Ex-Equiem BD + comms set up ‘proptech growth engine’

European property technology show, Propel by MIPIM 2020, previously known as MIPIM PropTech Europe, has been rescheduled to 14-15 September due to concerns related to the coronavirus.

The digital property marketplace has announced three new catalogues ahead of forthcoming online auctions in April, with a total reserve value of almost £30m.

FUTURE PropTech 2020, part of the CREtech real estate technology event series, has been rescheduled to 28-29 October, due to the coronavirus, and will continue to take place at Magazine London.

The opening drinks reception at this year’s FUTURE PropTech in London in May will be co-hosted by PlaceTech and essensys, the provider of mission critical software-as-a-service to the flexible workspace market.

Dublin clients already signed up include Irish Life Investment Managers, Kennedy Wilson, Round Hill Capital, Tristan Capital and Patrizia.

Six cities in Kenya and South Africa will test joint UK and African innovations as part of a government-funded initiative to explore the potential of the African market.

Include has opened its first office overseas with the ambition of becoming the UK's biggest supplier within five years.

Elderly and the future of housing technology is a hot market that developers of all shapes and size are considering. A balance is needed between the necessity of the warm personal care to cancel out the cold progression of technology. ENGIE UK’s retirement solutions director Paula Broadbent writes.

The publicly listed provider of software platforms to the flexible workspace industry has appointed Elizabeth Sandler, ex-Blackstone, and Alexandra Notay of Places for People as independent non-executive directors, with immediate effect.