Case Studies
See how our research helps clients understand complex challenges, demonstrate impact and make better decisions.
Client type
- Local authorities, Combined Authorities, LEPs and the LGA49
- Further and Higher Educational Institutions, Skills Bodies and Training Providers22
- The Private Sector including Property and Business Support Organisations12
- The Third Sector and Civil Society7
- Other Public Bodies Including Emergency Services and Health5
- EC and EU Bodies/Partnerships2
- Central Government and Government Agencies1
Service1
Policy theme2
- Training, Employment, Skills & Labour Markets21
- Business Support, Enterprise & Productivity15
- Energy, Low Carbon & Climate Change13
- Visitor Economy & Culture, Leisure & Sport12
- R&D, Innovation & Technology12
- Place Making, Property & Transport12
- Sectors and Clusters8
- Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion7
- Inward Investment and Internationalisation3
- Agritech and Horticulture2

100. How Kada Helped Sheffield City Council Evaluate the UKSPF Skills and Employability South Yorkshire Programme to Strengthen Pathways into the Labour Market
Sheffield City Council, on behalf of the four South Yorkshire local authorities, commissioned Kada Research to evaluate their UKSPF-funded Skills and Employability South Yorkshire (SESY) programme. SESY drew on learning from previous local employment support programmes and evolved…

85. Tailoring and Localising Money Guiders
The Money Guiders Programme supports public service, public benefit and not-for-profit organisations across the UK to hold conversations about money. The cost-of-living crisis and recent welfare reforms has led to more people seeking information and guidance, with conversations…

64. Evaluation of Groundbreaking Collaborative Life Science Projects
Kada research were commissioned by MedCity and London Advanced Therapies (LAT) to evaluate a series of Research England, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Greater London Authority funded programmes focused upon supporting Life Science companies across London, the…

45. How successful was the Cornwall Apprenticeship Campaign?
I found them all to be very helpful, quick to respond to my queries and just got on with the task in hand, whilst regularly updating and checking in with me.

44. Evaluation of new laboratory to support R&D capital’s food and drink sector
They have an excellent understanding of project evaluations and funders’ requirements, pay attention to the smallest of details, and produce reports of excellent quality, on time.

36. MedCity Collaborate to Innovate stimulates R&D activity in life sciences
They showed a high degree of professionalism and flexibility and ensured all the major evaluation requirements were met.

34. Supporting ambitious SMEs by helping them make a commercial success of their innovations
Innovate 2 Succeed is a fully funded programme designed to support ambitious SMEs by helping them make a commercial success of their innovations. In the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas of Hertfordshire and Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough (GCGP),…

31. School of Hard Knocks uses rugby and life skills to target those at risk of exclusion
The School of Hard Knocks is a UK-based charity using sports to tackle unemployment, poor health and crime. They ran a project in Welsh Valley schools which combined the School of Hard Knocks rugby school programme with FinCap…

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13: The University of Bangor
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18. Oxford and Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
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