Cushman & Wakefield launches accelerator with Plug & Play

Social media continues to disrupt the agency world, with TheHouseShop joining Zoopla and OnTheMarket in offering agents free property listings on Facebook.

Agency brokers and landlords will be able to use real-time market data to price their available space and lease negotiations, through the latest offering from VTS.

The Royal Town Planning Institute and digital planning pioneers Future Cities Catapult have jointly called on the planning profession to make bolder steps to embrace digital technology. 

The SaaS platform is developed to adhere to the principles of the ACPO digital evidence guidelines, and creates secure and tamper-proof data for the construction industry.

NearSt’s technology connects to any retailer’s point of sale system, and shows shoppers searching online who locally stocks what, and at what price.

The property bot, developed with EBI.AI, uses artificial intelligence and can be used to log problems such as a leaky tap or malfunctioning boiler, to book contractors, and to help tenants fix simple property problems.

A joint venture between Wardell Armstrong and GIA aims to provide a viable alternative to wind tunnels, using the VU.CITY 3D model.

Applicants are being asked to develop solutions relevant to rail that apply automated design to track layout, overhead line electrification, traction power supply systems, and signalling systems, and could win a share of up to £300,000.

Knight Frank's global capital markets division in London is conducting the initial testing of Proda's Artificial Intelligence-enabled data management software.