“A colleague recommended Alison to me and I’m really glad they did. Alison has supported us with a number of focus groups and we are thoroughly impressed by how quickly she integrated herself into each project, her moderation skills and the quick turnaround of her insightful reports. Alison is a real pleasure to work with and is brilliant at discovering insights which are actionable and in line with our research objectives. We hope to be working with her again very soon.”
Vanessa Walz, Market Research Manager (Brand and Commercial) at University of Warwick
“As a business that was growing rapidly Alison played a pivotal role in helping us to meet the demand for our services by providing an integrated 'over flow' solution for the company. Professional, diligent and with an attention to detail, Alison's support was most welcome and she felt part of the MEL team. I would not hesitate to recommend Alison to others.”
Simon Maydew, Commercial Strategy Director at MEL Research
“We loved working with Alison. She felt like she was an extension of our team. We particularly appreciated her pragmatic approach and ability to red flag any potential issues. We look forward to working with her again in the future.”
Morag Spencer, Consumer Insight Expert at Hummingbird Insights
“Alison helped Craft out at a particularly busy time. We needed a safe pair of hands coupled with an analytical brain, firstly to manage some tricky project logistics, then to turn around some analysis in double-quick time. Alison excelled at both tasks, proving herself easy to work with and adding real value to the study. She also allowed me to enjoy my holiday, safe in the knowledge that all was well in my absence. Excellent researcher, lovely person, would recommend.”
Konrad Collao, Founder of Craft
“Alison was a great help to me on a complex online qual project we were running. It was a tricky recruit with some potentially unreliable respondents and also a large number of clients viewing. Alison was an unflappable and calming presence throughout and was able to deal with the raft of inevitable last minute changes without ever getting flustered. I wouldn't hesitate to use her again.”
Nick Bonney, Founder of Deep Blue Thinking
“Alison came well recommended to me, and she lived up to her reputation. She's a tenacious researcher, who comes up with the goods. Alison was researching and drafting detailed ABM insight reports and she quickly got to grips with the sector and identified resources to tap into. She stays in touch and asks the right amount of questions, so I'm confident things are on track. Thanks Alison!”
Angela Richmond, Founder of RedFox Research
“Alison is a calming presence in the storm that is live webcam groups! She takes ownership of set up, technology and participant management which leaves the researcher to focus on the discussion itself. The fact she is a researcher in her own right means she knows exactly what you need. I'd recommend her to anyone looking to share the load.”
Tom Woodnutt, Founder of Feeling Mutual
“Alison worked with us on a hugely ambitious project with multiple moving parts, including digital and face-to-face work. It’s always nerve-wracking to work with a new person, but she put me at ease immediately: she clearly ‘got it’ and was unflappable in the face of a tide of information from our side. Strong analytical skills, the ability to grasp thorny issues with ease and an ability to make sense of multiple strands of data made for a very pleasurable experience. I hope to work with her again before long...”
Rob Hartley, Social Practice Qual Lead at 2CV
“Alison gave Little Wing brilliant qual support at a very busy time. She was clear, diligent, thorough and totally on the ball - a pleasure to work with.”
Sarah Brierley, Founder and Director of Little Wing
“Alison has worked with us on a number of projects over the last few months and on each occasion, I have been hugely impressed.
Managing a busy Operations division, I am always in need of help for various fast turn-around tasks such as link or tab checking at the last minute which we are not always able to manage in house, and each time I have approached her, she is quick in responding, is able to take a brief and run with it, and can adapt her style to what is needed, whether it be more a prescriptive task or taking onboard her recommendations or suggestions from what she sees in the data.
We also partnered recently on delivering a webinar around best practice in project management and she was a huge help. I see her very much as an extension of my team rather than a supplier, and would happily recommend her to anyone who is after project support, or indeed MRX on Demand (although in all honesty, I would rather keep her all to myself!)”
Gemma Stephenson, Operations Director at Further
“Alison stepped in, at very short notice, to support the CultureStudio team on a quick turnaround project. She was utterly reliable and a pleasure to work with (a very long time after our paths crossed at the BBC!)”
Hanna Chalmers, Founder of CultureStudio Research & Strategy
“Alison prepared a quantitative presentation for me earlier this year. She was great at working to deadlines and checking in throughout the period to ensure what she was doing was in line with expectations. She contributed to the analysis with some really interesting suggestions and delivered a great report. I would not hesitate to work with Alison again.”
Leah Ringland, Director at Progressive
“Alison is awesome to work with. She totally ‘got’ what we needed for our project. Not only immersing us in her local area, supporting our ethnographic research with fresh insights, but also finding us other fantastic people to meet for research.”
Marnie Freeman, Research and Insights Consultant