Leesman: 4 crisis areas facing employers in lockdown

Eindhoven, Manchester, Tallinn and Vilnius have been named Europe’s rising stars in the global tech city big league, according to research by Savills.

Tamsin Forbes, a data scientist at the Department for Transport, explains how she has used OS data to support infrastructure planning for electric vehicle charge points.

There was a $30bn investment into the data centre sector during the first half of 2020, despite the impact of Covid-19, according to research by Knight Frank and DC Byte.

Intensifying cost escalation, trade and labour shortages, and occupiers in flux are causing investment risks that have put the shakes into the global property development industry.

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.

Wearable technology, such as smart helmets and smart watches, is increasingly being adopted by the usually traditional construction industry, as it looks to improve the safety of workers and quickly identify site risks, a report states.

Global property technology company, Equiem, has published the results of its most comprehensive global office occupier survey to date, providing landlords and tenants alike with valuable insights into occupier sentiment amid Covid-19.

Findings from 5,000 respondents to a global survey by Colliers International have painted a detailed picture of the productivity of workers during lockdown and the implications of extended working from home on companies and staff.

For property managers the lockdown has shone a light on the way we use technology as never before and raised the importance of cleaning up data sharing, according to a report by the Institute of Residential Property Management.