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Portals are not enough for Property Managers. People make the difference

25 July 2022

How does being an RICS member and an RICS Regulated Firm help PropTech firms? What is a property portal and how does it help all stakeholders manage properties more effectively? How can data be turned into information to help people make better property management decisions? How can data balance the drive for ESG and getting the workforce back into the workplace?

Howard Bottomley and Carol Shields speak with Andrew Knight on these topics as they discuss how property portals can combine and integrate multiple data sources to support smarter property management.

More information regarding the Tech Partner Programme and our partner TAP can be found here

RICS Tech Partner Programme talk with TAP

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