Travis Perkins has launched Connect, a Scope 3 carbon calculator that assigns CO2e values to more than 120,000 products by mapping material weights in tonnes and kilograms and using manufacturer EPDs or recognised industry datasets. The tool, designed by a CCF-led team under Phil Monkman, automatically converts delivery and invoice data into auditable, report-ready embodied carbon figures, replacing manual entry of up to 3,000 data points per month for some subcontractors. Roll-out across Travis Perkins, CCF, Keyline, BSS and Managed Services targets upcoming FCA disclosure rules from 2027–28, reducing reliance on estimates that can be up to 60% inaccurate.

Acquire Technology Solutions has linked its Envirosys 9.5 environmental compliance platform with its GIM Suite geological data management system, creating a single workflow for drill hole, monitoring and location records. Environmental teams can now pull borehole IDs, collar coordinates and monitoring point locations directly from GIM Suite into Envirosys, reducing manual duplication and reconciliation. For mine operators, this should cut reporting errors in groundwater, dust and discharge datasets that rely on accurate spatial and geological references.

Alchera has secured £2.7m in seed funding, including £2m led by Maven Capital Partners via the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund plus £700,000 from Innovate UK’s Investor Partnerships programme, to scale its AI platform for road operations and maintenance planning. The software ingests bus location, traffic signal, vehicle movement, weather and air quality data, using proprietary, patent-pending traffic modelling to cut transport analysis from weeks to seconds and provide 24‑month traffic flow forecasts for schemes such as M25 roadworks. In Lancashire it is already analysing over 300 junctions and 85,000 network links to diagnose bus performance issues and target investment.