Date: 14th October 2014,
Time: Coffee and registration from 3.30 pm, Start 4pm
Venue: CBRE, Henrietta Place W1G 0NB
There will be light refreshments provided.
To reserve your place to attend this free event please email info@thesla.org.
Harnessing Open Data for Business Advantage and SLA members may be interested in attending.
This full day event has been specially designed focus mainly on how users have been applying census and other open data, with an emphasis on ‘how to’ case studies and useful lessons learnt.
The next CGG seminar will focus mainly on how users have been applying census and other open data, with an emphasis on ‘how to’ case studies and useful lessons learnt.
Topics to be covered will include:
MRS are happy to extend the MRS member rate to SLA members.
To find out more and book your place visit: https://www.mrs.org.uk/event/course/2436
The results of our first member survey are very interesting. Thanks to everyone who took part and answered the questions; 59 of you responded which is a pretty impressive 17%.
Let us know if you would be interested in the SLA running other benchmark surveys in the future. We wouldn’t want to do too many, but a few well chosen subjects throughout the year could be very interesting. It’s on our ‘interesting things the society could do’ list and thanks to the member company for having the idea and asking us for our input. A very useful exercise and hopefully useful to all.
Email info@thesla.org for more information.
Date: Tuesday, 9th September 2014
Time: 5.45 for 6.15pm.
Venue: PLEASE NOTE – JLL HEAD OFFICES HAVE MOVED TO: Jones Lang LaSalle, 30 Warwick Street, London W1B 5NH
nb: Please ALSO note the slightly earlier start time. Please arrive for registration at 5.45 as we will be starting at 6.15pm.
Workplace Zones are a new output geography for England and Wales which has been produced using workplace data from the 2011 Census. It may be extended to Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2015.
This seminar will provide you with all the information you need to know about Workplace Zones from how they were created to their many uses. A must attend for any site location analyst working with address data.
Dr Samantha Cockings, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton
The creation of an entirely new set of output geographies designed specifically for the publication of workplace-relate data and the recent publication of associated 2011 Census data provide exciting opportunities for new insights into the spatial patterns of workers and workplaces. This talk outlines ongoing research by University of Southampton, in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics, to develop a national geodemographic classification of workplace zones based on 2011 Census data.
Dr Chris Gale, Research Associate, University College London (UCL)
Created from the 2011 Census, the new Output Area Classification offers a free and open geodemographic perspective of the UK. Released by the Office for National Statistics in July 2014, this talk introduces the new classification, highlighting its methodology advances and ability to differentiate different socio and economic groups found across the UK.
Ian Coady, Geography policy and Research Manager, Office for National Statistics
Ian Coady has worked for the Office for National Statistics as Geography Policy and Research Manager for the past 5 years.
During this time he has overseen the maintenance of the Output Areas and created the Workplace Zones as a new geography for the publication of small area economic and workplace statistics.
Robin Edwards, University College London
In 2011-12 Robin studied for a Masters degree (MRes) at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. The degree focused on GIS technologies, geographical and spatial analysis, urban modelling, understanding complexity and data visualisation. His dissertation analysed the 2011 riots in London, with a focus on their spatial structure and underlying motivations for participation.
In 2010 Robin gained an Honours degree (a South African higher Bachelor’s qualification) in Public Policy at the University of Cape Town. His research investigated the dynamic processes underlying policy formulation, implementation and monitoring and evaluation, particularly with respect to the state of innovation within the South African public sector.
From 2001-10 he served in the British Diplomatic Service, working in London and various embassies and missions overseas. His work included promoting bilateral and multilateral foreign relations, and political analysis and reporting.
Dr Samantha Cockings, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton
Dr Samantha Cockings is Senior Lecturer in Geography and Environment at University of Southampton. She developed the methods employed by the Office for National Statistics to maintain the 2011 Census Output Area geographies as well those used to create 2011 Workplace Zones, the first ever set of output geographies to be designed specifically for the release of workplace-related data in the UK.
Dr Chris Gale, Research Associate, University College London (UCL)
Dr Chris Gale created the new Output Area Classification, in partnership with the Office for National Statistics, as part of his PhD undertaken in University College London’s Department of Geography. He currently works as a Research Associate in UCL’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering as part of the EPSRC funded Crime, Policing and Citizenship project.
Our 30 Warwick Street office is situated towards the south of Regent Street, near Piccadilly, London. The office is easily accessible by public transport and car parking can be found locally in nearby Poland Street. It should be noted that the office is located within the Central London Congestion Charge zone.
