Strategic Insight
Local Futures has worked with the public and corporate sector for over a decade, helping organisations to understand people and places and working with them to develop strategies for the future.

We have a tried and tested method for shaping visions and strategies:
  • Shared understanding of current conditions – economic, social, environmental
  • Anticipating future change by considering underlying trends and 'drivers of change'
  • Creating a shared vision for the future, based on scenario planning and agreement on key elements of a vision
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Our Approach
We provide research and consultancy services designed to inform local area analysis and place-based strategies. These include baseline and profiling studies through to futures and scenario-planning exercises. We also work in the corporate sector, informing local marketing strategies and location decisions.


Consultancy Services
Understanding places We encourage a holistic approach to understanding places, assessing the interrelationship between economy, society and environment. We set places in context and analyse conditions at different spatial levels, identifying local inequalities.

Understanding people We use the OAC geodemographic classification, together with a range of local data estimates, to build up a comprehensive picture of customers, citizens and communities at a local level. We use the findings to inform Customer Insight and to shape local community strategies.

Understanding Local Economies We set economic competitiveness within a social and environmental context, recognising that 'quality of place' can have a major impact on local economic performance. We assess local economies from a Knowledge Economy perspective, highlighting the powerful geographical impact of these high value/high growth sectors.
Strategic Insight Programme
Public authorities are exploring all options for making cost and efficiency savings. Many are considering new models of service delivery and new relationships with service providers. In response to these challenges Local Futures has introduced a new Strategic Insight Programme.

The service includes access to a range of online services, together with advice, support and access to specialist staff as and when needed. Available on annual subscription, the programme provides an integrated and cost effective solution to local research and intelligence needs.