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Welcome to the Business Intelligence Group (BIG) – the insight community supporting and advising on market research in business. We’re a resource for the latest thinking and techniques in business to business research. Join us for networking opportunities with insight professionals, find our knowledge centre on this website and keep up to date with our e-newsletter. For research buyers, we have the BIG Directory of specialist business research and insight providers.

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Events

BIG Forum – September

Date: Tuesday 26 September 2017

Andrew Dalglish, Circle Research: “The World of the B2B marketer” refreshments from 6.00pm, starting at 6.30pm and ending at 8.00pm.

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BIG Forum – November

Date: Tuesday 28 November 2017

Innovation in Engaging SME Respondents, Emma Mozley, Kantar TNS & Alex Wheatley, Lightspeed GMI.

Come to November’s BIG Forum to hear about an innovative approach for gaining ongoing feedback from hard to engage SME business owners and decision makers.

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2017 BIG/ MRS B2B Conference Blog

by Richard Sheldrake | 19th September 2017 | Business, Research | 0 Comments

The BIG annual conference has gone through a number of iterations since the heydays of the 3 day Chepstow boozy extravaganza. Moving to a two day residential in Brighton and finally slimming down to a more manageable and, in these somewhat austere times, practical...

Is the role of the agency market researcher changing?

by Trevor Wilkinson | 7th September 2017 | Research | 0 Comments

Well, the answer is ‘yes.’ And it’s been happening for some time. In fact it could be argued that the role of the agency market researcher is in a state of continuous flux. However the last ten years, perhaps the last twenty, have seen a particularly significant...

Peeling the onion – using buyer personas to help B2B marketing

by Claire Labrum | 2nd August 2017 | Research | 0 Comments

A successful business relationship often needs to align on several levels within a company, with people who have different roles, objectives and interests at heart. Achieving this in the B2B environment has always been notoriously difficult – trying to please everyone...

I want to tell you a story…

by Claire Labrum | 28th June 2017 | Research | 0 Comments

It is 10 years since Nassim Nicholas Taleb published his influential book, “The Black Swan”, that familiarised the idea of our inability to predict those random events that have so much impact on our lives. After the last 12 months or so, which has seemed to produce...

GDPR – the practical and legal implications

by Jon Wood | 8th May 2017 | Legislation/politics, Respondents | 0 Comments

This month Jon Wood of Critical Research reviews a recent Forum session which dealt with the implications of the new GDPR legislation - and muses on the implications (and urgency) for us all. April’s BIG forum was an excellent session, focussing on an impending change...

Questions about business to business research?

Q. Why are mixed methodology studies more common in B2B?

A. The complexity of B2B markets means that multiple research methods often need to be used in order to provide answers or solutions for strategic decisions

Q. Why are B2B costs higher than B2C costs?

A. B2B transactions often take more consideration and involve more decision makers. The B2B consumer will more often than not need to be able to prove a return-on-investment for their purchase

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