Nick Keating

Advisor to early / growth stage B2B SaaS companies in EMEA & USA.

[Nick Keating @nkeat01]

Alternative real-time data from @huq_industries predicts a bleak winter ahead for European manufacturing -particularly in food, chemicals and aerospace. Analysis from @TheEconomist provides insight into which sectors are hardest hit by the second wave. https://t.co/zymM6o3KVJ

[Sky News @SkyNews]

24Haymarket is leading a £4m funding round for Huq Industries, which counts retailers, local authorities and property developers among its clients, Sky News understands https://t.co/O0dF4OYkSq

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Levelling up? Store visits in town centres across the North East have been stronger than the UK average since non-essential retail opened last month. Read more: https://t.co/iQUNigq9PB

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Pub-going has increased at a much faster rate than it did after the last lockdown lifted in July 2020, with attendance surging in comparison to the equivalent days last year.

Read more: https://t.co/g1joIC1ozU

#pubsreopening
#ukhospitality
#recovery

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Great coverage of @huq_industries 'Top 10 Cities' report on @BBCRadioSuffolk's lunchtime news bulletin. Ipswich was among those seeing the greatest uptake on #nonessentialretail following #reopening on April 12th with a rise of 183%. Listen here: https://t.co/IbJaThxhqv

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

To mark the re-opening of non-essential retail last week, Huq has used insights from Community Vision, it’s high-street measurement tool for local Councils, to chart the recovery of the top and bottom towns and cities across England and Wales: https://t.co/AfYJ4BQxTt

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

#covid19 has touched all parts of society. But as data from @Huq_Industries shows the effect is felt unevenly - and particularly in respect of different income groups. Learn how in this in-depth analysis:

Url: https://t.co/b7Djmojxt1

#covid19uk
#footfall
#demographics

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

In today's @FT, data from @huq_industries shows traffic through UK ports remains a 1/4 down on the levels seen pre-Brexit with delays up nearly a fifth. But levels associated with #Brexit are muted compared to the first wave of #COVID19

Story here: https://t.co/r0rWmBj06X

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Jonathan Bayfield and Souad Cherfouh of @avivainvestors use high-frequency geo-location data from @huq_industries to inform their sharp and insightful outlook on the UK real-estate market in 2021. Read it: https://t.co/HS7sazc8Wa

#RealEstate #investing #geodata #uk

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Cities are changing, are you? Huq’s geo-data reveals the impact of Covid-19 on population density in #London over the last 11 months. Read the full story here: https://t.co/LlmiOQu8zs

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Very insightful article in the Financial Times looking at rates of returning to the workplace using data from @huq_industries and @growthintel. The industry-by-industry breakdown aligns closely with #B2C vs #B2B companies. Read it here: https://t.co/DNDQv92joF #wfh2020 #covid19

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Mobility data from @huq_industries highlights the correlation between movement and new cases in Paris and London. It's stark. Read here: https://t.co/gNdG5DCg6i #mobility #Covid19UK #secondwave

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Huq’s European Big-6 Industrials Index reveals a ride for Defence this year. Starting out at 138pts over 2019 levels, lockdown saw activity hit 50pts. Sharp rebound in May to 125pts precedes a trend closer to 2019.

Read on: https://t.co/T4e3iEMBGu

#altdata #industrials #europe

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

Office attendance in the UK and US tracking at ~half that of France and Spain in the last few weeks. Neat GDP correlation - and correlates to cases too. Read on here: https://t.co/indIVD9BzB

#returntowork #COVID19 #altdata @thedailyshot

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

The UK's Residential Construction industry sees activity levels steady at around 50% of pre-Covid levels following a rapid rebound from lockdown in late April, according to a new indicator published today by @huq_industries. Read it here - https://t.co/OEA8Ld4ZIU

[Roger Levett @RogerLevett]

Return to the high street? As part of the @HighStreetsTF, @PwC_UK has been investigating the pace and shape of #highstreet recovery across different towns and cities. Read our five lessons from early analysis of @huq_industries data: https://t.co/TOBenYJI3d

[Mitchell Fraser-Jones @Mitchell_FJ]

Interesting chart from @huq_industries putting the UK pubs & restaurant sector recovery into context. Muted initially and already reversing, activity remains a small fraction of pre-crisis levels.

Full article here: https://t.co/c1C5WdzUWY

#recovery #secondwave #uk #geodata

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

How about travel & tourism?

First, signs from @huq_industries that Europe’s Covid resurgence is hitting tourism hard.

For a hot second, Spain’s tourist numbers had recovered to normal, but with cases rising and restrictions reimposed they’re back down

Double-dips everywhere.

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

The Financial Times is using Huq's geo-location data alongside other #alternativedata providers including OpenTable, Google and Adzuna to chart the course of economic recovery from #covid19 https://t.co/XeFA8icLfS

[Huq Industries @huq_industries]

In the @FinancialTimes: UCL researchers uses Huq’s Geo-data to measure movement activity across UK regions during lockdown. #geodata #covid19 https://t.co/S17etWoBcl