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In and out of a pandemic: the GB leisure industry, 2019-2022

The hospitality sector bore the brunt of lockdown: restrictions on table sizes, social distancing rules, cancelled sports and entertainment events ...
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As the Local Data Company celebrates its 19th birthday, our founder and CEO, Barnaby Oswald, shares his thoughts.
Commercial property trends in review: H1 2022

Although the retail sector began to see signs of post-COVID recovery by the end of 2021, we remained cautious of further uncertainty. As we reach the ...
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In and out of a pandemic: the GB leisure industry, 2019-2022

The hospitality sector bore the brunt of lockdown: restrictions on table sizes, social distancing rules, cancelled sports and entertainment events and a severe reduction in international tourism threatened its survival. However, our data shows that ...

4 min Read July 12, 2022

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July 4th - Happy ‘Independents’ Day!

This Saturday, as well as being a national holiday across the pond, marks the long-awaited reopening of the hospitality sector across England, as well as a handful of health & beauty categories. These businesses were amongst those which felt the ...

2 min Read July 3, 2020

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Mall metamorphosis  – how are shopping centres adapting to changing consumer demands?

As we are in the middle of the reporting season for the major shopping centre owners (REIT’s), I wanted to shine a spotlight on the shopping centre market to understand the changes across the top 100 shopping centres by size over the past few years. ...

5 min Read February 27, 2019

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How has the British high street changed since 2012?

2012 was a year of challenges for the retail sector. With the country back in a recession, things were not easy for retailers. Spending was reducing and consumers were extremely cautious as they struggled to pay their bills. The move to online ...

5 min Read February 13, 2019

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An interview with Jamie Robertson, UK CEO of new coffee concept, Roasting Plant

I recently attended the launch of the Roasting Plant’s UK store, which to put simply was rather impressive. The main attraction of the launch was the Javabot, which was cleverly designed by the Founder and CEO, Mike Caswell. It is clear that Mike ...

3 min Read January 23, 2019

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It’s a plant-based life, for us – a review of the vegan food market in the UK

After a month of indulgence, the beginning of a new year gives us a chance to start a fresh. January is the month where we all look to make (and break within a couple of weeks) new year resolutions. Dry January is a challenge that is ...

12 min Read January 16, 2019

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Technology in the leisure sector - is it too little too late?

Wherever you look, whether it is your weekly online shop, your digital wallet on your phone or your Smart TV, it is clear to see that technology is making its way into every aspect of modern life.  

15 min Read January 9, 2019

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No frills fitness - a strong and healthy market

Just one of the trends we have been tracking over this year at LDC is the increasing focus on all things health and wellbeing, which continues to have a profound impact on the market. For example, in May this year, the ONS released 2017 data on ...

5 min Read November 28, 2018

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AI in retail, flexitarianism and simplicity driving efficiencies – a roundup of LDC’s 18th Retail and Leisure Trends Summit

Last week saw our 18th Retail and Leisure Trends Summit, held at the beautiful BCLP LLP offices at London Bridge. We had some fantastic speakers who joined us to discuss the theme of ‘Driving Retail Intelligence with Big Data’. For those that missed ...

5 min Read November 14, 2018

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