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Employers And Employees Show New Year Optimism

The Hays UK Salary & Recruiting Trends 2018 guide shows that businesses have an optimistic outlook, with 59% expecting their business activity to...

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Plugging In To The Charging Market

FM provider ABM?UK has reached an agreement with ChargePoint, the electric vehicle (EV) charging network. ABM now has the rights to distribute,...

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From Hands-free To Jail Bird

A female driver has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for killing a man while driving using a hands-free mobile phone. Samantha Ayres, from...

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Andromeda Strained - International Cyber Op Dismantles Botnet

On November 29, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in close cooperation with the Luneburg Central Criminal Investigation Inspectorate in Germany,...

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Engineering - Game Afoot To Bridge Skills Gap

The Government's Industrial strategy is only viable if it tackles the skills gap, say employers while a new report reveals there is a lack of...

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Parking Grinches Set To Steal Christmas

English councils and their evil contractor cohorts made a record £819 million from parking operations in the last financial year. This is 40%...

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London, Manchester Could Have Been Stopped. Different Actions - More Arrests

Attacks in London and Manchester between March and June 2017 The UK is facing an intense threat from terrorism according to all that commented on...

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Employed Or Not Employed? - Now That Is A Question

As HMRC begin notifying construction firms of the need to carry out status checks on the self-employed subcontractors they engage, tax specialist Qdos...

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THINK! Drink

Tell your friends not to drink drive this festive period says the latest THINK! campaign which started on December 7. For this year’s...

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McDonalds Security Contractor In 'Remove Your Hijab' Scandal

Thursday evening, November 30, McDonalds Restaurants discovered the hard way that a relationship with a contractor - in this case, employing cheap,...

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J.E.E.P.sters Wowed - Junior Engineering Engagement Programme Launched

On the evening of December 4, facilities management services provider and engineering firm, ABM UK launched its Junior Engineering Engagement...

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Breathing Life Into London's Lungs As Pollution Death Rate Rises

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has strengthened his commitment to protect London’s Green Belt and other important open spaces for future...

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RBS Swings Environmental Axe In National Tree Week

In one year, the energy saving additive EndoTherm has helped RBS to reduce its energy consumption by 29% and carbon emissions by 10 tonnes. The new...

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All Aboard On The Air Quality Charabanc

Local authorities and bus companies in Bristol, York, Brighton, Surrey, Denbighshire and Wiltshire have been awarded 11 million funding under the...

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Schoolboy Planned Westminster-style Terror Attack

A teenager was convicted on November 27 of planning to drive a car into a crowd of people in Cardiff in a Daesh-inspired terror attack. Targets he...

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Annie Sees Hard-knock Life As IWGB Files Landmark Case

On Tuesday 21, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) filed what could turn out to be a landmark test case. The IWGB will...

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The Gig Economy - May Pressed To Hit Bogus Deals

The Work and Pensions and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committees have published a joint report and draft Bill to close the loopholes that...

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A Dinosaur Before It Even Begins - Hinkley Deal Slated

A Public Accounts Committee report has slated the Government for its Hinkley Point power deal with EDF and their Chinese backers and insisted the...

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And As If By Magic - Chancellor Discovers Magic Money Tree

Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented his Budget to Parliament – here's a summary of what was announced.   Employment There...

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Sellafield Bunkers Down For Mitie Workers' Nuclear Strikes

GMB members employed as ancillary staff by contractor Mitie at Sellafield are to strike on Wednesday, November 29 over below inflation wage increases...

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If Dolly Can Be Hacked, What About The Hand Dryer?

  Connected toys with Bluetooth, wi-fi and mobile apps may seem like the perfect gift for Christmas. But Which? has found that, without...

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All Systems Function In Tower Block Blaze

November 15 saw one person rescued via appliances and others led to safety by firefighters after a major blaze broke out in a block of high rise flats...

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Productivity Takes a Jump?

According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) main measure of labour productivity July to September (Quarter 3) 2017 saw an rise increase by...

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Europeans Demanding More Bang For Their Euro

Integrated facilities management (IFM) continues to represent the fastest growing segment of the European facility management industry and the...

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Getting Sporty - Sodexo In Major Transfer Deal

Sodexo and Olympus Partners has announced (Nov 15) that Sodexo has signed an agreement to acquire Centerplate, Inc. a provider of food and beverage,...

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Drivers' Eye Tests - A Short-sighted View?

Ahead of Road Safety Week (20-26 November 2017), Vision Express has ramped up its MP lobbying in a bid to make the UK’s roads safer by raising...

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An Open And Shut Case

A senior West Midlands Police officer has been suspended after being summonsed for an offence under the Official Secrets Act. Assistant Chief...

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Workplace Week - Children In Need

Hello Fresh, Macquarie, Zpg, Expedia and Moo are just some of the big names participating in Workplace Week 2017 to showcase...

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Real Living Wage Hourly Rates Released

The Real Living Wage hourly rates have increased (on Nov 6) to £8.75 in the rest of the UK and £10.20 in London - that's £1.25...

