"Highest level of take-up for three years, but a further rise in supply."

"Rising defence spending is set to accelerate investment in industrial and logistics infrastructure. From advanced manufacturing plants and R&D facilities to logistics platforms and high-performance computing and data centres, defence production requires a wide range of highly specialised assets."

"Savills is constantly reviewing which business sectors could be set to expand. A current feature of the Greater London and South East office market is the variety of businesses which are actively taking space. "

"Real estate can play a crucial role in addressing defence supply chain scaling challenges. In this section, PA discusses the necessary infrastructure to support increases in production capacity alongside investment in critical functions such as research and development"

"Given the potential flow of demand over the next decade, which regions can expect to see a rise in take-up? Like many manufacturing industries, the defence sector benefits from significant agglomeration economies. To examine this, we can look at breakdowns of employment by region"

"Defence supply chains across the UK and Europe are complex, spanning major contractors, specialist component suppliers, and emerging tech firms. In this section, PA explores the complexity of the scaling and productivity challenges that such supply chains face"

"Looking ahead, if we assume that employment keeps pace with the increase in expenditure, we can calculate estimated employment growth based on the increase in defence spending as a percentage of GDP"

"Employment growth is set to drive significant expansions in industrial and logistics demand"