Cybercrime and small businesses – how vulnerable are you?

02 Nov 2015

You will be targeted by cyber criminals – it is not a question of if, but when. We at the ICG are only small businesses – 1-3 people – so surely this is not something we need to worry about unduly?  We all have a strong and personal handle on...

Statistical Signifiance – Easy Peasy Calculation

02 Nov 2015

Following a recent query on the E-group, Martin Hollis has kindly agreed to share his spreadsheet that allows you to calculate whether or not two percentages are statistically different for different sample sizes and universe sizes.  He has also included a ready...

Agency and Clientside Life in Perspective

16 Sep 2015

Karen Malivoire, Strategic Insight Manager, HSBC, gives us her perspective on life as an agency and clientside researcher and how the two can best work together.

Harbingers of Failure

08 Sep 2015

Tim Harford, FT columnist,  reports on a new theory of 'harbingers of failure'.  If early adopters/ lead customers can predict new trends, then it makes sense that 'harbingers' can indicate which products are likely to fail.  These...

Honest responses – managing client’s expectations

11 Aug 2015

Scoping the issue:  An Insight Manager at a big FMCG company has asked for qualitative research that gives more 'honest responses' when developiing brand communications ideas.  In early-stage developmental research of Brand Campaign Ideas and...

What have we been talking about? Election Special

09 Jun 2015

Most polling is probably twaddle!  Vs.  Polling is a thankless task – A review of the E-group discussion by Claire Labrum This is a summary of the comments and discussions around the issue of polling which took place on the E-group...