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Employee Benefits at Geolytix

If working with an awesome team on interesting projects isn't quite enough, Geolytix employees benefit from lots of other perks too.

Published 1st April 2025 • Tags our-team, career
Cracking Code: Highlights from the Data Science Hackathon

Each year we host a Data Science Hackathon. Danny shares the goal and outcome of this years.

Published 28th March 2025 • Tags our-team
Top Five Takeaways from the CUSP Data Dive 2025

Blair was recently invited to judge the Centre for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) Data Dive 2025. He shares five emergent themes upon reflecting on the day.

Published 27th February 2025 • Tags our-team
GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2024

Daily social mapping project happening every November: https://30daymapchallenge.com/. The third year we have joined this as a team, see all our maps here.

Published 9th December 2024 • Tags geodata, our-team
World Mental Health Day 2024: It’s time to prioritise mental health in the workplace

The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilise efforts in support of mental health.

Published 10th October 2024 • Tags our-team
We’re a British Data Awards 2024 Finalist

Up against tough competition from 320 other entries we are delighted to be announced finalists for Innovation of the Year and BI Solution of the Year at the British Data Awards 2024 for GEOLYTIX MAPP.

Published 20th March 2024 • Tags awards, our-team, mapp
GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2023

Daily social mapping project happening every November: https://30daymapchallenge.com/. This is the second year we have joined this as a team, see all our maps here.

Published 1st December 2023 • Tags geodata, our-team
Mental Health at Geolytix

Mental health matters. We have some trained Mental Health First Aiders at GEOLYTIX who are able to support the team and also organise brilliant social events throughout the year.

Published 17th October 2023 • Tags our-team
Diversity in the Workplace

Geolytix signed up to the 10,000 interns foundation to offer opportunities to black students over summer 2023. How did our 2 successful applicants find their experience?

Published 5th October 2023 • Tags our-team
Women in Data: The Flagship Event 2023

"Women in Data® aims to bring awareness through media appearances and events; in particular, the annual Women in Data conference."

Published 21st March 2023 • Tags our-team
International Women's Day 2023

We love to celebrate the wonderful women of Geolytix everyday but International Women's Day is a brilliant day to highlight this more.

Published 8th March 2023 • Tags our-team
GEOLYTIX are Geoawesome - Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies

We are thrilled to make the Geoawesomeness Top 100 Geo for 2023, the annual list of the best geospatial companies in the world for geospatial companies.

Published 30th January 2023 • Tags awards, our-team
GEOLYTIX and the 30 Day Map Challenge 2022

Daily social mapping project happening every November: https://30daymapchallenge.com/

Published 30th November 2022 • Tags our-team, geodata
Geolytix Model Innovation Day

Geolytix recently held a Model Innovation Day, an internal event to challenge our Data Scientists. Who was the model modeller at the end of the day?

Published 21st October 2022 • Tags our-team, ai
Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial

If you use or develop open data and software for geospatial then FOSS4G events are for you.

Published 19th October 2022 • Tags open-data, our-team
Geolytix: An International Location Intelligence Company

From start up to scale up, Geolytix has worked with some of the biggest retail, leisure, and restaurant brands in more than 55 countries over the last 10 years.

Published 6th October 2022 • Tags our-team, geodata, mapp, international
Triple Nominations for the Women in Tech Awards

You’ll know by now that there is nothing we like more than being recognised and winning the odd award.

Published 18th July 2022 • Tags our-team, mapp
The bright lights at Geolytix

What do Geolytix and Hollywood have in common? Admittedly, on the whole, not that much! No diva attitude around here I’m glad to say!

Published 30th May 2022 • Tags our-team
Geolytix France

Geolytix is excited to announce we open our French office. Welcome Stéphane Martis to the team.

Published 18th May 2022 • Tags our-team
Welcome to Oxygen!

Back at the beginning of April we were invited to embrace our inner children and bounce our way around Oxygen Freejumping at the O2.

Published 18th May 2022 • Tags market-visits, our-team
Mental Health & Team Wellbeing at Geolytix

Mental Health and Our Team's wellbeing is something we prioritise at Geolytix. Click to read more about what we do for our team...

Published 10th May 2022 • Tags our-team
A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist

Ever wondered what the life of a Data Scientist is like at Geolytix is like? Read more to find out...

Published 10th May 2022 • Tags career, our-team
A Day in the Life of a Data Analyst

Ever wondered what the life of a Data Analyst is like at Geolytix is like? Read more to find out...

