http://www.mrs.org.uk/ The latest news, information and events from MRS, the world's largest association representing providers and users of market, social, and opinion research, and business intelligence. en-gb Copyright 2008, MRS 2008-06-10 info@mrs.org.uk http://www.mrs.org.uk/images/logorss.gif http://www.mrs.org.uk/ http://www.mrs.org.uk/awards/dinner/index.htm The MRS has unveiled an impressive line-up of finalists for this year’s Research Awards – after receiving the highest ever number of entries. The winners will be announced during the Research Awards – the industry’s annual celebration of success - which is taking place on 8 December 2008 at The Royal Lancaster Hotel, Hyde Park, London. Booking is now open. 2008-11-09T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/standards/activities.htm MRS welcomes the possibility offered by the UK Statistics Authority to respond to the consultation on the Code of Practice. Read the MRS response. 2008-11-09T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/mrs/annualreview.htm The Annual Review records the activities and achievements of MRS during the year. A copy of this year's annual review is now available to download. 2008-11-09T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/awards/2008/index.htm Now in its fifth year, the Research Awards (formerly the Research Excellence and Effectiveness Awards) recognise and celebrate the achievements of both researchers and research businesses. Applications for this years awards will be in two phases; the first phase is now open. 2008-28-04T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/member/index.htm FTo mark the 50th year of the IJMR, MRS members can now access an archive of all the papers that have received the Gold or Silver Award over the years. These papers represent a rich and unique archive of creative thinking that has underpinned the methodological development of the industry over the past fifty years. . 2008-13-02T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/media/2008/21jan08.htm For the first time, global agency TNS is offering its researchers across the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region the opportunity to study for the MRS Advanced Certificate in Market and Social Research Practice, through a link up with MRS. 2008-21-01T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/qualifications/cert.htm Congratulations to all the candidates awarded the MRS Advanced Certificate in the October 2007 assessment round. 2008-03-01T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/awards/2007/winners.htm Winners of the Research Excellence and Effectiveness Awards 2007, the research industry equivalent of the 'Oscars', were announced at a glittering ceremony presented by broadcaster Kate Gerbeau. 2007-25-10T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/networking/scotland/events.htm MRS Scotland seeks to support and promote the aims and objectives of the MRS by organising at a regional level, events and meetings designed to be of interest to both the client and agency sides of the business. 2007-25-10T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/training/2008/index.htm The MRS Learning and Development Programme 2008 will follow its tried and tested three-strand approach – providing training opportunities under the banners of Research Skills, Business Skills and Leadership Skills. 2007-10-10T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/awards/dinner/index.htm The MRS has unveiled an impressive line-up of finalists for this year’s Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards after receiving the highest ever number of entries. The winners will be announced during the Research Excellence and Effectiveness Awards which is taking place on 10 December 2007 at The Royal Lancaster Hotel, Hyde Park, London. Booking is now open. 2007-30-09T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/media/2007/17sept07.htm The MRS is bringing the issues associated with disability research to the forefront of the sector’s consciousness through a new training course designed to enable research practitioners to gain a better understanding of the challenges posed by this expanding market. 2007-19-09T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/mrs/intro.htm#annual The MRS Annual Review records the activities and achievements of MRS during the year. This year's edition is now available to download. 2007-31-08T012:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/networking/north/oct07.html A joint NortheRN / UKES meeting on 5 October 2007 explores issues around assessing policy, effective research and its influence in the public sector. 2007-31-08T010:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/media/2007/9aug07.htm MRS is taking a new direction with its annual conference next year, promising a radically different programme. Research 2008 will focus on the business impact and effectiveness of research and will examine how the industry can contribute to the bottom-line. In announcing its Call for Contributors, MRS is looking for expertise, creativity and debate. 2007-09-08T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/media/2007/23july07.htm The 2007 annual MRS survey of the UK market research industry has revealed that total industry revenue increased by 2.4 per cent during 2006, to a value of £1.353bn*, delivering at best a flat year after inflation. 2007-24-07T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/networking/big/big.htm#awards Find out who were the winners of this year's BIG Conference Awards, which were recently announced at the BIG Summer Event at London Zoo. 2007-24-07T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/networking/big/conf07.htm Full report on the BIG Conference 2007: Challenging the Status Quo. 2007-29-06T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/networking/cgg/news.htm#scotland The MRS Census and Geodemographics Group has responded to the to the Scotland Census Consultation issued by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) in preparation for the 2011 Census. 2007-12-06T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/awards/techeff.htm The MRS/ASC Award for Technology Effectiveness recognises outstanding innovation in the application of software or technology to market, opinion and social research in achieving greater effectiveness in research. The Call for Entries is now open. 2007-30-05T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/qualifications/cert.htm Congratulations to the 67% of the 127 candidates participating in the February 2007 assessment round who were awarded the MRS Advanced Certificate. 2007-05-30T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/publications/ijmr_articles.htm Summaries of latest articles from the International Journal of Market Research are now available. 2007-02-19T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/qualifications/adv_cert_awardees.htm 64% of the 125 candidates participating in the October 2006 assessment round were awarded the MRS Advanced Certificate. Congratulations to all those who successfully passed this qualification. 2007-01-03T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/publications/ijmr_articles.htm Summaries of latest articles from the International Journal of Market Research are now available. 2006-11-07T011:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/awards/2006/winners.htm The winners of the 2006 Research Excellence and Effectiveness Awards were announced at a ceremony and dinner on Monday 6 November. 2006-11-07T009:00:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/index.htm The latest in the series of LitSearch resource sheets has been published - Semiotics. These resource sheets are exclusively for individual MRS members and employees of MRS Company Partners, and provide 'instant' literature searches, plus other resources, on specific areas of research. Log into the MRS Members' Area or the MRS Company Partner Area to download this sheet and others in the series. 2006-10-23T012:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/training/2007/index.htm The MRS Learning and Development Programme for 2007 has been published. 2006-10-16T012:00:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/networking/scotland/events.htm MRS Scotland has announced its programme of events for winter 2006 through to summer 2007. 2006-10-11T010:00:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/qualifications/msssb.htm The Marketing and Sales Standards Setting Body (MSSSB) has produced national Standards in Marketing and Sales, which aim to help the marketing and sales community. MRS is a participant in the MSSSB Steering Group which produced the standards. 2006-10-11T010:00:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/networking/rnet/sep06.htm If you missed the R-Net September event at which Ken Parker (Managing Director, Discovery Research) discussed how to present insight from research, you can download his presentation from the R-Net pages. 2006-10-02T015:30:00Z http://www.mrs.org.uk/standards/activities.htm In September MRS responded to the Gambling Commission's paper on Prize Competitions and Free Prize Draws and the Department of Constitutional Affairs consultation on increasing penalties for deliberate and wilful misuse of personal data. 2006-09-26T009:30:00Z