EY targets autistic recruits to boost AI work

Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of increasingly influential real estate support group, UK Green Building Council, will address delegates on how to embed ESG throughout the industry at the forthcoming property technology show, due to take place in April.

Divvy Homes, a company that seeks to make homeownership more accessible with its rent-to-own product, has appointed a Blackstone managing director as COO months after securing a $2bn valuation.

Strict limits on transferring personal data under GDPR could cause "damaging and costly" disruption to businesses, DLA Piper has warned as data protection fines rose sevenfold in 2021.

Real estate is “absolutely insufficiently prepared” for climate change risks, PropTech1 Ventures told PlaceTech as it closed its €50m inaugural fund with backing from an insurance investor.

The FTSE 100 landlord has made a strategic investment into Fifth Wall’s Climate Technology Fund in a move it hopes will help it achieve its ESG targets – and attract occupiers.

The company has partnered with software provider UiPath to provide staff with more reliable real estate analytics and cut the number of manual tasks they do.

The pandemic has triggered a surge in demand for workplace management tools, CBRE said as it snapped up tech services business Buildingi.

The world’s largest industrial landlord has hired Susan Uthayakumar as chief sustainability and energy officer.