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Introduction to Future Gazing 2024
Industrial and logistics properties and the activities that take place within them are largely removed from daily modern life.
11 months ago
Production-Driven Demand
Driving growth: The dynamics of manufacturing demand and changing landscape in the UK industrial sector.
11 months ago
Consumer-Driven Demand: Changing Lifestyles
Where we live, how much we earn, how we shop, what we spend our money on and how we spend our leisure time are all driving changes in our requirements of the industrial and logistics sector.
11 months ago
Consumer-Driven Demand: Shifting Demographics
Reshaping the landscape: Consumer-driven demand and changing demographics in the UK housing market.
11 months ago
Future Gazing 2024 in summary
Conclusion
11 months ago
Towards a Segmented Forecast of Demand for Industrial and Logistics Space
Navigating growth: Analysing segmented trends in industrial and logistics space demand for future expansion.
11 months ago
Households and their Logistics Needs
Adapting spaces and the evolving demand for industrial and logistics property in response to changing lifestyles and consumer trends.
11 months ago

Latest News

Watch these videos to hear from the Logistics and Industrial team for their different insights into the sector, the full videos of the Future Gazing event with Claire Williams’ presentation, and the…
One year ago
In this report we explore the sectors and locations which could benefit from reconfiguring supply chains.
One year ago
Identifying the key sectors or drivers of reshoring can help us identify the locations of opportunity, with manufacturers in the same industries tending to cluster in hubs or corridors.
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In the US, recent research by Barclays showed that firms were expected to have moved the equivalent of 350,000 jobs back to the US, primarily from Asia in 2022. This compares to 260,000 in 2021 and…
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According to the McKinsey Global Institute, 15-25% of global exports could potentially shift to different countries over the next 3-5 years. With global trade worth US$28.5 trillion in 2021 (UNCTAD…
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There are a variety of different supply chain and distribution models that firms can adopt.
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A survey by Make UK found that 42% of British manufacturing firms had increased their domestic supplier base in the last 24 months (up to the date of the study in early 2022). A similar proportion…
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Production bases, freight routes, ports and storage facilities all pose risks to the security of supply chains and investment in these can also boost capacity and resilience.
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The length and complexity of supply chains has grown as companies expanded around the world in pursuit of margin improvements. But when shocks occur, such as natural disasters, these margins are…
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First Mile logistics is the transportation of goods across the first leg of the supply chain. That is, the movement of finished goods or products from a manufacturing hub to a warehouse or…
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