L&G breaks ground on UK’s first carbon neutral retirement village

Finnish construction technology firm GBuilder will use its fresh finance to accelerate into the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The leading legal adviser to technology and real estate has agreed a 12-month package of marketing and business development activity with PlaceTech.

Dutch modular specialist Jan Snel has launched in the UK after being acquired by Japanese housebuilder Daiwa House Group.

Meeting the challenge of climate change will require a holistic, integrated approach to city development, with sectors such as real estate working in cooperation with other industries, a report by the World Economic Forum has said.

Yardi announced over Christmas the acquisition of CommissionTrac, an Atlanta-based software company that provides revenue management software for commercial real estate companies, with a focus on commercial brokerages.

Reporting a host of new and repeat business wins, the company is now working with users including Taylor Woodrow, GMI Construction, McLaughlin & Harvey and Henry Boot Construction.

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

The Access Group, a £300m turnover software provider, has acquired construction specialist EasyBuild for an undisclosed sum.

Cornish Lithium, the mineral exploration and development company based in Cornwall, said it will now accelerate the Trelavour hard rock lithium project near St Austell following the successful production of nominal battery-grade lithium hydroxide.