2022 Award For Independent Consultants: FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

07 Nov 2022

The ICG has some of the most talented and experienced researchers in our industry and we are delighted to have them recognised in the MRS’s awards process. The MRS/ICG Award for Independent Consultants, now in its seventh year, is designed to recognise the...

Ex-Chair raises over £4K (so far) for Refugee Support

06 Nov 2022

Andrew Smith, long serving committee member and ex-chair, recently put himself through a gruelling trip to raise funds for Refugee Support Europe.  This is his tale of the challenge, the scenery, the friendship and hospitality. Stafford to Brighton Pier the pretty way...

ICG Member Konrad Collao in the news

06 Nov 2022

It’s always a great joy to see ICG members involved in high profile research, particularly when it involves a number of other members in the team.  So we were really pleased to see extensive coverage of Craft’s work for C4 in the media, although as Konrad...

Award for Independent Consultants 2022: Finalist 4 of 4: Direct Dialogue

13 Oct 2022

But first, tell me about your Dad – how Braided Research brought funerals into the 2020s       Few things are more important to get right than a funeral. Central Co-op Funeralcare realised that, like most brands in the category, their services had not kept pace with...

Award for Independent Consultants 2022: Finalist 3 of 4: Shed Research

13 Oct 2022

Systems-thinking storytelling: taking Futures Housing on a cultural journey to tell better stories to its Board We helped Futures develop a new systems-thinking approach to its Board performance reporting. We took its stakeholders on a journey towards better...

Award for Independent Consultants 2022: Finalist 2 of 4: Craft

13 Oct 2022

Fact-finding – Inspiring the UK production industry to develop the next generation of factual TV programmes         This study revolutionised how Channel 4 thinks about, commissions and markets factual and current affairs programming for 16-34s. It has directly...