GMAP: Wrapping Up 2022 & Looking To 2023
20th December 2022
GMAP: Wrapping Up 2022 & Looking To 2023
Throughout 2022, GMAP has continued to focus on providing location planning consultancy support, as well as location intelligence data and software, to our clients both old and new!
GMAP have continued to provide location intelligence not only in the UK, but also globally. We have worked on retail network planning projects, as well as provided data and self-serve software, for clients across multiple sectors in several markets including but not limited to Australia, Greece, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Turkey, and the USA.
The GMAP Team in 2022
As 2022 comes to an end and we reflect on the year, there is no doubt GMAP has had a successful 3rd year operating as an independent company. In contrast to the past couple of years, we have been regularly going to our office in Nexus Leeds and travelled all over to visit our clients! But perhaps our most exciting milestone being that, in November, we started looking for new talent to join the GMAP Team! Below we have summarised some of GMAP’s highlights of 2022:
In May we celebrated our 3rd birthday since our MBO in May 2019 when GMAP once again became an independent company.
This year, we have been able to continue attending in-person events! In May, we attended the Spatial Data Science Conference.
In July we had our Summer Party.
In September, some of the GMAP Team completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks in around 11 hours raising £1,510 for Leeds-based charity Simon on the Streets. Simon on the Streets support the homeless and vulnerable in Leeds, Bradford & Huddersfield, and we hope this
money can help them continue the incredible work they do.
Read our blog to find all about the money we raised for Simon on the Streets.
We had our annual volunteering day in October, where we helped to revamp the play area of a local outdoor activity centre in Ilkley.
This month, we had our Christmas party in Leeds and celebrated the end of another great year for GMAP!
This year we have continued to receive great feedback from the clients for our location planning and location intelligence services! Here is one kind testimonial we received from a client:
GMAP’s Location Intelligence Insights in 2022
At GMAP, we have a host of data products that are regularly updated and provide some interesting insights, which we have shared throughout the year. Here are some of our favourite insights from 2022.
- In May we used our DVLA Vehicle Registrations data set to investigate how New and Used Car Transactions have changed across the last 5 years. Watch the video below which shows that propulsion types have changed in the past few years with the growth of Battery Electric Vehicles:
- For some members of GMAP, Eurovision is one of the most important events of the year. We did some analysis on the rankings that each country has given to another over the years compared to the average to make some predictions on who was going to with Eurovision 2022! Read our Analysing Eurovision 2022 blog.
- Eight towns were given city status in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June. We did some analysis using our RetailVision and LeisureVision datasets to see what the retail and leisure proposition in these new cities looked like. We determined that Milton Keynes currently has the biggest retail and leisure offerings, but it will be interesting to see how this changes with their new city statuses!
- To celebrate the start of Wimbledon in July, we used our LeisureVision location data in our MVPLUS location intelligence software to analyse where the UK tennis hotspot is in relation to population and wealth. We determined what has often been speculated, that there was a spatial correlation between tennis provision and affluence and perhaps even a north/south divide within Tennis. Read our blog Exploring Where has the Highest Tennis Provision in the UK.
- Using the drive time capabilities in our MVPLUS mapping tool, we calculated average employee drive time to our Leeds office! On average, the GMAP team live 34 minutes or 43km from our office in Nexus Leeds! This functionality can be used for several analyses, such as learning how far a customer has travelled to a store. Read our blog to learn more.
Looking Forward to 2023
As we look to 2023, we have a lot to look forward to!
- Welcoming New GMAPPERs - we look forward to welcoming new GMAPPERs. To find out more about how you could join GMAP, visit our careers page.
- New Products & Continued Innovation - Our product team have been busy developing an exciting new product, which we will be sharing in the new year! We also look forward to continuing to innovate and enhance our existing data products and location intelligence tools, as we increase our offering to serve our clients!
- Release of the Full 2021 Census Data - How could we not mention, that in 2023 we get to see the full release of the UK Census 2021 data. As much as our clients want it, we also can’t wait to see what insights we can create from this much awaited full Census release! Read our previous blog post to find out more about why we care about the Census and how we provide our clients with easy access to the data in our MVPLUS location intelligence software.
For now though, we would like to wish our clients and friends of GMAP all a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year! We look forward to continuing to provide location intelligence to our current and new clients in 2023.
Get In Touch
If you would be interested in learning more about how you could engage with GMAP next year or if you would like to find out more about our location consultancy services or location intelligence toolkit, please get in touch at info@gmap.com!
