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Ci Research is an established and experienced full service agency that offers a flexible, intelligent and tailored approach to market research.


Headquartered in the North West of England near Manchester but operating globally, we are passionate about ensuring the research we conduct makes a real and lasting difference to our clients and their customers.


We have over 20 years experience of supplying market research services for clients across the private and public sectors – with strong case studies in social research, education and skills, healthcare, financial services, retail, FMCG, business-to-business, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

In terms of market research methods, we offer qualitative research, quantitative research and much more besides. We have strong in-house capability in the traditional means of capturing insight – an in-house CATI unit, web-developers and programmers for online surveys, street interviewers, mystery shoppers, focus group moderators and executive depth interviewers. We can also offer clients more innovative research methods and bespoke hybrid techniques – insight films, ethnography, online focus groups, online communities, etc.


Latest News

Below is a list of what’s new in our world. To read a news story in full, please click on the article title. For more stories, please see our news page.

21.12.2011
And the winner is....
Last week, Ci Research announced the winners of its ‘Passionately MAD’ business awards.
14.12.2011
Sluggish Economy Fuels Financial Services Boom
We are pleased to report a significant increase on our footprint in the financial services sector with a 20 per cent growth in client revenue in the last 12 months.
08.12.2011
Monthly Spotlight on...
Managing Director Colin Auton provides December's Q&A. We're not really sure how he managed to get out of doing a Monthly Spotlight for so long! Especially with so many years in the industry to draw his experience from....
22.11.2011
Public Sector Communications Awards 2011
Ci Research was delighted to be the headline sponsor for the Public Sector Communications Awards last Tuesday (15th November). Read on for a review of the event and to download the presentation content.
27.10.2011
Monthly Spotlight On...
Every month Ci Research publishes a 'Q & A' with one of the team members. Neelam Bilal, Graduate Research Executive, is under the spotlight this month. Follow the link to find out more about one of our newest recruits!
11.10.2011
Promotions and Hires
We are delighted to announce a series of recent promotions and hires at Ci Research…