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Firms Fined For 'Catastrophic' Fire Failings
Three companies have been ordered to pay fines totalling £670,000 after admitting fire safety failings at a building used for student accommodation in...
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Facilicom UK Launches New Helpdesk Portal For Clients
Facilicom UK has launched a new online helpdesk portal to enable customers and cleaning operatives to work harmoniously together. The contract cleaning and services...
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Points-Based System Will Limit FM Labour Force Entering UK
The Home Office has today announced the introduction of its new points-based immigration system, potentially affecting many employees across FM soft service...
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What Do The Bosses Know? What Do They Need To Know?
What data does your boss collect about you? Half of us don’t know – and don't know what it is used for – according to new research from...
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ISS Facility Services Malware Attack
ISS, a leading provider of facility services, was the target of a malware attack, meaning all group websites are currently down. ISS employees, including 4,000 in the...
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The Lunch Bunch – Chef Pair Take SCOTYs
Two Atalian Servest chefs have each won regional School Chef of the Year (SCOTY) awards in the West Midlands and the South West. The pair work in Atalian's...
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Facilities Management
Businesses Step Up Coronavirus Contingency Planning
UK businesses are preparing for immediate action and contingency planning in the event of a widespread UK outbreak of the COVID-19 Virus. On 30 January, the World...
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Manchester Cleaning Show – Conference Programme Announced
Organisers at the Manchester Cleaning Show 2020 have unveiled a free conference programme – one of the main attractions at the Event City show 25-26 March. A...
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Solar Solution to Ease Pressure of Climate Change
A company best known for its pressure washers in the UK has taken a huge step in increasing environmental performance by deploying 967 solar panels on its HQ...
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Looking Beyond Traditional Ways To Recruit
Facilicom's managing director, Jan Hein Hemke is opinionated when it comes to the issue of apprentices and the need to look beyond the traditional routes to...
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A Big Change In Gritting Services as Facilities Worker App Doubles Productivity
AA Salt used to spread their gritting service operators around by paper and phone – now the firm has doubled productivity with the introduction of a mobile...
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Pioneers Pave Way To Sheffield University
The Concourse, the public realm regeneration project that connects buildings at Sheffield University, has seen a 'pioneering' paving upgrade that includes...
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Europcar Mobility Group chosen as ‘lead partner'
Following the recent appointment of Rentalcars.com as the exclusive online car rental provider to Ryanair for the next three years, Europcar Mobility Group has been...
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Global Warming Could Fuel Legionnaires’ Disease Cases
Britain is facing a huge increase in Legionnaires’ disease fuelled by climate change, two water hygiene experts have warned. Water hygiene engineer Joe Finn and...
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Unsafe Working Environments In The IT Industry Risk People’s Health
Problematic factory conditions, including excessive working hours, forced labour and discrimination continue to risk workers’ health in the IT industry, according...
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Flood Risk Checklist Essential For Business Planning
Do you know if your business is at risk from flooding? If it is, then you need to create a business flood plan - and perhaps start looking at products that can protect...
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Survey Reveals Smart Building Spending Plans And Tech Priorities For 2020
Independent research firm Verdantix has released its annual global survey of 304 real estate occupiers across 16 geographies and 18 industries. The survey focusses on...
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Theatre Production Goes To Plan
The Royal Hallamshire Hospital now has four new state of the art operating theatres. NG Bailey completed the £3 million services element of the project. The...
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Merton Council – Why We Chose AI to Cut Energy Waste
The London borough of Merton has identified energy waste valued at £25,000 using a new artificial intelligence tool. The council turned to AI to make sense...
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What Are You Doing To Welcome The Most Agile Working Generation Yet?
In this guest post, Luis De Souza provides some interesting insights on accommodating Generation Z into the workplace. De Souza is the CEO of NFS Technology Group,...
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