Professional affiliations

SMS is a member of the relevant professional associations for the industry:

• Market Research Society (MRS)
• British Market Research Association (BMRA)
• Association of European Market Research Institutes (AEMRI)
• Association of Qualitative Research (AQR)
• Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

  The company is accredited with the following Quality Assurance standards:

• BS7911 – the market research industry award
• ISO9001 – general quality standard award

Survey and Marketing Services are justifiably proud of the fact that they were one of the first 20 companies in the UK to gain BS7911 accreditation.

SMS has had these accreditations since 1998, meaning that we have passed 9 external inspections and that the good practices of the QA system are fully integrated into SMS’s working practices.

All elements of SMS’s work will be in compliance with the procedures set down in the specific market research Quality Assurance standard BS7911 guidelines.