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In London, Verve has announced the promotion of its former Joint Head of Insight Richard Preedy to the newly created role of Executive Director and Head of Artificial Intelligence. The firm is 'relaunching' itself to emphasize its focus on 'three intelligences': Artificial, Human and Cultural. More
Insight and communities firm Verve has announced eighteen promotions across its locations in London, Manchester, Sydney, Iasi (Romania) and Johannesburg, including the appointment of Kim Howard as Semiotics Research Director. More
Insights consultancy Verve has launched an AI-generated solution called 'Intelligent Personas', which generates personas representing source segments within community panel datasets. These can be substituted for real respondents in difficult or repetitive research projects. More
Insights consultancy Verve has announced six promotions across its European team, including Lydia Martin to Research Director. More
Insights consultancy Verve and full service agency Basis have formed a global partnership to develop an initiative called 'CoLab' - to address the 'growing respondent quality problem'. More
Insights consultancy Verve has appointed former Hall & Partners exec Deidre Sullivan as Senior Vice President, North America. She is based in New York. More
Culture, community panels and smart digital research specialist Verve and experience management firm Alida have partnered to launch a software and full-service global insights offering. More
In London, programmatic media platform Dataseat has appointed former Facebook data scientist Matina Thomaidou as Vice President, Head of Data Science. More
Verve, which focuses on culture, communities and 'smart digital research', has opened Verve Benelux in Amsterdam, led by Kirby Johnson and supported by Katrien Gunn, Sanne van der Steeg, and Saskia Racke. More
Verve, which focuses on culture, communities and 'smart digital research', has launched a 'hub' in Melbourne, Australia and appointed Christina Tonkes to lead it as Senior Director. Meanwhile Mirjam Grari joins the team in Sydney. More
UK-based Verve, whose expertise includes community panels and culture, has announced the promotion of marketing and comms head Vicki Britton and the appointment of former Streetbees and Kantar exec Jadwiga Kozubek as a Director; as well as a raft of other promotions and hires. More
London-based Verve has launched a consultancy offer called Ignite AI, using artificial intelligence to uncover implicit emotions, patterns and 'cultural codes' at scale. More
Culture, community panels and smart digital research specialist Verve has opened a Social Intelligence hub in Brighton, on the south coast of the UK, and a Communities hub in Toronto, Canada. More
Culture, community panels and smart digital research specialist Verve has made five senior research appointments across its hubs in Chicago, Sydney and London. More
Culture, community panels and smart digital research specialist Verve has launched a service called 'People & Planet', to help brands develop consumer-centric ESG strategies and initiatives (environmental, social and governance). More
Culture, community panels and smart digital research specialist Verve has appointed seven new graduates at its office in Manchester and headquarters in London. More
Culture, community panels and smart digital research specialist Verve has appointed Kylie Fitzpatrick as a Director in its Manchester Hub. Additionally, the company has made hires in Sydney and London, along with six London promotions. More
Community panels pioneer and culture expert Verve has launched ignite@VERVE, a new offer combining its heritage in communities and smart digital research with a range of proprietary tools including AI, a global network of 'cultural and creative individuals', and a new cultural values framework. More
London-based culture, communities and 'smart digital insight' firm Verve has strengthened its strategic insight offer with the appointment of former Hall & Partners and Breaking Blue exec Dr Adele James as Behavioural Scientist. Digital anthropologist Lily Echanis also joins the firm. More
In Manchester, UK, culture, community panels and smart digital research specialist Verve has appointed former InSites Consulting exec Gav Holt as Executive Director in its senior team. More
Community panels and digital research specialist Verve has hired former Research Now AsiaPac MD Jason Buchanan to set up a consumer interaction business unit called Verve Collaborations. He is based in Australia. More
London-based community panels specialist Verve has opened its Manchester hub with an initial team of ten, led by former InSites Consulting / Join the Dots exec Kelly McKnight, who joined in January as Executive Director. More
Community panels and smart digital research firm Verve is to open a Global Centre of Research Innovation in Sydney, Australia, and has appointed Dan Alexander-Head to lead it. More
