Company description
LDC maintains a fantastically detailed and up-to-date database of UK business premises, covering over 90% of the population.
We employ a small army of researchers who visit each and every business on a 26 week update cycle.
LDC provides a wide range of products for the desktop, web and mobile arena as well as 3rd party data integration solutions.
A dedicated team of office researchers meticulously clean, amend and enhance every record & photograph.
Town Centre Intelligence offers compelling insight into a town centre, using
ground-breaking software and the most current retail data available in
the UK.
Statistics include vacancy rates, churn rates
and multiple/independent mix for over 650+ centres; and analysis of
every multiple in the UK across 1,300 centres.
Team
Our people are the foundation of our success and the key to our future.
Barnaby Oswald | Managing Director
Co-Founder
of LDC, Barnaby started the business in 2003 with his brother, Alex,
and leads the charge in LDC's ambition to both map the retail universe;
and maintain our record of doubling sales every year.
Alex Oswald | Commercial Director
As
a founding member of LDC, Alex has played a key role in the development
and vision of the company, right from the initial concept through to
the technology and innovative products available today.
Matthew Hopkinson | Business Development Director
Matthew
joined LDC in 2008 having previously been the UK Operations Director at
FOCUS and CoStar Group, a global provider of commercial real estate
information. He has been nicknamed ‘the whirlwind’ due to his
enthusiasm and drive to continually improve what we do.
Simon Devonshire | Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive
Director Simon Devonshire is currently Director of SME's at O2. He
previously worked at Yell - the UK’s leading directory publisher - and
has significant data, marketing and management experience and is expert
in branding and market development.
Mohammed Raja | Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive
Director Mohammed Raja has 16 years experience in the local information
space, having previously been Product Director at 192.com, Head of
Commercial Products at Ask.com, Head of Marketing at UpMyStreet,
Internet Product Manager at Thomson Directories and Managing Director
at ITV Local.
Business model
Competitive advantage
Matthew Hopkinson
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