Greater London Authority (GLA)

AECOM, with Avison Young and Maccreanor Lavington undertook a comprehensive review and update of the London industrial land supply baseline for the GLA. It builds on the London Industrial Land Supply Study 2015 and also gives an overview of businesses/employment in industrial activities and the industrial property market. The Executive Summary of the new study report is available within the Economy...

In 2014 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) designed the London Business Survey (LBS), on behalf of the London Enterprise Panel and the GLA.  In 2021 the GLA requested an alternative to the London Business Survey, to provide a snapshot of businesses in London without the use of a bespoke survey.  As such the ONS - London team has compiled various published...

These data provide evidence of how movement in London was been affected by the various control measures for COVID-19 and how much they recovered once those measures were eased. NOTE: Google stopped updates on 15th Oct 2022 This page summarises changes in activity from baseline obtained from Google's Mobility Report including: Retail and recreation Grocery and pharmacy ...

Boundaries of High Streets as developed by the Regeneration team at the Greater London Authority. NOTE: these boundaries will be used when sharing data about High Street spend and footfall. They reflect the wider uses of High Streets including community, public and cultural, in addition to concentrations of retail units. GIS files also available to download here.

The GLA has conducted an analysis of the metrics accompanying the DLUHC White Paper on Levelling Up. Levelling up will not be achieved by levelling down because London has deep economic links with the rest of the UK. There should be separate missions and metrics on improving productivity and tackling disadvantage. This would allow a clearer focus on poverty alleviation. Strategy and policy development,...

The report below includes insights derived from Mastercard retail spend data by the High Streets Data Service. The data has been aggregated London-wide and by town centre type to provide insights into spending trends concerning these areas. All data is aggregated and anonymised from Mastercard.

This work looks at the spiralling cost of living and the challenges facing Londoners including the rising poverty levels in the capital. The latest update is dated August 2022. The report and public attitudes and behaviour charts (published 1 February 2022) were republished (7 April 2022) to correct a calculation error. This error was due to manual calculation.

This work sets out the background to the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) model, and describes some case studies in which TIFs have been used, both here in the UK, and in the US.

In January 2022 the Mayor published his Skills Roadmap for London. The Roadmap sets the direction of travel for adult education in London over the Mayoral term and beyond, including future plans for the approximately £320 million per year Adult Education Budget (AEB). The Roadmap was developed based on extensive consultation with stakeholders, communities and businesses. The GLA engaged over 100 organisations...

The GLA commissioned independent research into the green skills which are expected to grow in demand as London moves to net zero. It uses GLA Economics’ Identifying Green Occupations to identify green skills currently being funded through the Adult Education Budget (AEB), along with relevant Level 4 and 5 qualifications and apprenticeship data. The report includes interviews with...