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ICG Accounts 2023 (Members only)
Please see our Accounts for 2023, to be presented at our AGM to be held on Zoom on Weds 20th September, 9am. We welcome Jane Frost, CEO of the MRS, to speak at this event. Financial Statements 2023 (For e-Approval)
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RECORDING: Introduction to AMSR – a free resource for storytelling and bringing context to research and insights
Please join ICG member Judith Staig for this webinar. Tim Harford advises that, when we see a number, we should ask ‘is that a big number?’ One of the ways we can answer that question is to look at recent history. For example, is the interest rate high? Only when...
RECORDING: Knowledge Share: Shopper Research
This Knowledge Share session has been generously sponsored by E-Tabs, bringing cutting edge automated charting for your projects in PowerPoint & Google Slides This session is designed to give a flavour of what shopper research is all about for those fairly...
MRS and ICG Inclusion Pledges
On Weds 5th July, the MRS held their first Inclusion Summit. As part of this they launched a revised version of the MRS Inclusion Pledge. This Pledge is geared towards agencies, with pledges such as pay parity, recruitment, etc. The ICG have been working on a...
Why I love Business to Business (B2B) qualitative research
Article by ICG member Carol Raithatha, Carol Raithatha Ltd. You all probably know what it’s like - Some projects are just more motivating than others. In other words, certain areas of research seem to dovetail more easily with what I enjoy. So, I’ve been pondering why...