Published 10th May 2022 • Tags career, our-team
Geolytix: The Graduate Route

Matt joined Geolytix straight from University, after graduating with a Degree in Geography. Here he tells us about his role as a Data Analyst....

Published 10th May 2022 • Tags career, our-team
A Day in the life of a Location Planning Partner

Ever wondered what the life of a Location Planner is like at Geolytix is like? Read more to find out...

Published 10th May 2022 • Tags career, our-team
Geolytix: The Apprentice Route

Becca joined Geolytix straight from college as a data apprentice. Now a fully qualified Data Analyst, Becca tells us about a day in her role...

Published 10th May 2022 • Tags career, our-team
Geolytix, Geolytics, Geolytic

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet” - William Shakespeare

Published 28th March 2022 • Tags our-team
The Women of Geolytix

International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on the 8th March. This year the women of Geolytix shared a more personal side to them through story maps.

Published 17th March 2022 • Tags our-team
GEOLYTIX and GEOMOB podcast

Blair sat down with Steve of GEOMOB to talk about all things GeoInnovation. Scroll down to listen to the podcast..

Published 15th February 2022 • Tags our-team
Mental Health in the Geolytix workplace

The first week of January saw the MHFA team in Geolytix plan on how we could help embrace and protect mental health amongst the team. Read more to see our plans...

Published 26th January 2022 • Tags our-team
Studying through a pandemic

Last Thursday was postgraduate results day at the University of Leeds, and although graduation is still a long way away (thanks to Covid-19 I haven’t even had my undergraduate graduation ceremony yet), it feels like a perfect time to reflect on this chapter of my life.

Published 25th November 2021 • Tags our-team
Becoming a micro multinational

Over the years, Geolytix has grown internationally. Ben Purple, our Business Director, tells how our growth wasn't exactly how we originally envisioned.

Published 25th November 2021 • Tags our-team
10% of our team are now Mental Health First Aiders

Donna, Rachel, Josh and Kate recently qualified as Mental Health First Aiders. Here they talk about their reasons for qualifying and their plans for supporting the team at Geolytix.

Published 23rd November 2021 • Tags our-team
How 5 coloured gazebos, social bubbles and community spirit got us through Lockdown...

Martin, an associate at Geolytix, volunteers at Mudlarks, a charity which was deemed a front line care service during the pandemic. Here he discusses the challenges he faced, and how Geolytix helped support him, support others

Published 28th September 2021 • Tags our-team
GEOLYTIX Leeds - Setting up our new home

With an ever growing team, twelve of whom are based in Leeds, we decided it was time to move into a new Leeds office. We have the Yorkshire tea at the ready...

Published 15th September 2021 • Tags our-team
Department for International Trade Export Champions 2021

Geolytix are proud to announce that we have recently been recognised as ‘Export Champions’ from the UK’s Department for International Trade.

Published 17th June 2021 • Tags our-team
Working in an International Community

Virtually working from home has been a change a lot of people have had to get used to in the past year. So imagine how tough it is to tackle that along with multiple time zones... Coco, based in China, discusses the perks (and challenges) of being part of a team spread across the globe

Published 28th April 2021 • Tags our-team
Geolytix - Going Global

As Geolytix has been recognised with the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade in April 2021, we look at our successes as a small but global company.

Published 28th April 2021 • Tags our-team
Apprenticeship Reflection

After joining the team in August 2019, I have completed my Level 4 Analyst apprenticeship and was awarded a Distinction. I thought it would be time to reflect on my time at Geolytix so far.

Published 17th March 2021 • Tags our-team
MAPP shortlisted for best Business Intelligence & Analytics Solution at the Cloud Awards 2020

GEOLYTIX MAPP has been shortlisted for the Clouds Award 2020. Having grown considerably in the last 5 years, our bespoke predictive location intelligence and mapping tool is now used by many major retailers, leisure and F&B operators globally. We're eagerly anticipating the announcement next month

Published 27th January 2021 • Tags mapp, our-team, awards
Happy New Year

2020 was tough for all, but we hope 2021 offers some brighter news.

Published 13th January 2021 • Tags our-team
Historic England - High Street Heritage Action Zones

How can you use data to identify ‘similar’ locations? For retailers, looking for areas similar to those with high performing stores, this may be a simple enough task. Counts of surrounding population, competition and demographic data lend themselves well to similarity modelling.

