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Anthony Walker Joins Topscan Board
Anthony Walker has joined the board of Topscan, a surveying, CAD and scanning company. Walker joins from PropTech specialist GoReport, and prior to that, he led the...
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One & Five Bank Street Named as One of London’s Most Sustainable Buildings
Canary Wharf Group has completed its first BREEAM Outstanding office development, One & Five Bank Street. The building achieved an overall score of 87 per cent,...
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Sewage Testing to Detect COVID Outbreak Begins
Sewage monitoring is being established in the UK as part of research into an advance warning system to detect new outbreaks of coronavirus. This is based on recent...
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Mitie Wins Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Award
Mitie has been accredited with the Gold Award on the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme. This comes after last year’s Silver Award and is...
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BESA to Collaborate with ThisWeekinFM
ThisWeekinFM has formed a strategic partnership with BESA, the voice of firms active within the building services and FM industry. Through this partnership, the...
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Mitie Appoints Integration Director to Support Interserve Merger
Mitie has today announced that Karen Thomas-Bland will take up a newly created role as Programme Integration Director for Mitie’s merger with Interserve’s...
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COVID-19
CICV Forum Animations Remind Construction Workers to be COVID-19 Smart
Using two animations, the Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum is calling on staff to persist in safeguarding colleagues by following physical distancing...
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Spotlight Interview – Daniel Hawkins | JLL
Daniel Hawkins has spent his career leading, delivering and developing commercial workplace operations and solutions. He is currently the EMEA Account Director for...
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ISS Launches Back to Work Catering Solution
ISS Food Services has launched Simply MADE to encourage the confidence to return to workplace restaurants. The scheme is a new take on ISS’ established MADE...
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Exclusive Contracts Appointed to Clean H&M Stores
Fashion retailer H&M has appointed Exclusive Contract Services to provide cleaning services to stores in the east and south-east of England. Exclusive Contracts...
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Has COVID-19 Impacted Corporate Social Responsibility?
Coronavirus may have forced businesses to review their social accountability, but has CSR in general taken a backseat throughout the pandemic? Prioritising CSR...
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FMs of the Future – The Skills Needed to Manage Home Workers
Making buildings safe, efficient and effective to meet the needs of the people working within them is the essence of an FM’s remit – but how useful is this...
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Digital Twin Technology and FM
Digital twins have been described as being able to provide “previously unthinkable” levels of operational control, asset performance management and...
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The Changing Landscape of Underfloor Heating and Smart Technology
A new guide shows that the role of smart control technology in creating sustainable space heating methods should not be underestimated. The built environment sector...
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Europcar Introduces Safety Programme
Europcar has put special measures in place to provide customers with a safe and flexible travel experience, as explained in a recent video. Their group-wide Safety...
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HSE Annual Figures Show Drop in Work-Related Fatal Accidents
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures for the number of work-related fatalities in 2019/20. The provisional annual data for...
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More Female Executives Means Greater Profit Margin, New Research Suggests
A new report suggests that profit margins are 10 times greater in firms where at least one-third of the executive committee are women, compared to those with less female...
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Thermal Temperature Monitoring Keeping Key Workers Safe
The ability to monitor employees’ temperatures using contactless technology is helping to keep essential industries operating safely through the COVID-19...
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British Land Continues to Prioritise Mixed-Use Real Estate in Annual Report
As part of their “Places People Prefer” approach, British Land plans to focus on developing their mixed-use offering, to drive demand for their...
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European Building Sector Policies “Not Enough” to Reach Zero Carbon by 2050
A roadmap of policies to deliver essential carbon reductions in the residential building sector by 2050 has been published. The report, released today by the European...
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Product Focus | How Can the Revolving Green Fund Help FM Teams?
Energy management initiatives are key in achieving long-term carbon reduction goals but, in the current economic climate, companies may struggle to find the capital...
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Finance Sector May Lead the Way in Shaping the New Normal for Employees
After the CEO of Barclays said the firm would look at a more “de-centralised approach to staff working”, the finance sector and beyond looks likely to...
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