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Future Gazing
Introduction to Future Gazing 2024
Industrial and logistics properties and the activities that take place within them are largely removed from daily modern life.
7 months ago
Future Gazing
Production-Driven Demand
Driving growth: The dynamics of manufacturing demand and changing landscape in the UK industrial sector.
7 months ago
Future Gazing
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.
7 months ago
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Consumer-Driven Demand: Shifting Demographics
Reshaping the landscape: Consumer-driven demand and changing demographics in the UK housing market.
7 months ago
Future Gazing
Future Gazing 2024 in summary
Conclusion
7 months ago
Future Gazing
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.
7 months ago
Future Gazing
Households and their Logistics Needs
Adapting spaces and the evolving demand for industrial and logistics property in response to changing lifestyles and consumer trends.
7 months ago
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Future Gazing Insight Videos
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
Future Gazing
Future Gazing - introduction and key findings
In this report we explore the sectors and locations which could benefit from reconfiguring supply chains.
One year ago
2023
Reshoring – Areas of opportunity
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.
One year ago
2023
Evidence of reshoring
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…
One year ago
2023
Exploring the growth potential for manufacturing in the UK
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…
One year ago
2023
Changing supply chains and distribution models
There are a variety of different supply chain and distribution models that firms can adopt.
One year ago
2023
Moving production or broadening supplier base
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…
One year ago
2023
Improving supply chains: Investing in efficiencies, growing capacity and building in redundancies
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.
One year ago
2023
Supply Chains and the need for resilience
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…
One year ago
2023
First Mile Logistics
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…
One year ago
2023
Port of Appeal
Developing port-centric logistics depends upon the several factors: The accessibility to major consumer markets, regional markets and infrastructure, the availability of land for logistics, the…
One year ago
Consumer
Rise of the silver surfer and implications for urban logistics distribution
65% of 65s and over now shopping online in 2020
2 years ago
Urban Logistics
Urban Logistics - Trends Radar
2 years ago
Future Gazing
From traditional distribution formats to new urban fulfilment models
How are evolving operational models and new fulfilment formats transforming urban logistics?
2 years ago
Future Gazing
Urban logistics - Not just last-mile
Rampant demand - The robust levels of growth in the e-commerce market have driven a surge in demand for urban logistic space. With consumers demanding ever-faster delivery times, and the high costs…
2 years ago
Future Gazing
Green procurement and urban logistics
Brands and retailers are increasingly promoting and leveraging sustainability strategies to win customers and ensure brand loyalty. To pursue this strategy, they must consider the environmental and…
2 years ago
Future Gazing
Increasing allocations targeting the last-mile
The urban logistics market has attracted strong investor interest, particularly over the past 18-months. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the structural shifts in the retail market, and the…
2 years ago
Future Gazing
How much space is needed to service the last-mile and where is consumer demand greatest?
The UK’s urban population has grown significantly over the past twenty years. Since the year 2000, the population of UK cities has risen by 10 million (Source: World Bank). Urban populations are…
2 years ago
Future Gazing
Foreword
Distribution to businesses remains an important part of city logistics, but the focus is shifting; from predominantly business to business fulfilment, towards more business to consumer fulfilment.
2 years ago
Future Gazing
Tech solutions enabling better use of small, urban spaces
A smart warehouse is enabled with several automated and interconnected technologies, making use of automated processes and technologies for improved productivity, efficiency, and accuracy. Smart…
2 years ago
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