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Podcasts / Connected Places Podcast

Episode: 71

In Conversation with Dan Labbad, CEO of the Crown Estate

Podcasts / Connected Places Podcast

Episode: 70

In Conversation with Andrew Barr, President of Hitachi Europe

Podcasts / Connected Places Podcast

Episode: 69

Highlights from the Connected Places Summit – 2025

Learn to lead in a digital twin future
Article

‘Who isn’t in the room?’ Public realm developers challenged to better understand communities

A panel of public realm experts underlined that better engagement is key to creating sustainable, flourishing places.
17 hours ago
Andrew Barr speaking on the Connected Places podcast
Article

Using digital systems to better understand asset performance

Data can unlock so much for transport providers and help make the case for future investment decisions, Hitachi President for EMEA, Andrew Barr told the Connected Places Podcast.
4 days ago
Graeme Craig speaking on the Connected Places podcast

Article / Transport land helping to shape housing in London

Event / i3P Talks with Jacobs

Article / Tale of two cities in boosting local growth through innovation

Article / Meet the innovator harnessing wind power from passing trains

Article / Taking a digital first approach to planning reform

Event / Clean Futures Accelerator – Black Country Open Day

Event / Procuring Innovation with Confidence: Workshop for Local Councils

Article / Maritime investor charts a course to financial success

News / New funding for green transport innovators in the West Midlands

Projects, opportunities

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Opportunity

Clean Futures Accelerator: Trial Opportunity for SMEs

Test and validate your clean technology with funding (up to £50,000) and expertise from Coventry University’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing.
2 weeks ago
Maritime transports
Opportunity

Transport Research and Innovation Grants 2025

Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) provide early-stage funding for innovations in science, engineering, or technology delivered by The Department for Transport’s (DfT) project delivery partner, Connected Places Catapult.
3 weeks ago
Project

Public Realm Innovation Initiative

Supporting innovation in public spaces—helping to create places that are more inclusive, sustainable, and commercially successful.
3 weeks ago
Project

DIATOMIC

DIATOMIC (Digital InnovAtion TransfOrMatIve Change) is designed to accelerate place-based innovation in the West Midlands, harnessing the region’s existing international relationships through a series of targeted initiatives.
3 weeks ago

Reports

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Report

Unlocking the Potential of Coastal Shipping for UK Freight

The UK’s freight system is dominated by road haulage, with around 80% of domestic goods moved by heavy goods vehicles.
17 hours ago
People at a train station looking at an electronic information board displaying train schedules at Bristol Temple Meads, while a few others head towards the ticket barriers.
Report

Researching Interchange at Bristol Temple Meads

Connected Places Catapult has worked with inclusive design agency Mima to better understand how passengers experience interchange at Bristol Temple Meads.
7 days ago
Report

Birmingham’s innovation diplomacy with Ulsan: A model for transnational collaboration

Birmingham City Council, supported by Connected Places Catapult, developed a new report capturing its pioneering journey in international city-to-city collaboration with Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
1 week ago
Report

Pathways to an outcomes-based public realm

This report, developed by the Real Estate Innovation programme at Connected Places Catapult and TreesAI, sets out a new way to plan and develop public spaces.
3 weeks ago

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