Data and insights
Our researchers deliver actionable evidence to empower strategic decision-making:
We build bespoke dashboards and undertake tailored analysis, delivering data and insights specific to your needs.
Our state-of-the-art economic modelling techniques forecast trends, assess scenarios and improve business foresight.
We support organisations to improve their own data quality processes, ensuring that evidence can be relied upon when making data informed decisions.
Independent strategy advice
We combine our expert knowledge of the West of England, cross-sector experience and multidisciplinary expertise to support regional decision-making:
Through specialist support, we help to build business cases and innovation strategies that harness the West of England's unique assets.
We apply our economic, policy and management expertise to evaluate and act upon investment decisions.
Our insights enhance our clients' understanding of emerging opportunities and risks that may shape future growth in the region.
Evaluations
Through the appraisal of policies, projects and programmes, our analysts utilise a variety of approaches to deliver robust and systematic evaluations that help you understand what works:
Acting with discretion, we deliver impact assessments that allow organisations to understand the effectiveness of approaches and assess value for money from investments
We upskill organisations on experimental evaluation methodologies to help improve the capabilities of your organisation and improve the rigour of your interventions.
Advocates of regional growth
We collaborate openly across the region's diverse people, places and industries to deliver sustainable and inclusive growth:
We co-design research that supports regional economic growth, to inform government decision making and parliamentary debate.
Supporting the development of networks and partnerships, we seek to build consensus and build momentum around core opportunities and challenges faced by the region.
“As an impact-focused research centre, we can’t overstate the importance of building trusted relationships with our clients. By investing in your mission and supporting you to achieve it, we seek to drive prosperity across the West of England.”
Lucy Martin – Director of the Brunel Centre
Why work with us?
We believe a thriving and dynamic economy is the best way to deliver inclusive and sustainable growth. Utilising our deep policy expertise and partnerships across the regional economy, the Brunel Centre shall champion the West of England as a thriving place to live, work and invest.
Regional expertise
We are based within the West of England and are backed by institutions with a long history in the region. We bring this knowledge to our work, so our insights are grounded in local experiences.
World-leading academic expertise
The University of Bath’s leading public policy research institute, the Institute of Policy Research (IPR), and School of Management, alongside the University of West England's (UWE's) nationally significant data and economics expertise, ensure clients have access to unique and diverse capabilities only available within the Brunel Centre.
Business knowledge
Futures West, initiated by Business West, provides real-time business knowledge and insight within the Brunel Centre, to inform and shape our work.
Policy expertise
The Brunel Centre team have a strong track record working with policymakers, translating theory into practice to shape national and regional programmes.
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