Category: Blog

In aid of International Women’s Day 2023, we’re shining a light on the inspirational women we work with, collaborate with, or have pure admiration for as female pioneers within their fields.  As part of our Words of Wisdom blog series, we interviewed seven inspirational female founders from tech, PR, research and fundraising to discuss this… Read more »

Welcome to the Metaverse. “The Meta what?” I hear you cry. First, you casually slip in Web 3; now we have to get our heads around the Metaverse. Does it really Meta???  Web 3 and Metaverse were terms heavily bandied around the press in 2022, but to Joe Public, they didn’t really have any meaning…. Read more »

Did you ever imagine that one day you might talk to your sunglasses? Neither did we until BEAM International were asked to orchestrate the largest consumer product test the international team had ever seen.   Market research agency Appen needed 500 recruits to product test new AI-integrated sunglasses for a leading brand. These next-generation shades take… Read more »

Six months ago, I made a scary yet much-needed decision to jump ship. Off ‘The Good Ship, PR’ (the sector that has kept me afloat for many years), and climb on-board the unknown vessel of market research.   With a wealth of experience in PR, journalism and events, working for worldwide hospitality brands, I believed I… Read more »

You’ve heard of Post-Graduate Positions, but allow me to introduce you to Pre-Graduate Positions, a compelling and effective dimension that the Northwest-based market research company, BEAM Fieldwork, has added to their workforce. Now, I’m sure that the first question on everyone’s mind is “but to what ends?” because, after all, a world where a teenager… Read more »

Leading insights and innovation development agency Spinnaker Insights appointed BEAM International to test consumer perceptions of Vileda’s new-to-market spin mop. The aim was “to dive a bit deeper into barriers and drivers towards spin mops”. Finding the perfect venue to host the research was essential and our first challenge.  We scoured Manchester for the perfect… Read more »

Market research is all about improvement – for the brand, their consumer and all who actively or passively consume along the customer journey. As a concept it’s fairly simple, there’s an opportunity to improve your business, your research team curates the killer questions, the respondents have the ammunition for you to load, and you squeeze… Read more »

I’ve spent the week at BEAM Fieldwork undertaking my year 12 work experience placement and it has been extremely insightful experience into the world of market research, and the role recruitment plays within market research. I first stumbled across BEAM Fieldwork when looking at market research companies within the Manchester area. They happened to pick… Read more »

I have recently returned from supervising hall tests for a vaping company in the bright lights of Sutton Coldfield. It was a few days of ‘firsts’ for me – first time away for work without colleagues, first time overseeing hall tests, first time in Birmingham (well, its suburbs) and my first ever Taco Bell. All… Read more »

BEAM International is part of BEAM Fieldwork, a market research fieldwork company with offices in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport. Our mission is to set exceptional standards in fieldwork, becoming integral to the success of our client’s market research projects. Due to a sustained increase in international projects and new business, we are currently recruiting for an… Read more »