The Society for Location Analysis

SLA stands for The Society for Location Analysis. It is a not-for-profit organisation run by a voluntary committee and
funded by Pitney Bowes MapInfo Limited. Its aims are to:

• Improve the standing and promote the expertise of site location research.
• Support the interests of the site location research community.
• Encourage cross-fertilisation of information, techniques and practices (this obviously discounts commercially
  sensitive information).
• Encourage discussions of matters relating to Site Location Research.

Download a pdf with full details about the Society for Location Analysis, including membership eligibility criteria.
If you would like to join the SLA you can Apply Online.

Jon Walker "It is with great sadness we announce that Jon Walker passed away on the evening of Monday 22nd March. Jon had been fighting cancer for the last 15 months. Throughout that time he showed immense positive mental strength to all around him and this is testament to his attitude to life and his coming to terms with his condition. Jon was a founding member of the SLA when the idea was born in a conversation with Christine Reeves (Tesco) and Mark Teale (CBRE) over 6 years ago. He helped form its ideals, philosophy and was an active participant at the SLA meetings and social gatherings. Former colleagues and friends of Jon have been leaving memories of Jon at www.wendovergroup.blogspot.com please visit the site and leave a message for Jon’s family. Jon is survived by his wife Corrine, his first wife Jill and their 3 boys William, Sam and Joe. Our thoughts are with them at this time. Missed but never forgotten."

Events

Meetings of the society will be a mix of (a) presentations followed by discussion, and (b) purely social events.
To view a list of events click here

NEW Job Vacancies

Click on the links below for further details:

• ** NEW ** Location Planning Analyst (Part time) - DSGi - Hemel Hempstead - July 2010 (Ref:1564/SLA50)
• Location Planning Manager - Morrisons PLC- April 2010
• Site Research Opportunities at Tesco
• Opportunities at Sainsbury's
• Location Planning Manager - Morrisons - Bradford - Feb 2010
• Location Planning Consultant - Nationwide - Swindon - Feb 2010
• Senior Market Planning Analyst - KFC - Surrey - July 09
• Regional Location Analyst - The Cooperative Food - Scotland - Oct 2008 (RRLA1/SLA38)

Archived Job Vacancies

To view a list of archived job vacancies click here

Do you have a vacancy to advertise?

We now offer a job advertising service to our members. You can advertise your vacancy on our website
for £495 +VAT. This includes a listing on our website and an email sent to all members with a link to the
job advert. Please email: info@thesla.org

"I would recommend the SLA job advert service. I used the service for a Location Analyst position
and received good quality responses, some of whom went to interview stage. It is quick, easy to use
and well worth trying for vacancies in the site location industry." Martin Sharp, Group Location Analyst,
Carphone Warehouse

"Advertising our job vacancy on the Society for Location Analysis website worked really well for us. We got a very good standard and quality of response." Simon Amesbury, Senior Recruitment Business Partner,
Somerfield Stores Ltd

Google Group - Society for Location

To join the group, email society-for-location-subscribe@googlegroups.com The group is currently still under construction.

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Membership

Membership to the Society is free. This will be reviewed annually. Potential members will be invited to apply for membership and the committee reserves the right to decide whether an application for membership is accepted. If a member moves company, membership needs to be renewed and a new application form is required.

Membership of the SLA is limited to:

• Retailers and other organisations operating chain networks
• Location specialists in full-time employment with such organisations; or property professionals
• Planning specialists in full-time employment at Local Authorities
• Property Planners

A fifth category of membership ('honorary membership') may be offered to individual consultants or academics, for their specialist input - which may be time or task limited.

All membership applications will be vetted by the SLA committee, which shall have absolute discretion in its decisions.

To view a list of members companies click here

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