London-headquartered community panels and digital research specialist Verve has appointed Kerry Payne as Research Manager and Marko Fourie as Senior Research Executive at its recently opened Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Johannesburg, South Africa. More
London-based community panels and digital research specialist Verve has announced growth of 28% for the financial year ending 31st December 2021, taking turnover to £10.4m, following 23% growth in the prior year. The firm has also promoted eleven members of its team. More
In the UK, community panels and digital research specialist Verve has appointed former InSites Consulting / Join the Dots exec Kelly McKnight as Executive Director, charged with building its Culture & Trends, Semiotics and Social Intelligence practice. More
Community panels pioneer Verve is opening a Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) next month in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has appointed Heather Tluczek and Meryl Dovey to lead it, as MD and Head of New Business Development respectively. More
London-based community panels specialist Verve is planning to open an office in Manchester, which will initially be led by founder and CEO Andrew Cooper, who has relocated to the north of England; and Joint Head of Insight Richard Preedy. The firm has also hired three new execs. More
In the UK, long-time Join the Dots / Insites Consulting exec Jon Beaumont has joined community panel specialist Verve to head the firm's Innovation and Brand Strategy offering, which will be launched in September. More
Community panels pioneer Verve has appointed Tesco veteran Simon Taylor as a Research Director leading its grocery specialism, supporting key client the John Lewis Partnership; and has announced seven promotions. More
Our 2021 Online Communities supplement is published today. In this article, Richard Preedy from title sponsor Verve looks at the role the company's community panels have played in the customer-focused transformation of retailer John Lewis. More
As the insight world emerges from the shadow of Covid, 'only around 50% of formerly face to face activity will revert to type', says Verve's Andy Dexter, introducing a month of features focused on Online Communities, for our forthcoming special issue. More
Australian data intelligence company Potentiate has promoted Melissa Riley to Head of Client Services, Ante Grabovac to Solutions Engineer, and Amanda Roach to Growth Hacker. More
London-based community panels and digital research specialist Verve has hired long-time industry exec Adrian Sanger for its newly created role of Innovation Director. More
Truth Consulting founder Andy Dexter has joined London-based community panels and digital research specialist Verve as a Non-Executive Board Director. More
UK-based community panels specialist Verve has announced a 23% increase in revenues for the year ending 31st December 2020, to £8.1m. It has also hired Lucy Wetherhill, Claire Andrzejewski, Parker Mincey and six other new faces, and made eleven promotions. More
Communities specialists Verve and Potentiate have merged in the UK, as part of a global strategic partnership between the two firms. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
'Accuracy and Authenticity - How Smartphones Revolutionised Research', by Verve's Richard Preedy. This is the first article in a series over the next 6 weeks focusing on mobile apps and surveys, mobile usage tracking and more. More
In London, community panel specialist Verve has completed its fourth graduate intake, bringing the total number of graduate recruits to twelve. The firm recently appointed long-time MR recruitment specialist Sarah Penny as Talent Manager. More
... Not Just Talking About It. In the next in our month-long series focused on communities, Verve Executive Director Paul Lawson casts an expert eye over the many great uses of a community panel. More
In the US, enterprise data and analytics software firm Acxiom and location-powered mobile marketing firm Verve announced a partnership to offer enhanced location-based targeting of mobile consumers. More
In the US, location intelligence specialist Verve has moved founder Tom Kenney into the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. More
London-based online communities specialist Verve has brought in two more senior hires at headquarters: former Quadrangle exec Nick Baker joins as MD Research & Consulting, while Emma Beech leaves Lightspeed GMI to become the firm's new VP Operations Europe. More
UK-based online communities specialist Verve has appointed Marie Patenio as leader of its Chicago office, as Tim Martin returns to London from his secondment. The firm has also announced five further appointments in Chicago and Toronto. More
UK-based online communities specialist Verve has announced twelve promotions, and the appointment of Jodie Chamberlain as Research Manager in its recently-opened northern office. Existing staff Warren Lister, Olly Robinson and Ana Garcia all become Director / RDs. More
