Last week, I attended Mark Ainsworth’s fascinating talk on Neurodiversity. Entitled “understanding your exceptional autistic and ADHD colleagues”, I found the session hugely informative, not only explaining ADHD and Autism, but also other specific learning disorders such as dyspraxia and dyslexia.
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We would like to share some good news today, with a brilliant project founded by one of our members, Laura Harris from LH Analytics.
Please get involved and spread the word about High Street Positives!
Read moreTo start this off I was given a really simple brief from the team, write a blog post about something relevant and, hopefully, engaging.
Resultantly a fairly literal response, a reflection on how to stay relevant in today’s fast-paced world—an issue that has only become more pressing after recent changes in our industry.
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Can you help SLA member Matthew Hopkinson of Didobi Limited, with some research into night-time working habits?
Read moreCongratulations to our incredible Society for Location Analysis Awards winners for 2023. We were delighted to present these awards at our event, Reimagining Retail in London on 9th May 2024.
Read moreHuge congratulations to Jonathan Reynolds, who was awarded the Jon Walker Award for 2023. Jonathan has been the Chair of the SLA for over ten years from 2013 to 2023.
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The Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) Master’s Dissertation
Scheme (MDS) programme offers an exciting opportunity to link Master’s
students and their supervisors with leading businesses and other
organisations, in order to address research problems that are of mutual
interest.
This is your invitation to take part in the 5th Bi-annual Location Planning & Customer Insight Practitioners’ Survey of Salary and Benefits, provided by our sponsors Red Tiger Talent.
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Our new co-chairs Andy Thompson and Steve Halsall have produced a short feedback survey to gauge what you want from the SLA in the future.
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Thank you all for making nominations for the incoming chair of the Society for Location Analysis, we had a huge response which is wonderful to see. It proves you’re all still keen to be part of the SLA and look forward to the future, under new guidance. So who did you nominate? Who will be our next SLA Chair?
Read moreIt is with some sadness that we announce our chairman for over ten years, Jonathan Reynolds has decided to stand down. Jonathan has put in a lot of hard work over the years which has ensured the continued success and growth of the SLA. We would all like to thank him for his expert guidance and hope he will continue to be part of the committee and society in the coming years.
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It’s that time of year when we once again invite both Undergrad and Masters students to enter The Society for Location Analysis Student Awards 2023.
If you are a student studying location analysis, check out the criteria here:
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Thanks to everyone who came along to our 20th anniversary celebration event on the 18th October 2022.
We welcomed over 80 delegates to our first in person event since 2019 and it was wonderful to catch up with faces from the past and lots of new members too.
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Congratulations to our winners this year. The SLA Student Awards 2022 reached new goals this year with 21 entries from the following universities: Leeds, University College London, Greenwich, Newcastle, Manchester and Sheffield.
Read moreThe last time we shared a membership update was back in 2020 so we thought it was about time for another. Here is a round up of what’s been going on at the SLA over the last few years.
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As we reach our 20th birthday at the Society for Location Analysis we thought we’d share ten of the incredible benefits that our members enjoy.
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It’s that time of year again when we put a call out to all students in location analysis to enter our annual Student Awards. They could win prize money of £200 or £100 for 1st place and runner up. Please share this with all the students and location studies lecturers you know!
Read moreThis is a must attend, not to be missed event, celebrating 20 years of the Society for Location Analysis.
We’ll be taking a look back and also try to predict any trends facing the location analysts of the future.
More information coming soon,
For details or to suggest speakers, please email info@thesla.org.
We are now starting to see some early indications of results from the 4th Bi-annual Location Planning & Customer Insight Practitioners’ Survey of Salary and Benefits, provided by our sponsors Red Tiger Talent.
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Benchmarking Pay, Benefits and Working Practices across Location Planning & Customer Insight
Paul Halsall, Founder of Insight Talent Solutions will be sharing the results from the 6th consecutive Salary & Benefits Survey conducted for the Society for Location Analysis (these are conducted bi-annually).
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Join us for our first event of 2026, where we will be exploring Data after Dark – Understanding the night-time economy and SLA 2026 Salary & Benefits Survey – Benchmarking Pay, Benefits and Working Practices across Location Planning & Customer Insight.
Read moreThe SLA Student Awards 2026 are open for submissions.
This is the 11th year of running The SLA Student Awards, designed to reward final year Undergraduate and Masters students who have achieved excellence in the broad field of location analysis.
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The Society for Location Analysis has a vacancy on the steering committee and are inviting interested candidates to apply…
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Let’s spread some positivity for the High Street during this festive season. If you’ve not heard of High StreetPositives before, they are trying Change the Narrative About Our High Streets from Decline to Opportunity – and bringing together a community who cares.
Read moreSalary Survey 2026 – Deadline extended till Monday 2nd Feb
We really appreciate your time and input into this ongoing research project. The Bi-annual Location Planning & Customer Insight Practitioners’ Survey of Salary and Benefits is provided by our sponsors Insight Talent Solutions (Formerly Red Tiger Talent), in association with The Society for Location Analysis (The SLA).
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As you may be aware, Dr Jonathan Reynolds of the University of Oxford, with colleagues at the University of Exeter and Toronto Metropolitan University, are conducting a survey of global location planning practice.
This event examined how researchers, planners and analysts build sustainability into their location models and strategies, with case studies and examples from leading experts in the field.
Firstly thanks to our sponsors, GMAP for finding us a great venue at Nexus and providing two excellent speakers for the evening.
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