OUR PROCESS AND OUR PARTNERS

The best knowledge hunters depend on world-class processes and partnerships to ensure the information identified is confidential and as accurate and relevant as possible.

 has developed a unique process for working with our clients that includes comprehensive diagnostic tools, content search software, our network of fee-based data repositories and our proprietary cataloguing and classification database.

How we work with you:

1. Subject Request and Diagnostic Phase (No charge)
   We discuss your information requirements with you and develop a subject diagnostic document.
2. Service Evaluation (No charge)
   Our professional information mining team will evaluate your request and provide a time and cost estimate.
3. Confirmation (No charge)
   We discuss the Service Evaluation with you and agree any variations and additional requirements. We agree the final Service Evaluation.
4. The Search 
   Using our best practise search processes, access to fee-based data repositories and our proprietary cataloguing and classification database we locate the most authoritative sources of information / experts to meet your requirements.
5. Progression Report
   According to our agreement we meet to review progress and any amendments to the strategy that may be required.
6. Copyright Clearance and Document Procurement
   As part of the Bridge Ellis client service we offer copyright clearance, document sourcing and procurement prior to approval of any fee-based reports.
7. Report Presentation
   Your report is delivered to you in the agreed format. Each report includes a catalogue summary for each source. If you have requested a Synalysis report format this is always delivered in electronic format.

NB: Please note that our expert identification process differs slightly from that descibed above. Please contact us for elaboration.

Information Source Partners
We use the most authoritative sites both locally and internationally along with fee-based data repositories:

Thomson’s: Access to over 11,000 sources, 170 search houses, 150,000 journals, investment reports and Intellectual Property and Science & Technology databases.

Hoovers Inc: A subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet Hoover’s provides access to a database of over 14 million international corporations.

Kompass: 1.9 million companies in 70 countries referenced by 54,000 product and service keywords, 750,000 trade names and 3.5 million executive names.

 are the knowledge hunters