Skanska Romania adopts office showcasing platform Bright Spaces

Over the last three months, recruitment for tech jobs has quickly recovered from the inevitable slump during lockdown. In fact, according to Tech Nation’s new Jobs and Skills Report 2020, the number of advertised tech job vacancies increased by 36% between June and August. Only the healthcare sector recruited for more jobs in this period, suggesting that tech jobs and skills continue to be a high national priority even as recession hits.

Experts from across the industry came together to discuss the future of the workplace at the event, sponsored by Mills & Reeve, Mallcomm, Node and Bruntwood Works.

The leading real estate technology for creating engaged communities and well-managed places will lever PlaceTech’s global reach to deliver its ambitious growth plan.

spaceOS has announced a new capital raise totalling €2.5m. The latest funding comes after Austrian commercial real estate group Immofinanz took a €2m stake in spaceOS, further strengthening the firms’ partnership, following a deal in December to roll-out the spaceOS platform across the group’s entire portfolio. Existing investors BeyondBuild also contributed an additional €500,000 to this funding round.

When Guy Windsor-Lewis founded his business in 2005, his vision was to digitally transform an industry that was typically prone to old fashioned and outdated processes.

Speakers from Hydrock, Bruntwood Works, Node, Legal & General and more will discuss the trends reshaping the office sector at PlaceTech’s next event on 3 September.

The end-to-end operating system for commercial office buildings, announced that it has extended the capabilities of its tenant experience technology to help commercial real estate owners facilitate a safe return to work amidst the global pandemic through two new features within its app.

The continuing migration to flexible office space underlined a resilient performance during the past year with the specialist management software provider’s US business showing year-on-year recurring revenue increasing 43% to £8.0m from £5.6m in 2019.

The build-to-rent developer, operator and owner has announced a partnership with technology provider Utopi to build a complete digital infrastructure and optimise smart building technology across its development portfolio.

The international independent real estate consultant is offering to facilitate remote transactions, asset management and building data capture, sharing and analysis.

Legal & General has launched a commercial leasing framework for retail and leisure occupiers, with an initial focus on turnover rent options.