Public procurement and regional growth: what supply chain data reveals
This new IPEC research explores these hidden supply chains to understand how public procurement supports regional growth, SME participation and economic resilience.
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HMGCC Co-Creation: Mobile mimicry using AI
Can you build an AI agent that behaves like a normal phone user to make testing easier and faster?
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Meet the innovator striding forward with walking deliveries
Joey Grigg and colleagues from Osta Studios have designed a walking delivery cart to transform last mile logistics, with support from the Transport Research and Innovation Grants programme.
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New tech funding gives UK aviation security a lift
Nine high-potential UK businesses will be developing smart airport technologies to enhance security screening at UK airports through the High Assurance Detection Systems (HADeS) 2026 programme.
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Towards a measurement framework for innovation procurement
A framework for tracking whether public procurement is becoming more innovation-oriented, where innovation-supporting practices are emerging, and whether these are associated with measurable innovation outcomes.
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Türkiye champions digital construction techniques with new regulations
The country’s construction industry has reached a significant milestone as new regulations introduce requirements for the use of digital construction techniques, including Building Information Modelling (BIM), on Turkish projects.
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Helping blind people navigate stations with technology
WeWALK is to showcase its Smart Cane and assistance system for visually impaired persons at InnoTrans in Germany, alongside Connected Places Catapult.
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Demonstrating the potential of hydrogen-powered airport GSE operations
Discover a shared vision for Information Management, developed with the Department for Transport and informed by lessons from Norway.
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HMGCC Co-Creation: Tracking a data footprint
The latest HMGCC Co-Creation challenge is seeking a mobile app which can help a phone user monitor this data over time.
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Cracking the productivity challenge in infrastructure
Collaboration and new thinking encouraged by i3P – the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership – are helping major project clients improve productivity.
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Making journeys smoother with personalised instructions
Journey Alerts will showcase its passenger assistance technology at the InnoTrans event in Berlin, after joining a Station Innovation Zone scale-up accelerator programme delivered by Connected Places Catapult.
