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InsightTechnology holds the key to safer offices
Government guidelines advising a return to working from home (WFH), issued as many companies were starting to bring staff back into the office, were met with disappointment by the property industry, hospitality firms serving business districts and workers, many of whom are fed up with remote working.
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Insight
Weaker companies will fail unless they embrace tech
In my last column, in May, I looked at how tech adoption might change as a consequence of the current pandemic . In hindsight, I was perhaps too optimistic.
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Online
Tech will underpin PBSA flex appeal
Editor: It is encouraging to see PBSA adopting more flexible leasing arrangements in order to accommodate different course lengths and formats and address the increased uncertainty surrounding the pandemic .
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Professional
The importance of workplace technology
Organisations have a dilemma on their hands. Workplaces are close to empty and there is too much costly unused office space going to waste.
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News
Dublin mulls future as Google walks away from office deal
Although the tech giant has turned its back on a major deal at Silicon Docks, there is still reason for optimism.
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News
Evotec takes an additional 17,000 sq ft at Milton Park
Drug research company Evotec has taken an additional 17,000 sq ft of office and laboratory space at Milton Park to bring its total occupation to 193,000 sq ft.
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Online
Google pulls out of 200,000 sq ft Dublin office deal
Google has walked away from plans to take just over 200,000 sq ft of office space at the Sorting Office in Dublin’s docklands.
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Insight
Freeths think tank: will tech change the way we work?
Earlier this summer, Property Week in association with Freeths hosted a virtual roundtable to discuss the findings of the fourth annual Power of Proptech survey and look at the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the digital transformation of the property industry.
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Insight
From Hong Kong island to Ireland?
Hong Kong billionaire Ivan Ko has set his sights on Ireland as the location for ‘Nextpolis’, an autonomous city for displaced Hong Kongers. Noella Pio Kivlehan sizes up the proposal and asks how realistic it is.
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Markets
Cheltenham bets on cyber site
Cheltenham Borough Council is looking for a partner to develop a 500-acre Golden Valley scheme.
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Online
University of Oxford given green light for new college
The University of Oxford has received planning permission for a new graduate college, which will see the regeneration of a number of historic sites. regeneration and listed status of Rueben College.
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Online
Increase in property viewings using virtual reality headsets
Lockdown has increased virtual reality headset use as more estate agents offer virtual viewings.
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Online
30 leaders from UK local and civic government sign manifesto that calls for more innovation
30 leaders from across UK local and civic government have signed a 10-point manifesto calling for more regional innovation to support the recovery from Covid-19.
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News
Tech company Validity leases office in Landid building
Landid has reached agreement with tech firm Validity to lease 8,500 sq ft in at The Charter Building in Uxbridge.
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Online
Smart Spaces to deliver Manchester’s first smart building
A leading smart-building operating system provider has been appointed to deliver Manchester’s first smart building.
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Markets
Is tokenisation set for take-off?
Or is the idea of turning property into tradeable tokens just a pipe dream?
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Markets
Facing up to the future
Some see facial recognition systems as the key to the future of building access, but there are cost and privacy concerns.
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Insight
Digital must pay its way
Shopkeepers in Britain have been brutalised by circumstance. The last 18 months have seen the feckless Theresa May government, the Brexit saga, the December 2019 general election and then, to top everything off, Covid-19.
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Insight
It’s time for buildings to get smart
Long gone are the days of cubicles and typewriters, smoke-filled offices and the nine-to-five.
