More the 200 experts from the industrial sector gathered at the prestigious BAFTA in Piccadilly for the third annual The London and South East Manufacturing, Industrial, and Logistics Conference (LAST MILE), again in partnership with Bridge Industrial and GLi.

LAST MILE brings together planning authorities, developers, contractors, architects, planning experts and agents, logistics and transport operators plus a variety of different occupiers to discuss the issues and challenges of plan and build for last mile and industrial development across London and the southeast.

The conference took place on 12 October at BAFTA London and was a wholly White Label-led event, where we secured speakers and set topics for keynotes and debates based on our discussions with industry leaders and sponsors.

Finding the venue, facilitating networking, hosting a breakfast, lunch, afternoon drinks reception and ensuring the smooth running of the day, was all part of the programme for the White Label team.

Topics included:

• An Identity Crisis – What places are we trying to create and what is the role of policy making and planning in logistics?
• Making It Fit For Purpose.
• Ultra-urban logistics.
• Creating a sustainable logistics pipeline for the future.

Speakers for 2023 include Trudy Revell, development director, KSP (representing GLi); Councillor Helen Dennis, cabinet member for new homes and sustainable development, Southwark Council; Paul Hanley, director, Graftongate; Chris Davies, founder of Harvest London and Chris Smedley, chief executive of Landways.  Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe, delivered the closing keynote.

Companies attending include:

Amazon – Arax Properties – Avison Young – Barking & Dagenham – BAFTA – BeFirst – BE Design – Bloomberg – Bloom Developments – Bond Bryan – Bridge Industrial – Burrows Graham – Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport – CHP – Civic Engineering – Conamar Building Services – CoStar – Chichester Council – CILT – City of London Corp – Crossbay – Cross River Partnership – Croydon Council – David Lock Associates – Deliverymates – DPD – Ebbsleet DC – Evri – Fairhurst Group – Faster Britain – Firethorn Trust – Generation Logistics – Gleeds – Glencar Construction – GLi – GLP – Greater London Authority – Goodrich Consulting – Gowling – Harvest London – HDR Consulting – Hollis – Iceni Projects – IDM – Island Studios – Jefferson Sheard – Knight Frank – Knight Webb – KSP – Landways – LB Barnet – LB Brent – LB Ealing – LB Enfield – LB Harrow – LB Hammersmith & Fulham – LB Haringey – LB Hillingdon – LB Newham – LB Lambeth – LB Waltham Forest – Levy Real Estate – Link Engineering – Lockton – Lysander – Marbank Construction – MARK  – Magrock – Mills & Reeve – Mirastar – Mode Transport – Mountford Pigott – Montagu Evans – Neat Developments – Netflix – Newsteer – New West End Company – Newbridge Advisors – Ocado – Panattoni – Patrizia – Pexhurst – Portsmouth Council – Planet First – Prologis -RSK – RD Content – Royal Docks – Savills – SEC Newgate – SEGRO – Shurgard – SSG Contracts – Stephen George + Partners – TfL – Thurrock Council – TRC – Trigon – Turley – University College London – UPS – Valor Real Estate Partners – Vectos -Watts –  Wedlake Bell – West London Business – We Made That – Westminster Council  – WestTrans – WSP