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See the commercial projects forming early.

Cat A refurbishments, strip-outs, base-build and occupier fit-outs all start with a signal — a lease event, a planning application, a company outgrowing its space. Signal scores London office change so your pre-construction team can engage before the project is defined.

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Built for London · 155,100+ companies tracked · early access open
The problem

By the time it’s a tender, you’ve already lost.

Projects appear as tenders

By the time it’s a tender, the scope and the shortlist are largely set.

Planning data is noisy

Thousands of applications — few signals about which become live projects soon.

Early engagement wins

Reaching the decision-maker before the project is scoped shapes the work in your favour.

The signals that matter for you

What Signal watches on your behalf.

01

Planning applications on office stock

The forming project, on the record. Occupier applications become Cat B works; landlord applications become strip-out and Cat A cycles.

02

EPC pressure (MEES)

Stock below the letting threshold must be upgraded before re-letting. A dated, visible pipeline of compliance-driven refurbishment most pre-con teams never systematise.

03

Occupier lease events

Every departure is a landlord decision: refurbish or reposition. Watching occupier clocks shows you the Cat A pipeline before agents market the void.

04

Occupier growth

Growing occupiers generate Cat B projects — directly, or via the D&B firms who will need a delivery partner.

How Signal helps

The early, scored shortlist — for your patch.

01

Spot

We track the public records that come before an office change — lease events, planning, filings and growth — across London.

02

Score

Each company is ranked by how strong, recent and combined its signals are, and tuned to your sectors, areas and size.

03

Act

You get a short list — companies, ranked, with why and when to call — so you arrive while they’re still deciding.

We speak your language

Cat A works · commercial refurbishment · office strip-out · base build · commercial construction London · pre-construction leads

A worked example · illustrative — the pattern, not a client
The company

A 1990s office building where the anchor occupier’s lease expires in 15 months and the EPC sits below the lettable line.

What Signal sees

Signal shows the occupier’s move signals strengthening — which means a strip-out, upgrade and Cat A decision is forming on the landlord side.

Your play

Your pre-construction team opens the conversation about phasing and compliance scope before the vacancy exists. When the occupier confirms departure, you’re the contractor who already understands the building.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

How do contractors find commercial projects before tender?+
Signal combines planning applications, lease events, filings and growth into a timed score per London company — so you can spot forming projects months before they’re tendered.
Does it cover landlord and occupier work?+
Both — the signals behind a Cat A refurbishment and an occupier’s Cat B fit-out are what Signal tracks and scores.
How do contractors get ahead of MEES-driven refurbishment?+
By cross-referencing EPC ratings with lease events: a poorly-rated building about to lose its occupier must be upgraded before re-letting. Signal watches both sides of that equation across London stock.
Is this occupier data or building data?+
Occupier-first — but occupier movement is what triggers building work. Signal reads the occupier signals (leases, growth, filings, planning) that tell you where projects are forming; your team takes it building-side from there.

See your market in motion — live.

Book a 20-minute demo and we’ll show you real London companies changing their office right now, on your patch.

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