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Law firm Freeths hosted a roundtable discussion to explore the gap between digital ambition and capability in real estate with Property Alliance Group, CBRE, Schroders, Glenbrook and more.

The startup, which uses machine learning to predict environmental impacts during engineering and operational works, has received funding from government initiative Innovate UK to work on the planned high speed railway.

Britain has become the first G7 country to set a legally binding target to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

The collaborative body will help London’s 32 boroughs to innovate and scale digital innovation across the capital.

The Norway-based AI startup, used by developers and architects to generate and analyse development designs, will use the $25m to accelerate the company’s roll out and grow product, engineering and commercial teams.

The online grocer is investing £17m into the emerging vertical farming sector as it continues to diversify its technology portfolio.

The UK-based robotics company, which has developed vehicles to remotely apply underfloor insulation, has raised £3m to fund the next stage of its growth.

One of the UK's largest housing associations has agreed to buy 750 modular units from Ilke Homes. Five hundred units will be used for sites Places for People already owns, and 250 for new schemes.

Tech is moving faster than a lot of industries can keep up - but why has real estate been so slow to disrupt and change? What route does property need to take in order to act on the unprecedented opportunities to engage in innovation?

The ways in which people are choosing to live are constantly changing. Alongside the housing supply shortage and increasing pressure from conscious consumers, residential developers are having to turn to new methods of construction and technologies to prevent being left behind.

Have you ever followed your recycling to see what happens to it? Many of us blissfully assume our plastic and paper are taken off to be turned into useful goods and put back into circulation.