Smart cities: how do the UK and South Korea compare?
South Korea is betting big on smart cities, and it’s showing up in the unlikeliest of places.
Boosting the profile of the UK autonomous vehicles sector
The 24th ITS World Congress, which moves around the world each year, is a major global event for all things related to the growing intelligent mobility sector – which covers everything from autonomous vehicles to smart cities and intelligent transportation …
Game changers: Sam Chapman
As part of our Game changers series we meet Dr Sam Chapman, who is on a journey to make the world of car insurance fairer using telematics and big data. Sam’s Sheffield-based company, The Floow, is spearheading the move into …
Connected cities – seeking new opportunities for global partnership
I arrived in India after an exciting few days at the Innovate 2016 event in Manchester, co-hosted by Innovate UK and the Department for International Trade. Cities of the future were an important theme of the event, showcasing UK innovation. …
Creating a blueprint for smart cities worldwide
CityVerve’s goal is to create a smarter city, and that means being smarter with how we collect and use data. Though CityVerve is technically only a few months old, life for Manchester’s demonstrator really began in August of 2015 when …
Connected Cities - how can a government trade mission change your business?
In 2016, Design for Social Change (D4SC) had been toying with the idea of expanding internationally with two of our products: Changify – a people powered decision-making platform for urban service providers to identify and priortise most pressing urban issues to …
Shaping Newcastle into a smart city
Major cities around the globe are currently struggling to cope with the need to: improve infrastructure deliver public services cope with changing demographics At the same time, it is widely recognised that cities can be the engines of future economic …
Growing the market for urban solutions
City focus Most of us either live in, work in, or visit cities regularly. They are engines of growth and by 2050, are expected to be home to 70% of the worlds population. With such rapid population growth, our cities …
Learnings and recommendations from Connected Cities Mission to ASEAN
We recently took 10 UK firms to Malaysia and Singapore, with UKTI, on an entrepreneur Connected Cities mission to help them find partners in the region. Here are their learnings and recommendations from the mission. Bronze Software Labs, Richard Howells Reasons …
Tips on doing business in South East Asia
Preparing for Connected Cities entrepreneur mission The 2016 Innovate UK/UKTI Connected Cities Mission got underway properly on Tuesday 23rd February with the International Readiness Workshop. We learned a lot of general tips about how to do business in South East …