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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

Transport innovators urged to better consider accessibility in their designs

Leading lights from recent cohorts of the Transport Research & Innovation Grants programme gathered in Leeds for a showcase event, which included a keynote address from accessibility champion James Lee.
4 days ago
Article

Spending Review 2025: Connected Places Catapult response 

In recent weeks there have been a flurry of announcements leading up to last week’s Spending Review. We are also expecting announcements that will build on these plans, such as the 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy and the Industrial Strategy 2035.
5 days ago

Article / Inaugural Heritage Investment Prospectus launched with Catapult support

A port scene shows cargo ships, trucks, and stacked containers. An airplane is flying overhead against a sunset sky, with city skyscrapers visible in the background.

News / New board to shape future of transport innovation

Article / Better Transport Week 2025: Driving Innovation to Connect Communities

Article / Meet the Academic backing hydrogen for a clean energy transition

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

Andrew Barr speaking on the Connected Places podcast

Article / Using digital systems to better understand asset performance

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

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.
4 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.
1 month ago
Project

Public Realm Innovation Initiative

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

Reports

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A large cargo ship is docked at a busy port terminal at sunset, with colorful shipping containers stacked on board. Industrial cranes are actively loading and unloading containers. To the right, a truck carrying a container drives along a road parallel to the port, symbolizing the integration of maritime and road transport in global logistics. The sky is painted in vivid hues of orange, pink, and purple.
Report

Zero Emission HGVs and Infrastructure: UK Investment and Export Potential

The transition to zero emission road freight presents an economic opportunity for the UK, with global demand expected to grow over the next decades.
3 days ago
Report

Zero Emission HGVs and Infrastructure: Safety and Security

As fossil fuels are phased out, we need to ensure that battery electric charging and hydrogen refuelling operations are safe.
2 weeks ago
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.
2 weeks ago
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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.
3 weeks ago

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