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POD Management

Multiple wins at the ACE Awards 2026

POD was named winner of the Employee Training and Development Award at The Property Institute's ACE Awards, with Highly Commended recognition for Managing Agent of the Year and Outstanding Customer Service.

UK Property Newsdesk
Jul 2026
Pi Labs

New white paper: The Self-Coordinating Site

The latest in Pi Labs' research series examining how autonomous coordination and AI are reshaping construction and the built environment.

Pi Labs Research
Jun 2026
Pi Labs

Leads $7m round in VerbaFlo

Pi Labs led a $7m raise for VerbaFlo, an AI platform for real estate, continuing its run of early stage deals in applied AI for the built world.

Tech.eu
Mar 2026
Pi Labs

Leads €7.8m seed round in Companion.energy

Pi Labs co-led the seed financing of Companion.energy alongside Realyze Ventures, backing energy intelligence for the built environment.

The SaaS News
2026
Beaumont Bailey

Transatlantic expansion with a New York office

The firm now operates from offices in London and New York, extending its executive search and leadership consulting practice across the real estate, infrastructure and industrial sectors into the US market.

Beaumont Bailey
2026
ÆRA Capital

Launch of a Nordic real estate credit platform with €50m backing

ÆRA launched its alternative real estate financing platform out of Oslo and London, backed by €50m of initial funding from a consortium of global investors to serve borrowers across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

ÆRA Capital
Mar 2025
Hertford Birch

Launch of a specialist energy commercialisation consultancy

Co-founded by Richard Price and Ben Smith and backed by Spire, Hertford Birch launched to help landlords and operators commercialise power across their assets, and is instructed on EV charging and private network mandates for institutional landlords and REITs.

Retail Destination
Mar 2025

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