In the UK, online communities specialist Verve has opened a Northern office in Leeds, and appointed Bryony Hughes to lead it. Ten more staff have also joined the company in its offices in London, Chicago and Iasi (Romania). More
London-based online community specialist Verve has opened an office in Chicago, supporting a new Fortune 50 client in the area; and has moved Tim Martin, VP Research & Consulting there with a remit to rapidly build a team. More
London-based online community specialist Verve has received an undisclosed amount of series A funding in a round led by investment firm Subito Partners, whose founders Geoff Westmore and Neil Brown join the Verve Board. More
London-based online community specialist Verve has added Apple's iBeacon technology to its Community Panel app, allowing it to track individual members as they travel into and around stores fitted with the iBeacon device. More
Colin Strong, UK Head of Industry, GfK, is leaving at the end of March after nineteen years with the business, to join online communities specialist Verve in the newly created position of Managing Director of Verve Ventures. Meanwhile GfK has announced three senior appointments of its own. More
London-based online communities specialist Verve has hired former Research Now exec Pete Flower for the newly created role of Community Development Director, focused on delivering community panel innovation. The company has also recruited five other new members of staff. More
London-based online communities specialist Verve has announced rapid growth in the final quarter of 2014 - detailing no fewer than 22 appointments - and ambitious plans for 2015. More
In the UK, The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has set up a research community called 'Big Voice', through which small firms can provide their opinion and feedback to government organisations and national policymakers. More
Charles Pearson, co-founder of Guildford, Surrey-based EasyInsites, has left the firm to lead client development in North America for community panel specialist Verve. More
London-based online communities specialist Verve has opened an office in Toronto, and has appointed former Research Now exec Suzanne Costa to lead it. More
London-based online communities specialist Verve has announced seven more hires, including former GfK execs Rich Preedy and Olly Robinson who will help drive the expansion of its International service. More
UK-based online community specialist Verve has appointed former GfK exec Ryan Garner to head up its Personal Information Economy proposition, while recruiting six other new members of staff. More
UK-based online community specialist Verve has partnered with MR agency InsightAsia to meet client demand for full service quant and qual community panel research across Asia. More
Community panel specialist Verve has opened a dedicated survey programming office in Iași, Romania, headed by Senior Survey Programmer Eugen Tuchendria. More
In London, community panel specialist Verve has hired Emel Mohammadally as Innovations Director, a newly created position, with a remit to roll out new technologies, tools and approaches for clients. More
In London, community panels specialist Verve has reported a strong start to 2014, including the arrival of twelve new team members. More
Former ad planner and Essential Research co-founder Luca Antilli has joined London-based online community specialist Verve as a Partner. More
London-based MR community and panel specialist Verve has launched AllDevice, a suite of JavaScript tools to enhance respondent experience on... all devices - including iPhones and iPads, which don't support Flash. More
London-based research community and panel firm Verve has expanded its qual team with three specialist senior hires - Richie Jones, Tim Martin and Lisa Chautard, bolstering both its digital and face to face skills base. More
Ana Garcia has returned to London-based research panel and online community specialist Verve as Associate Director of Team, with a remit to bring staff recruitment in-house. The firm has also hired five new employees. More
London-based research panel and online community specialist Verve has moved to a new loft space in The Leather Market near Tower Bridge, in preparation for substantial growth during the year. The firm has also appointed Georgina Botting and Sali Turner as Directors. More
Jo Winning, the co-founder of custom panel and community specialist EasyInsites, has left to join London-based Verve as Business Development Consultant. More
London-based research panel and online community specialist Verve has expanded its team with the appointment of five client-facing members of staff. More
London-based research panel and online community specialist Verve has closed a £0.75m round of funding, which it will use for product development and recruitment purposes. More
UK-based Verve, specialist in customer advisory panels and online brand communities, has expanded its Sydney-based team with the appointment of Betty Mai as Partner, Australia and New Zealand; and Chantal Brady as Online Community Manager. More
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