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  • Workiz raises $40M on a surge of interest for productivity tools aimed at home service teams

    TechCrunch

    We may hear a lot about how big businesses are undergoing digital transformation, but the trend isn’t exclusively limited to them, and today a startup that’s building better productivity tools for a very offline part of the working world — home services professionals — is announcing a growth round on the heels of strong demand for its technology. Workiz — which provides tools to home services teams to help with scheduling appointments, estimating costs, invoicing for work and more — has raised …

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  • Tulip tower: Government rejects plans for London skyscraper

    BBC

    The Tulip skyscraper will not be built after a government panel found it to be “poor and unsympathetic to the historical context” of the capital. The 1,000ft (305m) tower was initially approved by the City of London Corporation, but the plans were rejected by London’s mayor. …

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  • Business Schools Respond to a Flood of Interest in E.S.G.

    New York Times

    As the number of jobs focused on environmental, social and governance issues grows, M.B.A. programs are updating their courses to meet demand from students and recruiters.

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  • 1 big thing: COVID has changed home design for good

    Axios

    The pandemic may be on the wane, but the appetite for homes where residents can each have their own space — and enjoy time indoors — will be a lingering legacy, Jennifer A. Kingson writes. Why it matters: Builders, architects and interior designers are all adjusting to a new reality in which we spend more waking hours at home and don’t take for granted that household members will leave every day for work or school.

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  • Proptech’s latest SPAC: Brivo to go public in $800m merger

    Placetech

    The access control provider has announced a merger with Crown PropTech Acquisitions to become a publicly listed company valued at $808m.

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  • Proptech Hustles to Meet COVID-Driven Demand for Better Indoor Air

    Commercial Observer

    In their ongoing efforts to return workers to offices as COVID-19 wanes, companies and other organizations are pushing landlords and owners to improve indoor air quality (IAQ), with both sides engaging a wide range of proptech startups and more established companies to meet the demand.

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  • Companies Order Record Number of Robots Amid Labor Shortage

    Wall Street Journal

    Robotics orders by North American companies are on track for their biggest year, according to an industry group. Total robotics sales for the first nine months of the year were $1.48 billion, topping a previous record of $1.47 billion set over the same period in 2017, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3. Sales rose from $1.09 billion in the first nine months of last year.

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  • Industrious and BentallGreenOak Bringing New Coworking Location to Jersey City

    New Jersey Business Magazine

    Industrious, a provider of workspaces, has partnered with BentallGreenOak, a global real estate investment manager, to operate a new flexible workplace at Newport Tower, on Jersey City’s picturesque waterfront. The new flexible workplace will span 43,000 square feet on the tower’s third floor, and builds upon Industrious’ strong regional network of flexible workspace with over 340,000 square feet across Brooklyn, Manhattan and New Jersey.

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  • New report confirms that net zero is achievable for the built environment sector by 2050, but only with urgent government action

    UKGBC

    As global leaders convene at COP26 to discuss the role of the built environment in addressing climate change, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap for the UK Built Environment (The Roadmap) detailing the necessary actions government and industry must take to achieve net zero across the sector. The built environment is directly responsible for 25% of the total UK carbon footprint, and therefore has a critical role to play in the national transiti…

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  • Why logistics’ latest unicorn is ready to break the $10B barrier

    Freight Waves

    Retail is in the midst of a metamorphosis. The role of the physical store is changing as consumers explore options other than in-store shopping –– according to the National Retail Federation, more than half of retailers currently offer or plan to offer a ship-from-store option, and another two-thirds currently offer or plan to offer buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS). And then there’s e-commerce, which now accounts for about 15% of all retail sales….

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