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Leeds College of Building Announces First Female Principal & CEO

Leeds College of Building (LCB) has announced Nikki Davis as the next Principal & CEO and the first woman to hold the post in the 60-year history...

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Transgender Woman Engineer Suffers Discrimination at Jaguar Land Rover

A transgender woman has successfully brought claims against Jaguar Land Rover, saying she had suffered abuse and a lack of support whilst working as...

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ACAS Shares Advice on Hybrid Working

ACAS has shared new advice for employers wanting to support hybrid working and execute it fairly. The pandemic has shown us that not everyone is...

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The UK’s Most LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employers – What Practical Steps Do They Take?

This Pride Month, we are looking at what practical tips businesses can learn from the best-performing organisations from the UK...

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Incoming CIBSE President Says Industry Must Prioritise Diversity

The Incoming President of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers spoke at length about the importance of diversity and...

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Willmott Dixon is UK’s Lead for Diversity in Poll

Willmott Dixon was the UK’s highest placed construction company in the FT’s annual list of the top European leaders for workplace...

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McAlpine's Flexes Muscles In Support Of Flexmakers Project

McAlpine's is supporting the Flex Appeal campaign and the launch of the Flexmakers project, which aims to explore flexible working solutions...

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Spruce Springclean Leads Band Of Great Trade Names

As we head in to the brighter future of 2020, ThisWeekinFM has teamed with a comparison site to identify some great trade names - and also discover a...

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Military Intelligence Disability-Smart

A range of organisations have been recognised for leading the way on positive change at the Disability-Smart 2019 Awards - and the secret is out, MI5...

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Jobs Paying Less Than The Real Living Wage Drops To Seven-Year Low

Less than one-fifth (19%) of UK jobs now pay below the Real Living Wage (as defined by the Living Wage Foundation), with the latest estimate down from...

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Fighting Period Poverty

Washroom and hygiene services firm PHS Group will supply every school and college in England with period products in a bid to create period...

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ThisWeekinFM Spotlight Interview - Combined Technical Solutions

Combined Technical Solutions or CTS as the company is better known, delivers complete mechanical and electrical building services. The...

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Work Insecurity - Living Hours Campaign Launched

The Living Wage Foundation has launched Living Hours, a new programme to tackle the widespread insecurity many 'employees' suffer over hours...

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Taking The P*** - The Decline Of The Great British Public Toilet

Increasing pressures on local authority budgets has led to the privatisation or closure of many public toilets, leading to an unjust burden on...

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Minimum Wage Cheating Is On The Rise

A new report from the Low Pay Commission has found that the number of people paid less than the statutory minimum wage in the UK increased in 2018....

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RICS Quals Earn The Big Bucks & Gender Pay Gap Closing

A 39% higher salary – that's the effect a RICS qualification has on average pay in the real estate and built environment sector says our...

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Women In FM - Time for An Honest Conversation

Rhiannon Vaughan-Jones says it really is time to have an honest and constructive, conversation around diversity and inclusion. There is no doubt...

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MP Full Of Wind As Offshore Revolution Goes Offshore

An offshore wind energy 'revolution' is to provide a third of all UK electricity by 2030 but the contracts to fabricate turbines are likely to...

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Gender Balance For A Better Business

Friday March 8 was International Women's Day 2019 with a campaign theme #BalanceforBetter - let's build a gender-balanced world. FM...

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Gender Pay Gap Closes In Property & FM

The gender pay gap has closed in the real estate and built environment sector according to the latest RICS and Macdonald & Company Rewards and...

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Heading Down A Different Path Towards Diversity

CEOs from 32 of the country’s leading energy and utilities employers have launched a Sector Inclusion Commitment - a long-term commitment to...

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Elimination Confusion And Aiming For Inclusion

Sodexo is opening the minds of directors to disability inclusion while other FM companies are employing technology and standards to make their work a...

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Is The Tide Changing For Women In Security?

When Meghan Markle was made Duchess of Windsor, her decision to assign a female head of security received particularly close press attention. But...

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Disabled Access Recommendations - Government Responds

It has taken the Government a little under a year to publish its response to the 'Building for Equality, Disability and the Built Environment'...

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Challenging For Disabled Employment

Amey has partnered with the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative in an effort to tackle the challenges facing disabled people in the workplace....

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Doc M Packs to Simplify Specification Process

Armitage Shanks has launched new Doc M packs which make it easier for specifiers and building managers to ensure their facilities fulfil Part M of the...

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Sacked for Having Cancer - Landmark Case Deems All Cancers A Disability

Workplace disability discrimination protection for cancer victims has been widened as a result of a landmark legal case which will now ensure that...

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Government Takes Action To Tackle Domestic Abuse

The government has launched a consultation on domestic abuse, seeking new laws and stronger powers to protect and support survivors. Domestic abuse...

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School’s The Key To More Women Surveyors

Charlotte Williams has urged schools to do more to make young women aware of surveying as a career. For International Women’s Day...

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International Women’s Day - March 8 Gig For Slowikowska

Monika Slowikowska, the Golden Houses Developments director is to speak at the Women in Construction Summit. Slowikowska is one of the most...

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Procuring Smarter & Women Who Inspire...PLUS

BIFM offers to assist government to procure smarter; Women Who Inspire Awards launched; Kier wins The Office Group contract; EMCOR becomes a Leesman...

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Did You Hear About Paul - An Equality Inspiration

Paul Sony, a security officer, has received the ‘Highly Commended’ award for Most Inspirational Individual on Equality in the GMB or at...

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Maxing-Out On Gender Equality

Engineering firm Max Fordham has been named‘Inclusion and Diversity Champion’ at the Consultancy and Engineering Awards. Hosted by the...

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Women in the Workplace - Top 50

Sodexo has been recognised for its leadership on workplace gender equality by being named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2017. The Times...

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Think Differently - be Disability Confident

Mitie’s property management business has been awarded the Disability Confident employer accreditation. Developed by employers and...

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HSE Becomes Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government led scheme to help employers make the most of the opportunities provided by employing disabled people. It aims...

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Sexist Heels to Get Stamped On

The Petitions Committee and Women and Equalities Committee have published their report 'High heels and workplace dress codes', revealing the...

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Old Hands Take Fight Against Stingy Employers

A group of employees are considering legal action against Tesco over a decision to cut their wages for working at weekends, bank holidays and nights....

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Glad to Be Gay - the UK's Number One

Stonewall has published its Top 100 Employers 2015 that displays the UK’s best employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff. Nottinghamshire...

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Human Rights - Cleaners Report Abuse in the UK

An examination by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published at 00.01am this morning, has revealed that some employers in the...

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Human Rights - Cleaners Report Abuse in the UK

An examination by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published at 00.01am this morning, has revealed that some employers in the...

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Building Futures Group Reacts to Invisible Workforce Report

In light of the recent Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Report, ‘The Invisible Workforce: Employment Practices in the Cleaning...

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A Stonewall Argument - Help End Discrimination

As Stonewall launches new guidance to help businesses promote global equality, ThisWeekinFM takes the opportunity to look back at the...

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Scope for Halving the Disability Employment Gap

The national charity for the disabled, Scope, has published a report calling for more action to narrow the gap between them and the rest of the...

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Keeping-Up with Accessibility

Research shows 250,000 people, including those with profound and multiple learning disabilities and a range of other physical disabilities, cannot use...

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