In-person · Remote · UK-wide
User Research Across the UK
Participation Studio delivers user research, usability testing, UX research and PPIE across the UK. We work remotely when that gives the best reach and flexibility, and travel for in-person research when location, physical context or participant needs make being there important.
Our West Yorkshire base gives us particularly strong access across Leeds, Sheffield and the North of England, while remote delivery and local recruitment partners support national studies.
Where we work
Every service on the site is available in all of these, remote or in person. Travel costs and lead times are what actually differ.
Where we are based, so in-person sessions carry no travel cost and local recruitment is quickest. Full range of research services.
Close enough for in-person work at short notice, with local participant recruitment across South Yorkshire. Remote UX audits are available for teams who do not need participants.
An hour from base, so in-person sessions stay affordable. Strong reach into Greater Manchester health, public sector and digital teams.
Inclusive recruitment across the West Midlands, including communities that standard panels routinely miss.
The same research, without a London agency's overheads priced into it. We travel down for fieldwork and run everything else remotely.
Not on this list? It is not a problem. Most studies run remotely, and we travel for in-person fieldwork wherever the participants are.
Does location actually matter for your study?
Often it does not, and we will say so rather than bill you for travel you do not need.
Remote is usually right
For most website, app and SaaS testing, remote moderated sessions reach a wider, more representative group than any single city can, and cost less.
In person earns its cost when
Participants are not confident online, the product is physical, the setting is clinical, or trust has to be built face to face before anyone will speak freely.
What in-person adds
Add £1,400–£1,800 per day for facilitation, travel and venue. We tell you before you commit whether it is worth it.
Tell us where your users are
Describe your study and where your participants are based, and we will tell you honestly whether it needs to be in person and what that costs.
Get a quoteWe usually respond within one working day.
We fully recognise the effort your team invested in recruitment, moderation, and analysis, and we genuinely appreciate the quality of the discussions and reporting.
- Usability problems in an insulin device surfaced before manufacturing locked anything in, with human factors evidence supporting the regulatory submission.
- An NHS patient portal team got a prioritised, evidenced list of adoption barriers, and the highest-leverage fix wasn't the one they expected.
- Patient involvement changed a trial's primary endpoint before the protocol was finalised, cited by the ethics committee as a model for evidencing PPIE.
Trusted PPI and PPIE delivery partner to the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Accelerated Surgical Care.
Prefer to talk it through first?
Book a free 20-minute call. No obligation, no sales pitch. We'll tell you honestly whether research is worth it for your decision, and what it would cost.