At The Software Bureau, we welcome the Market Research Society’s Campaign for Better Data. While it may sit adjacent to our core area of data processing, we believe the campaign’s central theme — building trust and credibility in data — is critical across every part of the marketing and insight ecosystem. With the UK Government positioning the nation as a leader in AI, the spotlight is rightly falling on the quality of the data feeding these tools. As recent studies have shown, there’s a growing gulf between organisations’ AI ambitions and the reality of their data capabilities. Misinformation, survey fraud, and outdated practices threaten to undermine not only AI, but also the credibility of every campaign or insight generated from [...]