Welcome to TBR

TBR is a leading UK economic research and strategy consultancy. We provide our clients with the evidence
they need to make confident, informed decisions.  

Our reputation is built on answering questions that clients find difficult to answer and in the provision of uniquely detailed insights from TCR our own longitudinal database of UK businesses which is populated by 3.4 million organisations.

TBR continues to develop its reputation for adding insight to local economic evidence. From our research experience we have developed a Local Economic Insight Suite (LEIS) that provides robust, bespoke solutions to research problems. Click here to learn more.

TBR unveils its groundbreaking employment land use model - FUTURE SPACE. Click here to find out how FUTURE SPACE can help you.

TBR and MAKE associates have been involved in analysis of the Night Time Economy (NTE), to view more information about this work, click here

TBR have published details on our Local Economic Assessment (LEA) toolkit. To see how we can add value to your LEA, click here

Click on Recent News (image on the right) to read about some of our current work and activities

What makes us different?

How many times have we all heard individuals make a plea for data that they believe does not exist? TBR is your first port of call if you have that problem.

We ground recommendations in data that we can stand behind. We have spent over 20 years developing the rules, reliability and clarity of the data that we use to describe economic change. We do not take statistics for granted. We work continuously to improve the quality of our input sources. Working at first hand with data ensures that we challenge preconceptions based upon pre-packaged statistics.

We promise our clients valuable comparative information built from the smallest geographies and the businesses within them.

In some projects the primary consideration centres on the actions and motives of people and organisations. Here we rely upon our inter-personal skills allied to appropriate research methodologies. For example, interviewing the Licensed Trade about retail practises is a sensitive subject and occasionally requires legal presence. Exploring the long term educational needs of activities such as Design, Advertising, Craft, Visual Arts and Music has its own sensitivities where statistics play a background role.

We blend our unique understanding of business data with qualitative techniques to address client concerns.

Click on the Our Services link to find out more about the skills, competencies and resources that make us stand out from the crowd. 

If you are potential client, please visit our Our Services page and our Case Study page which contains examples of our work. 

We are always interested in new collaborators. Visit our Clients page to see the people and organisations that we have worked with.

If you are a potential employee please visit our Careers page.

If you would like to clarify any aspect of our services or how we might add value to your organisation, please call 0191 279 0900 or email enquiries@tbr.co.uk