News Archive 2006

Celebrating by Signing New Tracking Research Contract

1 November 2006

At the same time that we celebrate our 20th year in existence, we are proud to annouce the signature of a new research contract in the dental healthcare market. Most European countries are covered by the contract. More than half of the total field work capacity will be fully booked up until the end of January.

Andrew Lester & Associates Limited Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

16 October 2006

Believe it or not, Andrew Lester & Associates Limited is celebrating its 20th anniversary. From the humble beginnings in 1986 with home-based telephone interviewers spread around Oxfordshire, Andrew Lester & Associates have evolved into an essential CATI research organisation.

Our specialisation is still multi-lingual telephone research while our sector focus has advanced from its business-to-business courier and express origin to embrace and industry sectors such as IT, telecoms, dental and other healthcare, petfood - to mention a few - and business-to-consumer research as well.

And the winner is ... Mr David Green, Managing Director of MLI Services Ltd in Rochester, Kent

21 September 2006

Andrew Lester & Associates Limited conducted a survey into the growing UK pallet distribution market this summer. About 300 hauliers participated in our survey and were included in the prize draw for a travel voucher of £500! The winner was notified by phone last week.

Although there could only be one winner of the draw, we would like to thank all participants for the valuable contribution to our survey.

New Contract to Track Brand Awareness and Image in the US Insurance Sector

12 June 2006

Andrew Lester & Associates limited have won the contract to conduct telephone interviews with US consumers of the middle and upper class who own a life insurance policy. Our client aims to detect costumers' and non-customers' awareness and opinions of their current insurance company.

Andrew Lester & Associates Limited Increases Capacity

1 June 2006

Due to an increase in contracts and subsequent increase in workload, our capacity has been increased to 60 CATI stations by adding an additional 10 this month. This is in line with our expansion plans and follows the addition of 10 stations last year.

Due to the growth, our client portfolio is now much more diverse than it was in the past and includes some of the world's largest corporations in tele-communications, healthcare, transport and information technology. Another positive sign is that the company is getting more and more involved in consumer research than in the past.

New Brand Tracking Telecommunications Contract

31 May 2006

Andrew Lester & Associates Limited have won the contract to conduct 750 interviews with telecommunications deciders in private households in Ireland. The survey is part of a global brand tracking survey. Working in co-operation with one of our international research consultancy partners, the end-client is a global provider of telecommunications and TV services.

New Survey Contract in the Healthcare Industry

18 May 2006

On behalf of one of our partners in the pharmaceutical research industry, Andrew Lester & Associates Limited have won the contract to conduct the field research for a new tracking project. The research aims to track the impact of a new sales management strategy among the end-client's UK sales and marketing staff. The end-client is one of the world's leading healthcare companies.

Andrew Lester & Associates Limited Appointed to Postcomm's Consultancy Panel

8 May 2006

We are proud to announce that Andrew Lester & Associates Limited have qualified to become a permanent member of the Postal Services Commission's (Postcomm) Consultancy Panel as a "Postal Operations Expert". The appointment is for four years.

Last year, our company delivered the field research to Postcomm's 2005 Business Customer Survey in co-operation with LECG.

Dental Healthcare Tracking Contracts Renewed

15 April 2006

Andrew Lester & Associates Limited have been awarded two European-wide tracking studies aimed at dental professionals for yet another year. The company have managed the two studies for five and six years, respectively.

Andrew Lester & Associates register as a Limited company

1 April 2006

In January 2006 Andrew Lester & Associates registered as a Limited company, as a result the company name has now been amended to Andrew Lester & Associates Limited. This is an administrative move to streamline business growth and will affect no other part of the company or business.

If you are interested in more information about the incorporation, the official letter that was sent out to all relevant "official" parties can be downloaded by clicking here.

European Parcel Tracking Study Expanded

17 March 2006

We are proud to announce that the Annual European Parcel Tracking Study that was started up in 2005 has been expanded with another major survey module.

The study originally covered 8 European markets focusing on domestic parcel services. In 5 of the strategically most important countries, the survey has now been extended with another module to cover the international outbound service areas.

Palletline publishes the Business Confidence Index Results
3 January 2006

The results have been published today for the new quarterly nationwide survey of business confidence among UK road hauliers. The research was undertaken by Andrew Lester & Associates on behalf of Palletline.

For further information on the results of this survey please click here.