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One In Five Brits Still Trapped In Working Poverty

The 2017 Living Wage report for KPMG found that one in five people (21 per cent) in the UK are still earning below the Real Living Wage, meaning that...

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Real Living Wage To Take-off At Heathrow

Heathrow will become the first Living Wage Airport. This recognition will see 3,200 airport workers being paid the Real Living Wage by the end of 2020...

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Right Honourables Call For An Honourable Thing

As the Prime Minister oversees sleaze in Parliament (including the ex-Defence Secretary the 'Right Honourable' Michael Fallon resigning from...

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Sinking Feeling Over Leisure Facilities

Leisure centres could fall into a state of disrepair and even be forced to close without urgent new investment from government, councils have...

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Employment Tribunal Fee Refunds Leads To System Being Overrun?

The opening stage of the Employment Tribunal fee refund scheme has been launched with the first people eligible to apply from now. The first stage...

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Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

The RIBA Stirling Prize judges have decided they really do like being beside the sea as they have voted their top prize to the fabulously restored...

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Heathrow's Security Secrets Found On The Pavement

Security relating to Heathrow Airport have been found on a data stick lying on a pavement in West London. The highly sensitive information included...

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Living Wage Week 2017

Living Wage Week takes place each year during the first week of November. It is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the work undertaken by...

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FM - Here Is THE News

BBC - Here is the News The Beeb will continue receiving its FM from Interserve in a £140 million contract running until 2023. This latest...

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Piccadilly Lights - LandSec's London Landmark Re-lit

London’s iconic Piccadilly Lights were switched back to life on October 26 after a nine month period of renovation. A spectacular display of...

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School Sprinklers - NFCC Issues Lesson

The National Fire Chiefs Council is calling for all new school builds or refurbishments to have sprinklers fitted - a policy that is mandatory in...

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Did I Wake You Pet?

Fiona Bowman is a successful senior facilities manager. On October 31 she will become a published author when her first book, Did I Wake You Pet? is...

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Sunday Bowling Turns To Hostage Siege

On Tuesday October 4, David Clarke, aged 53, of Nuneaton, was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, one count of criminal damage, two counts...

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Contractors Invited To Meet Campus Bidders

Construction companies, contractors and suppliers interested in working on Cardiff University’s £300 million Innovation Campus are being...

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About Time For That AI Conversation

“The time is ripe, even overdue, to take a cold, hard look at what a highly disruptive technology could do to the industry.” So says...

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Friday the 13th - Bad Day at Tescos. Bad Day At Town

Friday the 13th was not a good day for Adam Jammeh, his employer - Total Security Services; or Tesco where Jammeh worked as a security guard up until...

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Crowning Moment £12 Billion FM Market Event

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) are to host an event to update prospective suppliers from across the UK on the government’s new Facilities...

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Give Pudsey Your Round Pounds - And Nominate For The Wogan Award

BBC Children in Need, The Royal Mint and HM Treasury are encouraging individuals and companies to donate any left-over round Pounds to the Children in...

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Chief Weather Forecaster's Assessment

Between 3:00pm and 10:00pm on Mon October 16 a spell of very windy weather is expected over parts of the UK - Northern Ireland and the north of...

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Growing-up To Sow The Clean Growth Strategy

In an unusual show of unity and accord, four Conservative MPs have managed to get together without contradicting each other to launch the UK's...

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Moped Gang Get 18 Years - Another Strikes Regent Street

A moped gang who carried out more than 100 robberies in a period of less than three weeks were jailed on Wednesday, October 11 for a total exceeding...

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University Challenge - Blaze Extinguished At One. Arsonist Sought At Another

Eight fire engines and 58 firefighters and officers tackled a fire on the ground floor of a London Metropolitan University complex on Holloway Road on...

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ABM Strengthens Northern Ireland Presence

ABM has taken a further foothold in Northern Ireland with the opening of a dedicated office in Belfast and the appointment of a country manager tasked...

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Buildings Of The Future - Time To Rethink The Bottom Line

The availability of measurement models that accurately reflect return-on-investment is often the biggest hurdle in the design, construction and...

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BIFM Awards - Winners Announced

Individuals and organisations driving innovation and delivering exceptional results in facilities management stepped into the spotlight when the...

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Round Pound Rolls Out Of Use

Anyone still holding the old round £1 coin, that as of October 16 is no longer legal tender, might try to pass them on. So get the vending...

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Conservative Party Conference - Environment, Energy, Security & Transport

The Conservative Party conference ended with PM Theresa May coughing her way through her speech and being handed a P45...while Bojo swiped at everyone...

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Squaring It With Qube

MRI Software has acquired Qube Global Software, a UK based provider of property and facilities management Solutions. The acquisition, according to...

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Flying Squad Swoops On Inside Men

Two former security guards have been found guilty of a conspiracy to steal £7 million after a three week trial at Kingston Crown...

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Devils Raid Prada

Detectives in Westminster are hunting for a moped gang wanted in connection with a series of raids at high value designer stores. Since early...

