1. About Us Meet the team
2. Services What we provide
3. Why choose us The thoughts and ideas behind Public Knowledge
4. Case studies We can help your business flourish
5. PartnershipsWork in collaboration with us
6. Contact Us Get in touch

Company History

Following the success of parent brand Dipsticks Research Limited, Public Knowledge was launched in 2006 to provide specialist research services to the public and third sector, in addition to local clients.

Public Knowledge is now managed by Dr Nicky Turnill (Head of Public Knowledge) and the limited company now employs over 48 full time employees comprising research, operations, IT and data management teams who work together to ensure that our clients are delivered top quality research and receive excellent customer service.

Our other brands

• Dipsticks Research

  Dipsticks Research is our multi-sector research team offering high quality research services across all sectors, with a specialism in media, advertising and communications research.

• Other lines of enquiry

  Other lines of enquiry uses cutting edge science and consumer research to increase the profitability and competitiveness of our clients’ businesses. We help decision makers in the media, advertising and marketing industry to satisfy – and often anticipate – the demands of consumers and advertisers.

• panelbase.com

  Panelbase has been operating since 2004 and now has   members who have opted-in to online, mobile, telephone and focus group research. Ranked number 1 in the global leader board at www.surveypolice.com for over two years.

• Field & Fab

  Field & Fab is a new specialist unit dedicated to providing fast, flexible solutions to organisations which require support with the CATI or face to face interviewing phase of their research projects. It has a team of seven hundred interviewers led by directors with decades of experience both in operations and as full service researchers.

• Otherlines.tv

  Otherlines.tv provides high quality, innovative and cost effective TV research to both media owners and advertisers. Otherlines.tv can do anything a big agency can only faster and more cost effectively, supported by exemplary levels of one-to-one customer service. It provide first class qualitative and quantitative TV research solutions to major TV brands including the BBC, ITV, C4, ESPN and Thinkbox.

• fmcg insights

  fmcg insights specialises in providing bespoke research solutions for food, drink, retail and consumer brands, using advances research techniques including iPads for face to face interviewing, innovative use of online panel research, consumption panels and eye tracking using X-Ray Spex. fmcg insights is headed up by former Intersnack Marketing Director, John Vincent.

• explore research

  explore research is a full service market research agency that specialises in travel and tourism research. We provide bespoke solutions to our clients' research queries, using cutting-edge technology and advanced research techniques. Since we operate all stages of a project in-house, our research is undertaken quickly and efficiently. And, due to our low overheads, we can do it all at surprisingly affordable rates.