Enabling the smart cities of the future
We offer a range of consultancy services, backed by a world-leading Smart City testbed, showcase and other facilities, and we work with a wide network of technology and other partners to enable your Smart City vision to become a reality.
Smart City Consultancy (SMCCL) has over 10 years of Smart City project experience, and many decades of experience at a senior level working with corporate and SME businesses and is undertaking bid, project and event management activities across the UK.
About
Smart City Consultancy Limited was formed almost 10 years ago, specifically to address the opportunities we could foresee in the Smart Cities domain and we have been working at the forefront of this and related fields ever since, undertaking first-of-their kind projects and establishing ourselves as an industry leader in this space.
Our projects have included:
Working with the Open University on as part of an EU funded project to create, establish, launch and operate CityLabs, a place for SMEs to work with academic and industry experts to develop concepts into prototypes for new products and services in the digital economy, particularly focused on data driven and Internet of Things developments
End-to-end management of international events, such as SciRoc, establishing the inaugural SciRoc Smart Cities challenge within Milton Keynes in 2019 as part of an EU-funded Horizon project and delivering a hybrid event in Bologna in 2021 that, due to COVID-19 restrictions delivered competitions both on-site and virtually
Delivering the MK5G:Create project, a DCMS-funded designed to demonstrate how 5G connectivity could be deployed to deliver an enriched visitor experience in and around Stadium MK, home of the MK Dons; this work included the development of an advanced 5G network and other infrastructure and showcased how self-driving vehicles, robots and drones could be used in ground-breaking ways to fundamentally change the visitor experience
Today, we are focused on building on these and other activities to deliver transformational change in a variety of sectors, including intelligent transport, travel, hospitality, retail, healthcare and other settings.
Expertise
Working on behalf of a wide range of public- and private-sector clients in areas such as 5G communications, robotics, autonomous vehicle, drone and smart sensor technologies.
Drone operation
Autonomous vehicles
Control systems
Service robotics
Industries
Public-sector: we work with a number of public sector organisations to help them transform their services through adoption of the very latest Smart City technologies - this includes local government where we deliver intelligent transport solutions and hospitals where we are working to deploy robots to undertake everyday deliveries of medication and supplies
Equipment manufacturers: we work with equipment manufacturers to establish their brands within the UK, and grow their business in the areas of self-driving vehicles, robots and drones - helping the UK become a hub of innovation in the world of Smart City operations
Place-based innovations: we work with retail, hospitality and leisure organisations to deliver ground-breaking new solutions that enhance the visitor experience and simplify on-the-ground operations - we are deploying into shopping centres, stadiums, hotels and other private campus operations
Innovation, technology and research: we work with a range of academic partners and other research and technology organisations in order to bring new innovation to market and to downstream the very latest technologies into everyday operation
Academic institutions
Equipment manufacturers
Retail, hospitality & leisure
Public-sector
The Smart City Experience Centre
The Milton Keynes Smart City Experience Centre is a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to showcasing and advancing smart city technologies. The centre invites the public to experience firsthand how autonomous vehicles, drones, and robotics are poised to transform urban living.
Smart City Consultancy in the news
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Driverless bus trials to start in city
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Self-driving shuttles coming to Milton Keynes
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Driverless shuttle buses will be operating in Milton Keynes by next year, council announces
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Make it British: Supporting sovereign UK supply chain for connected and automated mobility
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UK’s first Smart City Experience Centre opens in Milton Keynes
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Driverless shuttle buses will be operating in Milton Keynes by next year, council announces
