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We are delighted to announce that Synergy has been nominated for awards in two categories at this year’s BOBI awards. We are one of the final three entries shortlisted for the panel-judged ‘Best Business Impact’ award, for our work with King’s College London looking at the potential uptake of psychiatric intensive care training courses for […]

Thinking about conducting communications research in 2016? Make sure you get it right with our summary of seven top tips to consider when commissioning research on communications and promotional materials: 1. What are we seeking to achieve with promotional materials? We have identified six key parameters that help ensure effective communication: these can be summarised

We are pleased to announce that Alice and Katy have both been promoted to Research Executive. They have each made a significant input to the research they work on including taking responsibility for the proactive, day to day running of projects. Well done Alice and Katy!

Instead of sending Christmas cards this year, we have made a donation to Operation Smile – an international children’s medical charity. They work with a team of dedicated medical volunteers to provide safe, effective and free reconstructive surgery to repair cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities for children around the globe. Synergy would

We regularly conduct market research among patients, and for some projects we ask health professionals to pass on details of the project to patients to invite their participation. A concern sometimes voiced by health professionals is whether there is a need for ethics committee approval for such research. The short answer to this is ‘no’;

We are very pleased to annouce that we have recently promoted Kirstie to Account Director, in recognition of her hard work and the responsibility she takes for her projects as well as all the other activities she organises for clients such as the ‘Introduction to Market Research’ Open Days. Well done Kirstie!

We are pleased to welcome the latest members of the Synergy team – Alice and Katy – who have been with us several weeks now. Alice has recently graduated from Durham University with a degree in Biological Sciences, and Katy graduated from Edinburgh with a degree in Medical Sciences. We are having a busy summer

It has been a busy couple of months here at Synergy, culminating this week with the British Healthcare Business Intelligence Association (BHBIA) annual conference in London. The conference is a highly anticipated event as the winners of the Best of Business Intelligence (BOBI) awards are announced. We are very pleased to be able to report

We are very pleased to announce that Nathalie has been promoted to Research Executive. Nathalie has very rapidly become an important member of the Synergy team, working across many projects and using her excellent communication skills to develop relationships with clients and suppliers as well as to conduct many insightful interviews. Congratulations, Nathalie!

In addition to being nominated for the BHBIA’s ‘Agency I would most like to work with’ BOBI award for 2015 (see previous post below), we have also been short-listed for 3 Panel-Judged awards! – Excellence in Sales Force Effectiveness/Commercial Analysis – Best Business Impact – Excellence in Data Collection/Fieldwork The winners are announced in May