MRS Awards 2025 winners announced
In the Research Live awards, Kokoro was awarded in two categories – agency of the year and best place to work.
The Research Live award for in-house team of the year went to the BBC, which also won the award for business impact of the year – global.
For business impact of the year – UK, the award went to Human8 & Nationwide.
Jerryanne Hagan-Tetteh (ClearView Research) and Neve Savage (Savanta) were jointly awarded young researcher of the year – supplier, and David Walmsley (Holland & Barrett) won young researcher of the year – client.
In other Research Live categories, Disrupt Insight was awarded best new venture, while Source Nine won innovation of the year after a Dragon’s Den-style judging process.
Highly commended in the Research Live categories this year were Curve Analytics for best place to work, and Firefish & Qualify AI for best new venture.
In other awards, the Liz Nelson Grand Prix award went to Heathrow & Revealing Reality for their work in accessibility, which was also recognised with the MRS Pride award for inclusive research and the MRS award for applications of research.
The MRS President’s Medal was awarded to Jake Puddle & Heather Rolfe at British Future and Jill Rutter from The Belong Network, whose State of Us report, produced following the riots in the UK in 2024, is informing The Independent Commission on Community and Cohesion.
The MRS Awards takes place annually to recognise the impact of investment in research on both business and society. This year’s ceremony, hosted by comedian Aurie Styla, was held at Old Billingsgate, London.
Jane Frost CBE, chief executive of MRS, said: “It’s been a challenging year but one in which the research and insight sector has continued to show its adaptability, resilience and impact. It’s difficult to remember a time when truth and evidence was under so much attack and the fact that we continue to grow as a sector is testament to the marvellous talent, ingenuity and creativity in the teams and individuals which make research what it is today.
“We’re under no illusions that the obstacles we’ve faced this year will peter out, but as we prepare to celebrate MRS’ 80th anniversary next year, this year’s awards shortlists and winners give me every confidence that we will continue to raise the bar.”
Pictured: MRS chief executive Jane Frost presenting on stage at the MRS Awards 2025
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