TAi Tampa Bay, Inc. Facility Assumed by L&E Research, Inc.

TAMPA, FL, October 28, 2010 -  Former TAi Tampa Bay Marketing Research Facility offices were assumed by L&E Research on September 1st, 2010.  TAi Tampa Bay, which closed its doors in February of this year, was part of the TAi Companies.

L&E Research, headquartered in Raleigh, NC, officially opened their Tampa facility for business and has already had several clients utilize  their services.  Located at 100 N Tampa Street in downtown Tampa, L&E Research’s new facility is just 15 minutes from Tampa International Airport (TPA) . The spacious facility boosts over 10,000 square feet on the 37th floor of the Regions Bank Building and displays beautiful sweeping views of Tampa Bay.  L&E Research’s Tampa office now serves advertisers, consultants, market researchers and analysts with their marketing research needs in the Tampa market in addition to their Raleigh market.  Tampa MSA is the largest metropolitan area in Florida and a great representation of Americana in the southeast making it an optimal destination for marketing research projects.  L&E’s Tampa facility is ideal for taste tests, music studies, mock trials and unlimited qualitative marketing research.

Former TAi Tampa Bay Operations Manager, John Tomczak, has joined L&E Research’s team as Project Manager in the Tampa office.  John, a Sorensen-certified Field Interviewer and Manager, and marketing research professional for over 15 years, ran operations at TAi Tampa Bay’s Top Rated Impulse Survey facility for 13 years.  John served on the Florida Marketing Research Association Board of Directors for 3 years, most recently as President Elect.  In addition, Barbara Longell, former TAi Tampa Bay employee, has joined L&E Research as Medical Project Assistant on L&E’s Medical Recruiting Team. 

About L&E Research
In business since 1984,  L&E Research is a Marketing Research field company headquartered in Raleigh, NC,  which offers facility, recruitment, and project management services to clients ranging from independent moderators to  Fortune 500, Pharmaceutical, and Healthcare companies.  Members of AMA, MRA, PMRG and BBB, L&E Research specializes in consumer and nationwide medical recruiting for focus groups, interviews, taste tests, mock trials, music studies, Ethnographies and more.  L&E Research has qualitative focus group facilities in Raleigh, NC and now in Tampa, FL.  L&E’s Raleigh facility has been Top Rated by Impulse Survey for 8 years for recruiting and facility services and is currently the highest rated large facility in the Carolinas.  For additional information about L&E Research please visit their website at www.leresearch.com.

About TAi Companies:
TAi Companies were opinion research centers and former members of Focus Solutions Alliance, a national association of independent research centers.  With offices in Tampa, FL, Denver CO, Chicago, IL, and Teaneck, NJ,   TAi offered marketing research field services such as focus group facility rentals, recruiting, opinion polling, and interviewing.  TAi ran into economic hardship and closed the last of its offices earlier this year.