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Leading regions and high-potential SMEs out in force for smart cities expo

Barcelona welcomed delegates to Europe’s largest urban innovation exhibition, Smart City Expo World Congress 2025, and Connected Places Catapult hosted partners at the UK Pavilion, packed with forward-thinking place leaders and high-potential businesses.

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Transforming UK public procurement in the post-Brexit era

Public procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 aims to drive innovation and social value through flexible, strategic practices. This brief outlines key lessons for effective implementation.

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Flying boat promises cleaner and smoother passenger journeys

Less energy will be required to propel a ferry through rough seas using technology that lifts a vessel out of the water at high speed.

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Meet the academic matchmaking researchers with industry

Dr Kristina Parry heads up the Innovation Launchpad Network+ to bring leading minds closer to the Catapult Network.

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Drone solutions provider powering infrastructure inspection secures major contract and investment

Autonomous aerial solutions specialist sees.ai – a participant in Connected Places Catapult’s Drone Pathfinder programme – has won a contract with National Grid to autonomously inspect live power lines, and has just raised £3.65m in venture capital to further develop its technology.

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Strategic development of data sharing infrastructure urged to help unlock UK growth

Leaders from Government, industry and academia came together at a roundtable in Westminster in October convened by Connected Places Catapult.

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Eight West Midlands innovators join digital transformation programme

Innovative businesses in the West Midlands will receive tailored support to trial their technologies and solve regional challenges.

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Search begins with DfT for AI innovators to make transport systems smarter

Up to 25 innovators will be selected to develop proposals that use AI technology to improve transport in the UK.

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Smarter Transport Systems AI Competition

The Department for Transport (DfT), in collaboration with Connected Places Catapult, is seeking innovative AI solutions that can revolutionise transport, delivering faster, cleaner, and more affordable journeys for everyone.

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Meet the innovator mapping safer bike routes through cities

French entrepreneur Garance Locatelli is making city cycle networks easier to navigate with a subway-inspired wayfinding system.

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Digital Construction Exports Group (DCEG)

The Digital Construction Exports Group (DCEG) was formed to promote the UK’s excellence in digital construction to maximise the UK’s export opportunity, estimated to be worth £11.5bn , to the infrastructure sector by leveraging its digital leadership.

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HMGCC Co-Creation: Novel counter drone and ground station solutions

HMGCC Co-Creation is launching a 12-week challenge to find organisations able to develop a small, low-power, low-cost network monitor to improve observability and allow network packet modification for penetration testing.