While rummaging through ten years of BEAM project history for our anniversary celebrations, we stumbled across something rather interesting. Back in 2016, when BEAM was barely out of the starting blocks, we recruited three vloggers for a research project. Vloggers. Remember them? Of course, they’re still around, although these days they’re more likely to introduce… Read more »
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BEAM Without Borders: Our Global Story
From a spare bedroom in Stockport to fieldwork across 38 countries. Ten years of BEAM, five years of international adventures, and quite a few stamps in our metaphorical passport. In 2021, our clients started asking us a question. Could we take the same recruitment expertise, attention to detail and personal service they’d come to expect… Read more »
BEAM x Focus Force: Ten Years of Trust and Collaboration
Our tenth anniversary is a chance to thank the people who have been alongside BEAM from the beginning. Vanessa and the team at Focus Force are part of that story. Amy knew Vanessa before starting BEAM. When we needed our first London-based recruitment partner, she knew who she wanted to call. Here, Amy reflects with… Read more »
Ten years of BEAM: celebrating our partnership with Jo Corneill
As part of BEAM Fieldwork’s tenth anniversary, we’re celebrating the relationships that have helped build BEAM. For Amy, that includes Jo Corneill, a Supervisor whose support began before the company’s first project. Here, Amy revisits their shared beginnings, memorable studies and the things she values most about working with Jo. A COFFEE AND A BEGINNING… Read more »
Kitchen Tables, Zoom Calls and Resilience: How BEAM Survived Covid
As part of BEAM Fieldwork’s 10-year anniversary, our Founder and Managing Director, Amy Middleton, has been looking back at the moments that shaped us. Here, Amy reflects on the uncertainty, ingenuity and unexpected humour of the Covid years. Covid tested BEAM in ways we could never have predicted. It disrupted projects, changed how we worked… Read more »
10 Years of BEAMING from ear to ear
As BEAM celebrates ten years, we are looking back at the people and causes that shaped our business. Our charity story begins with one unforgettable BEAMIE, whose determination, generosity and enormous smile still inspire us today. Vicki Thomas was BEAMIE number two, Amy Middleton’s best friend and a huge part of BEAM’s early story. Vicki… Read more »
10 Years of BEAM: The Story of Give Opinions
In 2026, BEAM Fieldwork celebrates ten years in business, a chance to reflect on the relationships, ideas and experiences that have shaped who we are today. Give Opinions is an important part of that story. We launched Give Opinions in 2020 with a simple idea: people should have a clear and rewarding way to share… Read more »
And just like that, we’re 10!
This month marks a big milestone for BEAM Fieldwork. It is our 10th birthday! A DECADE OF BEAM Amy Middleton founded BEAM in 2016. Since then, we have delivered thousands of projects alongside brilliant clients, trusted partners and talented BEAMIES. It has been a decade of ambitious briefs, complex recruitment, proud achievements and plenty of… Read more »
10 years of BEAM: The soundtrack
This year, BEAM turns 10. A decade of research, recruitment, relationships, problem solving and plenty of memorable moments deserves a proper celebration. So, naturally, we decided to make a playlist. However, this is not simply a collection of popular songs. It is a soundtrack to the people, parties, projects and experiences that have shaped BEAM… Read more »
Meet the BEAMIES of 2016
BEAM began in 2016, but what were today’s BEAMIES doing while our story was just getting started? Some were building careers, changing direction or finishing school. Others were raising toddlers, renovating houses or spending suspicious amounts of time in pubs. Fashion choices were questionable, eyeliner was essential and Peep Show appeared to be compulsory viewing…. Read more »