Industry News

RAS founder Sheila Kemp dies aged 85

UK— Sheila Spittle (née Kemp), founder of Research and Auditing Services, died in hospital on Boxing Day at the age […]

Sarah Phillips to lead healthcare research at Incite

UK— Incite has appointed Ipsos’s European head of healthcare, Sarah Phillips, to lead its healthcare practice.

IMS sells off SDI audit businesses to InVentiv

US— Healthcare consulting firm InVentiv has agreed to buy some of the research products of SDI – which regulators said had […]

Proposed EU data rules go too far, research bodies say

EUROPE— Industry bodies Esomar and Efamro have raised concerns about possible new European data protection rules, which they say could […]

Danny Russell to leave Sky amid marketing restructure

UK— Sky’s marketing strategy director Danny Russell is leaving the company as it restructures its sales and marketing teams, with […]

EU trade orgs lobby European Commission to ban ‘sugging’

BRUSSELS— Trade bodies Efamro and Esomar have written to the European Commission calling for rules that would ban companies from […]