Category: blog

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been named a Finalist in the British Data Awards 2022 for Analytics Company of the Year Award. The British Data Awards is an annual campaign that sets out to uncover data success stories. Organisations taking part include FTSE 100 giants, public sector pioneers, technology unicorns, agile not-for-profits, and innovative start-ups among… Continue reading We’re British Data Awards 2022 Finalist

Over the past two years or so, I like so many others have been bombarded with statistics and mathematics: growth rates, logarithms, death rates, geographical breakdowns… Let me just be specific that I know a little on statistics from my days studying A-Level Maths with Statistics, but that I also have an unhealthy interest in several stereotypically ‘nerdy’… Continue reading Why tests don’t tell the whole story? A layman’s guide to tests and what they tell us.

We started today, as we do every working day, with our daily team ‘huddle’.  A virtual meeting.  We logged on; we shared screens; we reviewed plans, and in-turn, we got to tell what we’d done since yesterday, what we were planning to do and if we were facing any barriers to progress and needed help. … Continue reading Computer says ‘no’

(Locking down internet access from Amazon SageMaker notebook instances) When working with sensitive data, it’s often important not to let that data leak onto user devices, which can be lost or compromised. Granting access to Amazon SageMaker notebooks is a quick way to collaborate securely on data analysis, keeping all data stored and processed in… Continue reading SafeMaker

Last year, our allotment flooded. Most of the vegetable patch was under water, while the area of brambles we had been trying to clear for 6 months was almost unaffected. Just our luck. While wading across what used to be the main path, I heard a splash coming from the back of the plot. Very… Continue reading What do you do when a daunting task rears its head?

It appears everyone I talk to at the moment is in business planning mode. Developing and planning a strategy is critical. However, finding the time to do so whilst delivering projects at a fast pace is very challenging. This year for the first time, I am strategically planning for a small, not micro sized company.… Continue reading Strategic Planning Is Like Cold Water Swimming

User retention is one of the most important metrics for any app. To define retention we need to define a cohort. In the case of weekly retention, a cohort is all users who started using the app in a given week, and the users will be retained only if they are actively using the app… Continue reading Retention with Google Analytics Data API and plotly

Introduction Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog! My name is Parwez, originally from Mauritius, and I came to London, UK as an international student on the Tier 4 (General) student visa in 2018 to pursue my studies in BSc (Hons) Mathematics. Upon the successful completion of my degree in 2021, I switched my visa from… Continue reading Graduate Immigration Route/ Visa (or Post Study Work (PSW) Visa)

We are delighted to share that our founder Dr Sophie Carr was elected Chamber Director at Mole Valley Chamber of Commerce later last year. Dr Sophie Carr is the founder and Managing Director of Bays Consulting, a data science and statistical analysis company based in Surrey. Sophie told us: “Although our office is now based… Continue reading Dr Sophie Carr elected Chamber Director for Mole Valley Chamber of Commerce