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RESEARCH EXPERTS INVESTIGATE WHY HOMEOWNERS ARE TURNING THEIR BACKS ON £70M SAVING

06/10/08RESEARCH EXPERTS INVESTIGATE WHY HOMEOWNERS ARE TURNING THEIR BACKS ON £70M SAVING North East home owners are turning their backs on massive potential savings, prompting an investigation by CIM fellow David Shiel and his company, Explain Research. The company was commissioned by North East Home Insulation Partnership (NEHIP), which aims to insulate every home in the area,...Read Full Article

RESEARCH PAYS OFF FOR CREAM OF THE GRADUATE TALENT

14/09/08RESEARCH PAYS OFF FOR CREAM OF THE GRADUATE TALENT Newcastle-based Explain Research is continuing its bid to retain the cream of the region’s graduate talent by preparing to welcome its latest student placement this September, as part of an on-going programme that has seen 3 of it’s graduates go on to be offered a permanent job in the past 3 year...Read Full Article

06/08/08High Street Blues The summer sales started four weeks ago and judging by the amount of merchandise still left on the shelves high street retailers are still struggling, with June sales figures over 3% down compared to last year. Newcastle-based research experts Explain Research forecast three years ago th...Read Full Article

Head to Head: David Shiel and Stephen Bell

08/05/08Head to Head: David Shiel and Stephen Bell Head To Head: Steven Bell and David Shiel Planning for the future is never far from the mind of the entrepreneur, and in the latest of our series ‘Head to Head’ in conjunction with the Entrepreneurs Forum, we meet two entrepreneurs that have dif...Read Full Article

Awarded Culture For Success

06/05/08Awarded Culture For Success At the North East Service Network Annual Awards dinner, held at the Newcastle Marriot Gosforth Park hotel last week, Explain Market Research won the Culture for Success 2008 award for companies with less than 50 employees. "We share this award with our staff at Head office and in the regi...Read Full Article

Running for a good cause

06/05/08Running for a good causeThe Charlotte Straker Trust is a residential and nursing home based in Corbridge in the beautiful Tyne Valley, providing 17 residential and 11 nursing rooms plus three GP beds for palliative and respite care. Eight bungalows in the grounds, together with two flats in the main house, allow tenants to...Read Full Article

PARTNERSHIP IS MUSIC TO SPONSORS’ EARS

20/03/08PARTNERSHIP IS MUSIC TO SPONSORS’ EARS Along with its web and new media partner Fusebox Design, Explain is one of the first businesses this year to sign up as corporate partners at The Sage Gateshead, joining an elite band of supporters including Nexus, Sage UK and Northumbrian Water. The sponsorship brings ...Read Full Article

Role needs no Explanation for Lucy

20/03/08Role needs no Explanation for Lucy Marketing expert Lucy Swan has joined Explain to take up the newly-created role of head of client services and marketing manager. A former marketing graduate at Newcastle University, Lucy’s background includes a two-year spell at a North East communications company, where she was respons...Read Full Article

Tide of new account wins for Explain

16/01/08Tide of new account wins for Explain THE river Tyne may be one of Newcastle Gateshead’s biggest tourist attractions, and a big part of our daily lives here in the North East, but 20% of people in the UK say they just don’t have time to enjoy our 2000 miles of canals and rivers. Explain recently surveyed the attitudes of nea...Read Full Article