The industrial & logistics team hosted its sixth annual Logistics Census in conjunction with Tritax Symmetery, Analytiqa and Property Week in late February with over 150 industry professionals in attendance and many more joining the live stream online.

At the event we presented detailed findings of our survey, hosted a panel discussion which delved further into some of the key findings and heard a key note speech from political commentator Alistair Campbell.

Among census respondents, 42% of warehouse occupiers said rising costs were a key factor impacting their business at the moment . Turning specifically to logistics property 30% suggested that employment issues were their greatest challenge. However, 37% of occupiers listed that investing in automation was a key area of focus over the next three years, which will go some way to mitigating labour shortages.

Whilst costs are rising there remains clear demand for new warehouse space with 91% of occupiers suggesting they expect to take the same or more amount of warehouse space over the next two years.

The slides are available to download here and the event can be watched back below.