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UK Construction Sector Workloads Rise
The construction industry in Britain is experiencing the most significant increase in its workload in five years, according to the latest RICS Global Construction...
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Mace Appoints New Regional FM Leads
Mace has announced the appointment of two new regional leads to its facilities management business, Operate. CEO for Operate Ross Abbate has announced new leads...
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DVLA Staff to Strike After Office COVID Safety Fears
There are to be four days of industrial action at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's Swansea offices, after a dispute regarding COVID safety and office...
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Eco Business Village Planned for Cambridgeshire
One of the UK’s greenest innovation business villages is being planned in Cambridgeshire, centred on landscape-led sustainability and low carbon...
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JLL to Relocate from Canary Wharf to Wood Wharf
JLL will take 38,000 sq ft at 20 Water Street, Wood Wharf to house its Docklands office. The global real estate adviser will relocate the teams currently based at...
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City's Square Mile Plans to be World's Most Sustainable Business Centre
A new report has unveiled City Corporation's action plan to make the Square Mile the world’s most innovative, inclusive and sustainable business...
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UK Workers Unsure on Returning to Office Without Vaccine
Around half of UK office workers feel confident about returning to work without a fully vaccinated workplace. Research shows that 80 per cent of UK office...
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BESA to Help Cut Red Tape for Contractors
The Building Engineering Services Association has become the first trade body to adopt a new industry agreed prequalification standard that promises to cut expensive and...
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Portfolio Secures Cleaning Contract with the IoD
Portfolio, the high specification cleaning service offered by the Churchill Group, has won a prestigious three-year cleaning contract with the Institute of...
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Spotlight Interview – Samantha West and Ryden Ravenwood | Supporting Transgender People in the Workplace
How can FM employers offer a more supportive environment for transgender people? We explore this with Samantha West, Commercial Director at VINCI Facilities and...
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Jones FM Acquires Funding From Thincats
Jones FM, the London-based facilities management company, has been supported with a share buyback funding package by finance provider...
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World Hand Hygiene Day – Only One in Five People Wash Their Hands Correctly
Research from a smart hand sanitiser technology company shows that just one in five people cleanse their hands correctly. Additionally, 33 per...
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Carbon Battle Bus to Tour UK for Net Zero Support
UK’s first "Carbon Battle Bus" announced to support all businesses in meeting net zero carbon targets. An ambitious Zero...
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MGS Enrols First Automatic Door Engineer Apprentices
MGS has appointed two apprentices through the new Apprenticeship Standard “Powered Pedestrian Door Installer and Servicer.” MGS, a UK-based aluminium...
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Digital Transformation Needed to Decarbonise
Major advances in energy sources, electric transport and heating will not be enough to reach net-zero by 2050, unless our cities and innovations are digitally...
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Restoring Our Cities – The Power of the Built Environment
Seeking reassurance from our physical environment is a natural human reaction – perhaps even more so during times of uncertainty. Mark Styles, Managing...
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EV Revolution – Battery Waste Left Behind?
The electric vehicle market is growing at such a rate that we must consider the after-life of their batteries, warn experts. In the race to net zero, lithium ion...
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Allergy Awareness Week - Optimising Indoor Air Quality for Hay Fever Sufferers
As allergy season gets underway, an indoor air quality monitoring company is introducing pollen level tracking to its app, to help employers learn how to make the...
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New Appointments in Facilities Management – April 2021
ISS and NG Bailey are amongst the organisations that welcomed new appointments this April. Here are some of the latest staff changes within facilities management and...
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Emotional Intelligence Training for the Security Industry Launches
The International Foundation for Protection Officers has announced a mental health training programme for the security industry this week, focussing on an empathetic...
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New London Architecture to Reside at Coal Drops Yard
New London Architecture has chosen Coal Drops Yard for its initial residency from 21 June. The organisation will be creating a space where its members, community...
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Willmott Dixon Named as Top Employer for Women
Willmott Dixon has again been listed by The Times as one of the UK’s Top 50 places to work for women. This is the construction and fit-out company's third...
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FMs Must Embrace IoT to Make Efficiency Savings
Facilities managers that don’t embrace IoT will be left behind in the race to optimise services and make efficiency savings, warns Shields Energy. Over 30...
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One Fifth of Workers Feel Working Remotely Means Less Recognition
20 per cent of UK office workers feel their work is at risk of going unnoticed because of working from home. Working remotely has increased productivity and the number...
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