Please put this date in your diary – we hope to share more information soon.
Read moreJon Walker Award 2023
Huge 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.
Read moreReimagining Retail, London, 9th May, 6pm
We would like to invite you to attend our next SLA event, hosted by Savills and jointly promoted by the SLA and SPR.
Read moreThe CDRC Master’s Dissertation Scheme 2024
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.
Salary Survey 2024 – Open for Submissions
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.
Read moreHave you got something to say?
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.
Read moreWho is our new SLA Chair?
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 moreCould you be our next chair?
It 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.
Read moreStudent Awards 2023 open for entries
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:
Read moreThe SLA is 20 years old!
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.
Read moreSLA Student Awards 2022 – Winners announced
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 moreSLA 20th Anniversary in person event, 18th Oct, London
Thanks to all 70 of you who attended our first in-person SLA event for many years. We had 90 people booking to attend and were thrilled to see so many of you able to join us.
Membership update 2022
The 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.
Read more10 benefits of joining the SLA
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.
Read moreSalary Survey 2022 results – 26th April (zoom)
Firstly a huge thank you to our speakers and panellists. Steve Halsall of Red Tiger Talent and Shazia Nunhuk from the University of Leeds kicked off the session by sharing the results and key findings of the Location Planning & Customer Insight Practitioners’ Survey of Salary & Benefits.
Read moreStudent Awards 2022 open for entries
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 moreCelebrating 20 years of the SLA, Date to be confirmed
This 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.
- What we’ve done, where we came from
- What’s in store for the next generation of SLAers, where are we going now?
More information coming soon,
For details or to suggest speakers, please email info@thesla.org.
Salary Survey – Interesting results so far…
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.
Read moreSocial – Jon Walker Anniversary, London
Please put this date in your diaries. We are planning a social event to celebrate the anniversary of Jon’s passing.
If you don’t know who Jon Walker is, he was instrumental in setting up the SLA and we still award an annual Lifetime Achievement Award each year in his memory. To find out more visit Lifetime Achievement Award.
Read moreThe Future of Work, 10th October, London, 6pm
This event focuses on the future of work from two perspectives. Firstly, the office environment and hybrid working from a location planning perspective (i.e. where and how we as location planners will work, as well as how and where our potential customers will work). Secondly, we will be drawing on the developmental side of the location planning profession and outline how coaching and mentoring has and will continue to support us in our growth as individuals.
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