Piccadilly is the nearest tube station, which is roughly a 5 minute walk away. Here you can reach London Heathrow Airport directly using the Piccadilly line or London Waterloo station using the Bakerloo line. The Piccadilly line also serves King’s Cross St. Pancras with international rail connections to mainland Europe. Oxford Circus tube station is also nearby, roughly an 8 minute walk, where the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines are available.
There will be light refreshments provided.
To reserve your place to attend this free event please email info@thesla.org
Property Research in the Real World: Practical Applications
A two-day residential course based at Madingley Hall, University of Cambridge, 27-28th November 2014.
Salary: Excellent Salary and Benefit package
Responsible to: Nick Deeks, Director of International Real Estate
Location: UK Home Office, Hartspring Lane, Watford, Herts WD25 8JS
A vacancy currently exists within the Property team at our UK Home Office for a Location Analyst to take the lead in assisting us to identify new sites for warehouse openings across the UK and Europe.
Costco currently utilises CACI location planning consultancy to assist in making location decisions. We are keen to bring the function in house and to begin to fully utilise the value of the systems and data we possess in support of our expansion plans.
The appointed candidate will help us to understand the sales potential of new sites utilising a range of GeoDemographic and consumer data. In addition, the candidate will create formal reports for review by the Board to assist in making key expansion decisions across the UK and Europe.
In addition to office based analysis you will be required to travel from time to time to proposed sites to qualify their potential on the ground. This will include France and Spain to support Costco’s intended expansion.
We would also be keen to apply the selected candidate’s GeoDemographic analysis skills to assist the Marketing Department to ensure we are reaching our target audience.
The ideal candidate will possess solid analytical skills gained ideally through a couple of years working experience within a location planning or analysis environment but not necessarily limited to retail, as we are keen to consider candidates who possess the key GeoDemographic analysis skills from a range of backgrounds.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a location planning/analysis professional, who is looking to progress their career to join a well-recognised organisation and to help shape the site research and location analysis strategy.
To apply for this vacancy please email your CV to Pam Broadhurst, HR Admin Assistant at Costco Wholesale UK Limited on pbroadhurst@costco.co.uk
Venue: CBRE Henrietta House, Henrietta Place, London, W1G 0NB
Nearest tube: Bond Street
Time: 6pm for 6.30pm start
To reserve your place to attend this free event please email info@thesla.org
Andy Bell, PBS Software (MapInfo)
Guy Lansley and Dr. Muhammad Adnan, Research Associate, Department of Geography at UCL
Microblogging services such as Twitter have become an important part of life for millions of users in many countries around the world. These services are used not only for communicating with friends, family, and colleagues, but also for real-time news feeds and content sharing venues. We are investigating the ways in which a geo-temporal demographic classification can be created by using the inferred attributes of the social media users and their activity patterns. This is a step towards moving beyond the night-time residential geographies of conventional geodemographic classifications, and analysing the activity patterns of social media users during different times of the day and week in the quest of creating a geo-temporal geodemographic classification of social media users.
Nick Henthorn, Business Development Director, Smart Steps, Telefonica Digital
A summary of the developments in Smart Steps, the part of Telefonica that is building a business generating insights for organisations using the data that O2 gets on people’s mobile phones. This will look at the challenges we’ve faced along the way, and plenty of interesting maps!
Andy Bell, PBS Software (MapInfo)
Andy Bell is Global Product Manager for Data at Pitney Bowes Software. Andy has accumulated a wealth of experience in geographic and demographic data as well as analytics, leading teams involved in retail location analysis, product development, statistical modeling and GIS.
He has previously worked for GMAP, GlaxoSmithKline and CallCredit where he instigated the development of the International suite of CAMEO geodemographic classifications which now covers 37 countries.
Andy is currently interested in the development and implementation of data products associated with social media, location and mobile technology.
Nick Henthorn, Business Development Director, Smart Steps, Telefonica Digital
Nick is Business Development Drector looking after the retail sector.
He has a Degree in geography and his first job was working in GIS (what feels like many years ago). Since then he has worked in sales and sales management within insight and data services including credit referencing, database hosting, crm and digital marketing. He joined Telefonica in January this year.
To reserve your place to attend this free event please email info@thesla.org
If you work for a UK retail company, this is an opportunity for you.
The ESRC’s “Retail Research & Data” initiative, which involved commercial companies proposing projects for Masters’ students, was a real success in both 2012 and 2013, and Professor Paul Longley & I are pleased to report that the ESRC has decided to support this initiative in the longer term.
Read moreWe are delighted to let you know that this year, all members of the SLA are entitled to a 10% discount off the 28th Retail Location Analysis programme in Oxford from 28-30 April 2014 and there are still some places left.
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