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Ninth Seat

RDSi is now Ninth Seat.

Back in the 1980s Research and Development Services (or RDSi) was a name designed to navigate clients through the fledgling world of insight. Today we steer clients through the now complex and exhilarating world of consumer insight and business strategy.

After 40 years we are the longest running independent research agency in the country, offering full service qual and quant research in the UK and globally. 

So, we must be doing something right...

After many conversations with our clients, our partners and our employees, we have a clear understand what it is that makes us special (and enduring!) as a research agency:

We are trusted guides and lifelong thought partners
Our clients ambitions become our ambitions
We are masters of our craft
We are powerful and insightful storytellers 
Everything we do is underpinned by integrity 
And we hold the unfashionable belief that research cannot be trademarked, it can only be trained

The Ninth Seat name reflects these values – it is confident and well crafted. And it alludes to the origins of our name – the coxswain's seat.

Give us a call, or drop us an email. We're ready to guide you.

We also have our own in-house, full client service, venue and viewing facility, The Front Room, in Central London.

Contact Details

359 City Road
Islington
London

Telephone 020 7837 7700
Email katrina.copsey@ninth-seat.com
Website www.ninth-seat.com
LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/rdsi/

Key Information

Ninth Seat is a Market Research Agency with 31-50 full-time employees, and has Group Membership of the AQR.

Employees who are AQR members

Andy Barlow
Sharmaine Burnett
Katrina Copsey
Robyn Drysdale
Victoria Duckworth
Andy Fraser
Lauren Greehy
Trish Green
Sarah Hanney
Tracey Harkins
Clarissa Hillen
Charlotte Joel
Dafydd Jones
Heeru Sajnani
Eva Sobonova

Business Sectors

  • Electrical Goods
  • Entertainment and Leisure
  • FMCG
  • Food
  • Health and Beauty
  • Retail and Shopping

Membership of Professional Organisations

  • The Market Research Society
  • The European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research
  • The Viewing Facilities Association

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For further information about Ninth Seat please contact them directly at the address shown above. When contacting this company, please mention that you found them on the AQR website.