In our first event of 2026, we will be exploring Data after Dark – Understanding the night-time economy. Join us for an in-person deep dive into the night-time economy! Discover how data shapes our after-hours world and what it means for businesses and communities. A fun, informal chance to connect, learn, and explore the vibrant night-time scene through the power of data. Don’t miss out on this unique event!
Event details
Date: Tuesday 19th May 2026
Time: 5.30pm for 6pm
Location: The Gallery, Tileyard, Kings Cross, N7 9AH
Topic: Data after Dark – Understanding the night-time economy / 2026 SLA Salary & Benefits Survey
Agenda
Please arrive for 5.30pm as our event will begin at 6pm promptly.
- 5.30pm – registration opens
- 6.00pm – Welcome from the Chair
- 6.10pm – 2026 SLA Salary & Benefits Survey: Benchmarking Pay, Benefits and Working Practices across Location Planning & Customer Insight, Paul Halsall, Founder, Insight Talent Solutions
- 6.30pm – Data after Dark Presentation 1, James Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography at UCL
- 7.00pm – Evaluating and monitoring the night-time economy in Bromley – Matthew Hopkinson, MD of Didobi, Chairman of Emu Analytics, Honorary Professor at UCL
- 7.30pm – close and networking drinks
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Speaker Synopsis’s
Evaluating and monitoring the night-time economy in Bromley
This presentation draws on the work that Didobi did with both the London Borough of Bromley and the Mayor of London when Bromley was awarded the Night-time Enterprise Zone funding.
- Defining the night-time
- Identifying and understanding relevant data
- Creating a structure for ongoing evaluation and monitoring
- Lessons learnt
Speak biographies
Matthew Hopkins, Managing Director, Didobi Limited
Matthew co-founded Didobi (www.didobi.com) in 2018. Didobi is a ‘swarm’ of independent strategic advisers to the Built Environment and commercial real estate, harnessing data and research with expert insights for the benefit of corporate and public organisations. He also co-founded Income Analytics, a tenant income risk platform, in 2020 (www.incans.com) and was a founding director of The Local Data Company in 2009 (www.localdatacompany.com).
Matthew is a recognised authority and practioner on the interpretation of data and on the UK’s built environment be it commercial real estate research to the form and function of towns and cities. He co-authored the 2013 and 2018 Grimsey Reviews and was research partner for Amazon’s ‘Clicks and Mortar’ initiative. He has worked with the Greater London Authority and London Boroughs on evidence bases for night time economies along with research into night workers. Didobi also carries out research on Life Sciences across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific.
His recent work in Ireland, Cornwall and the Isle of Man has been on the creation of evaluation and monitoring of towns through the collation and interpretation of data leveraging the latest technologies to create a clear understanding of the performance of places.
Matthew is Honorary Professor of Practice at University College London and the Chairman of Emu Analytics, a digital twin software company based in London and is a Board adviser to a new data intelligence start-up, Evaluate Locate which is also London based.