knowledge. As company culture becomes an increasingly highly ranked factor for job seekers, HR leaders can use these metrics for benchmarking.

Easier downloading for larger datasets

Now you can continue to navigate the Thinknum platform while downloading a large dataset. You can continue to work as your

March 2, 2022 - Product Updates and Data Additions

on April 04, 2022

Product Updates

Recruitment analyzer

How fast are jobs being filled? With our new recruitment analyzer, see how quickly positions are being filled based on when job postings are closed. For investors, hiring speed is a good indicator of a company’s health. In talent acquisition, it’s extremely useful for competitive job marketing: use it to benchmark against competitors or to identify trends with keywords that help speed up hiring.

New Dashboard Notifications

We’ve added a new feature to the Thinknum dashboard! We have added notifications to the dashboard to easily keep track of your reports and alerts for

How alternative data lets you track you competitorsDerive Alternative Insights From Marketplace Dynamics