Research, analysis and advice on economic and social development for the public and private sector
Founded in 1983, SQW operates across the UK, Europe and internationally, from offices in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Cambridge. We offer services across a diverse range of fields, from Innovation and Spatial Development, to Children and Young People, and the Personalisation of Public Services.
What we do
Services
We research, design, develop, support and assess interventions, helping our clients to address challenges, and realise opportunities, in economic and social development.
Expertise Areas
We work in a diverse set of policy domains, with particular expertise in Innovation, Spatial Development, Children and Young People, and Service Integration and Personalisation.
Latest Publications
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Non-Financial Benefits of the Commercialisation Activities of Ploughshare Innovations Ltd.
January 29, 2015
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Evaluation of the Northern Ireland Innovation Vouchers Programme
January 21, 2015
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Evaluation of English and Maths Pathfinder Pilots
December 22, 2014
Our Directors
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Robin Brighton
Robin's expertise lies in policy research and development, strategy and action planning, and evaluation and impact assessment in the science, innovation and higher education domains
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Jonathan Cook
Jonathan specialises in performance management, project and programme evaluation, impact assessment, appraisal and competitiveness analysis, at national and sub-national levels
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Meera Craston
Meera Craston (nee Prabhakar) is an economist by training, whose areas of expertise include research and evaluation relating to families with children and young people with additional needs
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Helen Dias
Helen’s expertise is the planning and delivery of development and infrastructure, with specialist knowledge of planning policy and process, compulsory purchase legislation, viability, and Community Infrastructure Levy
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Christine Doel
Christine specialises in sustainable economic and spatial development with particular expertise in analysis, strategy and implementation planning across functional urban, rural, and coastal areas
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Chris Green
Chris is the Chief Executive of SQW Group the parent company of SQW. His expertise is in innovation and technology-based development, and the interface between economic and spatial development
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Richard Hindle
Richard's expertise as an economic development practitioner, designer and evaluator, is in market feasibility studies, project appraisals and plans, programme evaluations and organisation reviews
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Martin Kuehnemund
Martin is an expert in evaluation and impact assessment of public policies, programmes, and other legislative and non-legislative measures, principally in the specific context of the EU, its institutions and policies
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Bruce Macdonald
Bruce specialises in the measurement of public policy interventions across business development, culture and events, inward investment, environmental protection, and community development domains
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David Mack-Smith
David has extensive experience in strategy development, business planning, economic impact modelling and evaluation, and leads our work in the area of Information and Communication Technology
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Marian Morris
Marian's main areas of expertise are in the evaluation of national, regional and local policy and practice in relation to education and wider interventions for children, young people and families
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Simon Pringle
Simon specialises in place and sector competitiveness, with his key areas of work covering enterprise development, innovation, Smart Specialisation, and technology and market change
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Graham Thom
Graham is SQW's Managing Director, and he leads our work in the policy areas of the integration and personalisation of public services, and in skills and employment interventions