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Smart procurement is key to support Government growth plans
Using new procurement rules to implement the ambitious investment agenda set out in the King's Speech will boost the kind of innovation and growth the UK needs.
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Meet the Academic championing more material reuse
Researcher Luis Torres-Retamal is exploring how procurement can be used as a lever for public organisations to adopt sustainable principles in construction and transport, and how a shift in company behaviours may help develop the circular economy.
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National Highways: the need for innovation has never been greater
Tier ones and innovators gather to focus on National Highways’ innovation priorities across decarbonisation and customers’ experience.
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Meet the Innovator interrogating words to help improve transport services
Ruth Erdal started her career writing punchy copy for books and brochures, and now promotes technology that identifies key phrases in spoken and written text to help transport clients better understand how their customers are feeling.
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Zero Emission HGV infrastructure: how can we ensure safe deployment?
Ensuring safe electric charging and hydrogen refuelling could represent barriers to the transition of road freight towards net zero. Essential competencies are needed to develop best practices.
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Meet the Academic focusing on the accessibility of our streets
Arun Ulahannan of Coventry University is leading a project to improve the design of streets to accommodate future mobility, with support from Connected Places Catapult.
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Glasgow showcase explores digital twins’ expanding role at airports
Sector specialists and small firms come together to demonstrate their latest technologies.
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Putting passengers at the heart of the airport experience
Deaf travellers are helping to shape trials of new accessibility technology at Glasgow Airport, in partnership with Connected Places Catapult.