Planon acquires Real Estate software company control.IT

Planon acquires Real Estate software company control.IT

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commercial propertyPlanon has announced its acquisition of control.IT Unternehmensberatung GmbH, a software company specialising in real estate (RE) asset and portfolio management in the DACH region with its SaaS products bison.box and CollaborationApp. The acquisition also includes control.IT subsidiaries easol GmbH and Synapplix GmbH. Based in Bremen, control.IT has supported the German real estate sector for more than 27 years, servicing users across the world. Its products and technological expertise are complementary to those of Planon and its subsidiaries Reasult and COOR. control.IT’s bison.box software suite supports more than 100 companies with more than 5,000 users managing approx. EUR 600 billion of assets worldwide. More →

Routes to Greater Sustainability event brings office furniture sector together to talk climate change

Routes to Greater Sustainability event brings office furniture sector together to talk climate change

by • Company news, Environment, Furniture

An inaugural conference - Routes to Greater Sustainability Industry Day - gave insight into how the UK furnishing industry is mitigating climate change and proved an outstanding successAn inaugural conference that gave insight into how the UK furnishing industry is mitigating climate change proved an outstanding success. The Routes to Greater Sustainability Industry Day was organised by The Furniture Makers’ Company in association with the British Furniture Confederation (BFC) and took place on Thursday 16 February at Furniture Makers’ Hall, London.

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Best of NeoCon 2023 awards submissions are now open 

Best of NeoCon 2023 awards submissions are now open 

by • Company news, Events

The organisers of NeoCon have announced that the submissions portal for the 2023 edition of the Best of NeoCon competition is now open. A NeoCon tradition since 1990, the competition garners hundreds of product entries each year as exhibitors vie for one of the Best of NeoCon awards. Now in its 33rd year, the program will recognise the best new products in 56 categories spanning a range of verticals including workplace, healthcare, hospitality,  and education sectors. New for 2023, entries will be considered for a Business Impact Award, in addition to honours for Gold, Silver, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Best of Competition. More →

FUTURE Designs to showcase carbon careful at Workspace Design Show

FUTURE Designs to showcase carbon careful at Workspace Design Show

by • Company news, Environment, Lighting

FUTURE Designs will highlight the Carbon Careful Initiative during the upcoming Workspace Design Show

FUTURE Designs will highlight the Carbon Careful Initiative during the upcoming Workspace Design Show, demonstrating its expertise and commitment to the refurbishment and reuse of existing luminaire carcasses to increase the sustainability of commercial premises. Find out more about the FUTURE Designs Carbon Careful Initiative at stand GB45 at the Workspace Design Show 27-28th February at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London. More →

What to expect at next week’s Workspace Design Show

What to expect at next week’s Workspace Design Show

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With only a few days until The Workspace Design Show returns to London’s Business Design Centre, on 27-28 February 2023, here is a taste of what to expec With only a few days until The Workspace Design Show returns to London’s Business Design Centre, on 27-28 February 2023, here is a taste of what to expect. The show brings together striking features, a thought-provoking programme of talks featuring a whole host of speakers, from developers to architects and their blue-chip clients, along with accomplished exhibitors showcasing the latest workplace interiors innovations. All of this incredible content aligns perfectly with the show’s theme, Destination Workplace: Places Where People Want To Be. More →

Unlocking the digital frontier: hiring the next generation of tech talent

Unlocking the digital frontier: hiring the next generation of tech talent

by • Company news, Workplace

Any business that is looking to grow its consumer base or expand into new markets is likely to be relying on digital technology to a greater extent than ever before both in their operations and management. This also means that the world of employment, both for workers and enterprises, is necessarily evolving too. An inevitable consequence of this evolution has been that those for whom technology has been an essential part of their life and education — so-called digital natives — are in growing demand. More →

Evening Standard SME XPO celebrates new, small and growing businesses

Evening Standard SME XPO celebrates new, small and growing businesses

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Building on the success of its launch event, the Evening Standard’s SME XPO 25-26 April 2023 at ExCeL London, once again invites founders, entrepreneurs and business leaders to attend an action-filled two-day programme and exhibition connecting the scaleup community, a vital part of the UK economy. SME XPO has established itself as the UK’s leading event dedicated entirely to ambitious SME founders and decision-makers who are looking to scaleup. The event will appeal to a wide variety of industries from micro businesses to medium and large SMEs, welcoming 4000+ owners, showcasing over 60+ speakers. More →

New book aims to build connections in the building briefing process

New book aims to build connections in the building briefing process

by • Architecture, Company news

To help solve this conundrum in a new era, Juriaan van Meel and Kjersti Bjørkeng Størdal have updated their book Construction briefing: a practical guideMies van der Rohe once said: “An architect of ability should be able to tell a client what he wants. Most of the time a client never knows what he wants.” Not many clients will agree with these patronising words—nor, for that matter, will many architects. Yet, there is some truth in Mies’s statement in the sense that construction clients often have difficulty expressing what they want. To help solve this conundrum in a new era, Juriaan van Meel and Kjersti Bjørkeng Størdal have published their new book Construction briefing: a practical guide. More →

KI 800 Series storage defines spaces at award-winning Sunderland City Hall

KI 800 Series storage defines spaces at award-winning Sunderland City Hall

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As part of an ongoing £500m regeneration project for Sunderland City Centre, a new City Hall has been developed on the former Vaux brewery site on the River Wear. The brief from Sunderland City Council was to create a space that could incorporate various council departments while creating somewhere that provides opportunities to engage with the local community. This includes a multifunctional council chamber, customer service centre, and café, all of which are on the ground floor. Since its completion, the City Hall won a BCO Award and was also named ‘Best of the Best’ National & Regional winner – both in the ‘Corporate Workplace’ category. More →

Logovisual feature-packed mobile walls designed to divide and connect

Logovisual feature-packed mobile walls designed to divide and connect

by • Company news, Flexible working, Technology, Workplace design

The ThinkingWall Divider range from Logovisual is a collection of sleek, stable dividing mobile walls featuring web connected AV technology, drywipe surface and storageThe ThinkingWall Divider range from Logovisual is a collection of sleek, stable mobile dividing walls featuring web connected AV technology, drywipe surface and storage. The units are large enough to work alone or in pairs as a divider, but easy to move around to reconfigure space. Use ThinkingWall Dividers to split larger areas with no need for any floor or ceiling mounting. Create focus areas where teams can gather round the drywipe board without the need for a wall to mount to. The mobile walls are multi-functional, practical and fit perfectly with a modern hybrid work environment. More →

Bisley debuts at Stockholm Furniture Fair

Bisley debuts at Stockholm Furniture Fair

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Bisley is to present its first ever showcase at the Stockholm Furniture Fair (7-11 February 2023), illustrating the multitude of innovative ways in which the brand’s collections can support and enhance home working. Organised in four zones, the stand will focus on key products which tell the story of Bisley’s wide-ranging expertise in designing and manufacturing office furniture solutions, at home and in the workplace. More →

Siemens and Skyway collaborate to develop infrastructure to pave way for Vertiports

Siemens and Skyway collaborate to develop infrastructure to pave way for Vertiports

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Siemens and Skyway have reached an agreement to work together to determine the electrical and digital infrastructure needed to support vertiportsSiemens and Skyway have reached an agreement to work together to determine the electrical and digital infrastructure needed to support vertiport operations. Vertiports are hubs for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles such as air taxis and drones. The scope of collaboration involves both companies researching energy demands of vertiports and developing sustainable electrical supply, standard charging processes, and a “system of systems” to support aircraft operations. Innovation around vertiport infrastructure will be critical to the future scalability of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flight operations. More →

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