Published 21st October 2020 • Tags our-team, team-thoughts, geodata
Geolytix scoop the ‘Data for Environment’ top spot at the Data IQ Awards

“Because once Green Spaces are lost, they are lost forever” - Fields in Trust

Published 1st October 2020 • Tags our-team, awards
COVID-19, Community Spirit, Colleague Support and Candy

It’s not often that I get involved in blogs for Geolytix and you won’t hear much from me in the future but I thought I would take the opportunity to write one on this occasion. It's mainly to promote the difference that an enjoyable working environment & team can make to the wellbeing of its people.

Published 19th March 2020 • Tags covid-19, our-team
Geolytix in The House. Helping the Co-op support Wellbeing in the Community

On Tuesday Blair, Dan and Jasmin attended the parliamentary launch of the Co-op Community Wellbeing Index at the House of Commons. Geolytix worked in partnership with the Co-op to develop this index which aims to quantify the wellbeing of communities.

Published 6th March 2020 • Tags our-team, geodata
Life as an Apprentice

Geolytix were looking for their first apprentice. Becca was looking for an alternative route to university.

Published 17th February 2020 • Tags our-team
Geolytix Down Under

Geolytix is officially open for business in Melbourne, Australia!

Published 30th October 2019 • Tags our-team
Geolytix is Small but Global

I’ve been following Geolytix with interest since it was founded back in 2012.

Published 28th October 2019 • Tags our-team, geodata
Unveiling SLA China (Society for Location Analysis, China)

Twenty-four previous, current, future location planners from around the globe gathered on Wednesday 11th Sept 2019 in Xin Tian Di, Shanghai, and unveiled our own new communities – Society for Location Analysis, China.

Published 12th September 2019 • Tags our-team
Coming Out as a Part Timer

Part time working doesn’t work for professional occupations, right?

Published 19th August 2019 • Tags our-team
From Ahmedabad to Zibo

It’s gone unbelievably quickly but we are now six months in to our Asia Pacific adventure with Geolytix offices now up and running in Tokyo and Shanghai.

Published 18th May 2018 • Tags our-team, market-visits
Official Chop! GEOLYTIX China opens its doors

GEOLYTIX announces its official registration in China; the country with largest population and second largest economy! We now have our chop…

Published 25th April 2018 • Tags our-team
Geolytix Leeds

We are pleased to announce the opening of our second UK office.

Published 29th November 2017 • Tags our-team
MAPIC – what’s it all about?

Last week Sarah and I were lucky enough to exhibit at MAPIC in Cannes with ESRI, one of our long-standing partners.

Published 23rd November 2017 • Tags our-team
FOSS4G Boston 2017

From August 13th – 19th Dennis & Kerst flew to Boston to take part in the annual FOSS4G conference – thanks GEOLYTIX!

Published 8th September 2017 • Tags our-team
We’ve nearly outgrown our favourite Curly Whirly cake

We were delighted to welcome Agata and Dan to our growing team last month.

Published 7th July 2017 • Tags our-team
We’re still telling our customers where to go – a year in the world of location planning and network strategy

Whilst for many 2016 was heavily tainted by Brexit and Trump, for Geolytix it has been a year of establishing our European and Global Strategy.

Published 30th March 2017 • Tags team-thoughts, our-team
Happy New Year!

So we have survived our first work week of 2017 – even if it was only 4 days.

Published 8th January 2017 • Tags our-team
FOSS4G 2016 – Bonn

Last week Geolytix touched down in Bonn for the 2016 FOSS4G.

Published 30th August 2016 • Tags our-team
Location Planning and Data Analytics firm Geolytix win Queen’s Award for Enterprise

London-based Geolytix have today won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for creating innovative spatial algorithms that help retailers profitably attract and serve customers in a complex multi-channel world.

Published 1st July 2016 • Tags our-team, awards
Samantha’s Week One – Back to Maps…

It’s been a buzz so far! I’ve been reminded of the power of data and a map together. Once combined questions that seemed unanswerable are suddenly simple.

Published 14th October 2015 • Tags our-team
National Business Awards Double Finalists

Geolytix announced as double awards finalist

Published 25th July 2014 • Tags our-team, awards
A year in and I’m still being the Customer

The move from corporate life to helping build a start-up business is not insignificant – but what a year it’s been!

Published 1st November 2013 • Tags our-team