Tech
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London on the hunt for tech entrepreneurs
London is already home to more than 40,000 digital technology businesses, but critics say it needs more tech entrepreneurs. How can the capital best attract them? Report by Mark Simmons
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Scotland takes the Smart Cities initiative
Scotland is charging ahead with its Smart Cities programme, seeded with £10m of EU funding, with high-quality fibre cabling, cashless public parking and even sensors in the city bins. And…
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What does the ‘smart cities’ agenda mean for London?
Smart cities will be the Next Big Thing in property – or so say pundits such as Harrington, whose day job is European research director for Colliers International.
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Hubble raises £1.2m in latest funding round
PropTech start-up Hubble has raised £1.2m in a funding round to build the world’s first digital commercial property advisor.
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The Avenue achieves Wired Certified Platinum
AshbyCapital and Exemplar’s new office and retail building, The Avenue, W1T, has achieved a Wired Certified Platinum rating for its connectivity, the highest available.
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Ex-IPD head and directors look to launch new ‘data warehouse’
IPD founder Rupert Nabarro is undertaking feasibility studies to set up a new “data warehouse” for the UK real estate industry, five years after he sold the property consultant to…
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intu Accelerate seeks start-ups
Shopping centre owner intu is on the hunt for start-ups to work with as part of its new innovation programme, intu Accelerate.
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Smart cities: five myths debunked
The IESE Business School’s 2017 Cities in Motion Index revealed good news for some of the world’s urban hubs but what really makes a city smart?
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Will the proptech market continue to boom?
Proptech is maturing into more than just a buzzword, but do the start-ups and the investors backing them think there is still growth in the market?
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London’s smartest buildings
From sensors that let you know when a meeting room is free to thermal imaging cameras that can detect a fever and tell you to leave work, buildings are growing…
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Smart buildings: the human deficit
EG’s resident tech columnist Antony Slumbers takes a look into whether real estate is really ready for smart buildings and how London’s proliferation of multi-tenanted buildings require a different outlook
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TECHTALK: Amazon Go, foul mouthed AIs and TAPing into property management
TECHTALK: deputy editor Samantha McClary talks to the founders of TAP about how the future of efficient building management lies in the palm of your hand