Working collaboratively to evaluate & measure impact with integrity, honesty and professionalism.

ERS is founded on two core principles:

caring about what we do, how we do it and the people we do it for; and
ensuring our team is proficient, happy and constantly improving.

For more than 23 years, these principles have served us. We’ll make you think, we’ll help make you better and we might even make you smile.

We work with

LEPs
Government Departments
Non-Departmental Public Bodies
Local Authorities
Colleges/Universities
Private Sector
Third Sector

Our Team

Experts in Research

ERS is strongly committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting and promoting staff wholly on individual merit, regardless of personal characteristics or backgrounds. This approach has enabled us to assemble an outstanding team.

Evaluations

ERS has completed more than 700 evaluations, relating to programmes and projects worth in excess of £3.5 billion.

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Impact Assessments

ERS’ impact assessments have supported developments worth in excess of £2.7 billion and helped shape policy nationally and locally.

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Appraisals

ERS has appraised funding applications worth hundreds of millions of pounds, relating to a variety of capital and revenue projects.

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Strategies and Action Plans

ERS has drafted economic development strategies and a variety of community and organisational plans.

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Feasibility Studies

ERS carries out feasibility studies for a variety of local authorities, community groups and other bodies.

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Funding Bid Development

ERS has helped applicants secure hundreds of millions of pounds in grants and loans.

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We work with

LEPs
Government Departments
Non-Departmental Public Bodies
Local Authorities
Colleges/Universities
Private Sector
Third Sector

Project Examples

Future Impact of Fisheries Industry

This is a major national study exploring in detail the current and prospective future impact of sea fishing, aquaculture and processing in 11 selected locations.

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BBO Programme Evaluation

The Programme is jointly funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund, the latter via the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership.

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Working collaboratively to evaluate & measure impact with integrity, honesty and professionalism.

ERS is founded on two core principles:

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