PODCAST: James Onions, Paragon

It’s simple, really. Open your space, with your face. Well, at least that’s the dream of these two companies; innDex, an emerging leader in construction site digitisation and automation; and Touchbyte, a pioneer in facial recognition technology.

London-based electric vehicle infrastructure company, Connected Kerb, has secured £720,000 from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy as part of a consortium for a pioneering EV charging project, Agile Streets.

Paragon, one of the UK’s largest independent building and project management consultancies, has agreed a strategic partnership with proptech connectivity expert NODE.

Buildots, which tracks errors on site from hard hat-mounted cameras and processes them to a central dashboard, has raised significant funding from a group of investors.

The European construction tools group has entered into a partnership with prosthetics manufacturer Ottobock to develop exoskeletal systems, which “open new possibilities in terms of health protection and productivity” in the construction industry.

Developers will have the ability to provide high-speed fibre internet from multiple suppliers into existing buildings with its latest product launch.

NODE Technologies, the market leader in digital connectivity, has retained Haida, the innovative workspace investment manager, as the ambitious company looks to scale-up its operations and increase market share ahead of planned Series A capital raise.

Matterport has signed a global deal with Cushman & Wakefield which will enable the adviser to offer clients a turnkey solution to scan commercial properties in 3D across its footprint.

CBRE EMEA Research conducted a flash survey of over 250 occupier clients to assess the industry response to the COVID-19 outbreak.