ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRIAL SURVEY 2026

How Engineering, Manufacturing & Industrial Businesses in the North West Win New Work

Industry Research for Deeper Insight

We’re conducting a short piece of research into how engineering, manufacturing and industrial businesses across the North West of England approach marketing and winning customers. This research will form the basis for an industry snapshot, aimed at helping those responsible for marketing within industrial and engineering businesses.

The North West of England has one of the UK’s strongest engineering, industrial and manufacturing sectors. Many companies still rely heavily on referrals, reputation, and long-standing relationships, while at the same time more buyers are researching suppliers online before making contact.

The survey closes at 23:59 on 30 April 2026.

Eligibility: This survey is intended for individuals working within engineering, manufacturing or industrial businesses based in the North West of England.Responses should reflect the experience of someone involved in, or familiar with, how the business generates enquiries or approaches marketing.

Your Incentive for Participating

As a thank you for contributing to the research:

  • Every participant can receive a £5 Prezzee voucher to spend on your lunch or coffee

  • One participant will be randomly selected to receive £150

  • Early access to report

  • Contribute to industry insights

Report cover titled “How Engineering & Manufacturing Businesses in the North West Win More Work”

At the end of the survey you will have the option to leave your name and email address so we can send the coffee voucher and include you in the prize draw.

Providing this information is optional.

Participants who leave their details will also receive early access to the industry insights summary before it is shared more widely.

The report will provide a useful benchmark showing how engineering and industrial businesses across the North West are approaching marketing today.

Time Commitment

✅ 13 questions

✅ Multiple Choice

✅ Takes around 90-120 seconds to complete

We are not asking for any commercially sensitive information.
The questions focus only on general experiences and challenges businesses face with marketing and winning new business.

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The aim of this research is to better understand:

  • How engineering, industrial and manufacturing businesses currently generate enquiries

  • What marketing activities companies are investing in

  • The challenges businesses face when trying to increase visibility or win new work

  • How businesses in these industries have prepared for advances in digital technology, specifically relating to marketing.

Legal Compliance, Backed by a Personal Guarantee

This is industry research, not a sales campaign. We are not using this survey to sell marketing services, and participants will not receive follow-up sales contact as a result of completing the survey.

We are registered with the ICO and are members of several trade bodies, such as the North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. We are fully GDPR compliant.

We are based locally, at Cotton Court Business Centre in Preston, and we’ve been trading for nearly 15 years. We have a sterling reputation for transparency, honesty and doing what we say we will. Just visit the testimonials page and see what some of the local businesses we’ve worked with have to say about us.

The findings of this survey will be used to produce a short industry insights summary for the North West, highlighting how businesses across the sector are approaching marketing today.

I understand any hesitance. The marketing industry is not short of cowboys and sharks. Gurus who make promises they have no intention to keep, and people trying to ‘trick’ you with what they think are clever tactics. This is not that.

That is why, as well as providing information about the legal and industry compliance we adhere to, I have no issues in providing my own personal guarantee. If we don’t stick to our promise, then contact me directly.

Jack Barron
Director of Invoke Media

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Confidentiality

All responses are confidential and will only be analysed in aggregate as part of the research.

Individual companies or people will not be identified, named, or quoted in the published insights.

FAQs

No. This is a short piece of industry research into how engineering and industrial businesses across the North West generate enquiries and approach marketing.

We are not using this survey to sell services, and completing it will not result in follow-up sales contact.

The survey takes around 90 seconds to complete and consists of 13 short questions.

No. We are not asking for any commercially sensitive information such as revenue, pricing, customers, or internal data.

The questions focus only on general experiences and challenges.

All responses are analysed in aggregate only to identify trends across the sector.

Individual businesses will not be identified, named, or quoted in any published findings.

No. Any contact details provided are used only to send your voucher, administer the prize draw, and share the survey findings.

They will not be shared with third parties or used for marketing purposes.

No. Providing your email is completely optional.

You only need to provide it if you would like to:

  • receive the £5 coffee voucher
  • be entered into the £150 prize draw
  • receive early access to the findings

If you provide your email address at the end of the survey, you will receive a £5 Prezee e-voucher within 3 business days (typically the next working day).

All participants who choose to leave their email address will be entered into a random prize draw.

One participant will be selected and contacted directly before 5 June 2026.

The prize is awarded to the individual participant, not the business they work for.

No. Participation is private and confidential.

Any contact regarding vouchers or the prize draw is handled directly with the individual using the email provided.

Yes. Participants who provide their email address will receive early access to a short industry insights summary before it is shared more widely.

This will give you a benchmark view of how businesses across the North West are approaching marketing and generating enquiries.

The survey will remain open until 29 May 2026.
The insights summary will be shared shortly after analysis is complete.

This research is being conducted by Invoke Media, a Lancashire-based marketing agency and member of the North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce, to better understand how engineering and industrial businesses in the region are approaching customer acquisition.

Invoke Media is a Lancashire-based marketing agency that works with engineering, industrial and other traditional businesses to help improve their online visibility and generate new enquiries.

We are a member of the North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce and regularly work with businesses across the North West.

We are conducting this research to better understand how engineering and industrial businesses across the North West currently generate enquiries, what marketing activities are being used, and where the main challenges lie.

The goal is to build a clearer, evidence-based view of how the sector is evolving, and to produce a useful industry insights summary that participating businesses can use as a benchmark.

This survey is intended for individuals working within engineering, manufacturing or industrial businesses based in the North West of England.

Responses should reflect the experience of someone involved in, or familiar with, how the business generates enquiries or approaches marketing.

TAKE THE SURVEY

If you’re still unsure or have any questions, then please don’t hesitate to contact us.