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Guns, Drugs, Explosives & Manuals

A man has appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with terrorism offences. Warren Sneddon, 44, of Welwyn Garden City,...

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Yahoo Cyber Breach Was Bigger

Yahoo has announced (week ending Oct 6) that it is providing notice to additional user accounts affected by an August 2013 data theft previously...

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The Balancing Act

Monday Oct 2 marked the beginning of National Work Life Week, a campaign aimed at giving both employers and employees the opportunity to focus on...

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Big Bang Theories on the Tube; Fires in the Hold; and Spurs Test Their Metal

Would you believe it - there's been another explosion on a London Underground train. This time on Tues 26 when the emergency services were called...

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National Severe Weather Warning

After a week of typically autumnal weather – with foggy nights, pleasant sunshine and periods of wind and rain – a more unsettled spell of...

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Apprenticeship Levy is Difficult and Challenging

Unless employers are offered more support around the Levy, the initiative will ultimately fail according to new research from the West London...

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EU - Sustainable Building Performance Reporting

The European Commission has launched the pilot phase of ‘Level(s)’, a new EU- framework for sustainable buildings. It is the first tool of...

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Innovation Boosts FM Market in 2017

A new report on the UK facilities management market has found a softening of growth in outsourcing demand as Brexit jitters continue, though forecasts...

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Ring-a-ring O' Ringrose's, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! Shares Fall Down

“Despite the increased political and macro-economic uncertainty following the UK’s EU referendum and recent general election, our outlook...

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Labour Says Bring It All Back In

In his speech of September 25 to the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said on arrival in Government, his party...

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Terror Arrests Up 68% But Police Resources at Breaking Point

The head of the National Police Chiefs' Council, Chief Constable Sara Thornton, has said resources are being stretched to breaking point by the...

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Half Of British Offices Are Not Fit For Purpose

In the week ending Sept 22, Leesman launched ‘The Next 250k’, a global report based on the evaluation results from more than 250,000...

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White Goods Fires - Deadly Delays

The London fire Brigade has claimed more people will die in fires caused by faulty white goods such as tumble dryers unless the Government takes...

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Tottenham and Harrow Warehouse Fires

Twenty five fire engines and around 140 firefighters and officers were called to a fire at a warehouse on White Hart Lane in Tottenham on Monday 18...

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UPDATED Parsons Green - Man Charged With Attempted Murder. Two Released

An 18-year old man was due to appear in court on the afternoon of Friday September 22 (2:00pm)  charged with attempted murder over the Parsons...

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Rail Strikes - October Duvet Days Announced

The RMT has called further strike all across the country. Guards and driver members will strike  between 12:01am and 11:59pm on Tuesday October 3...

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UK GDPR Exemptions & Critical Infrastructure at Risk

The Government has outlined (week ending Sept 22) protections and flexibilities for the financial services, journalism and legal services as part of...

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Victory For The Environment - On The Whims Of A Dove

The High Court has said that new rules brought in by the UK government which made it harder for people in England and Wales to go to court to protect...

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Explosion on Tube Train - Station Evacuated

All the emergency services - fire, police, ambulance are currently attending an explosion on a train at Parsons Green Tube station. Deputy...

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Sprinklers - Retrofit is Best Way to Make Sure Grenfell Can Never Happen Again

Now is the time for action on sprinklers in residential high-rise buildings and schools, London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton has warned as the...

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Come On Aileen, Brian, Caroline, Dylan

Following Storm Aileen, the next 21 storm names have been announced so you know who will be trying to knock things on or off your building from now to...

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Commercial Raids - Burglars Jailed

Four men have been jailed for their involvement in burglaries at companies in the South-East. The men, who had previously pleaded guilty to two...

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Nine to Five & Five to Nine - We Want the Airwaves

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has encouraged leading TV and radio broadcasters to work with him to help inform Londoners in particular and the...

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Tragic Cycle Death on Cycling to Work Day

An 73-year old woman pedestrian, struck by a cyclist on Tuesday 12 at about 4:30pm died in the early hours of Wednesday - Cycle To Work Day. Calls...

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Sprinkling the Magic - Cordant Shares Wealth

The Cordant Group, a massive recruitment business with a substantial FM services arm has become a Social Enterprise. Meaning the majority of the...

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Propelling Propelair. Massive Investment Secured

Propelair, a ThisWeekinFM Partner, has seen Investec and fund managers Earth Capital Partners (ECP) and Universal Partners (UP) make a substantial...

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Breaking the Bank - Masked Invaders Snatch Cash

Workers in the maintenance, parlours and security departments at the Bank of England have announced an end to their pay dispute. They have struck...

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ABM Buys GCA Services Group

September 1 saw ABM announce (in New York) that it had completed its acquisition of GCA Services Group for approximately $1.25 billion, consisting of...

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Oval Crossbow Incident - Evacuation and Security Questions Answered

In to the firing line On Monday (Sept 4) ThisWeekinFM asked the Metropolitan Police: Why did the Police attending the incident choose to evacuate...

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Carillion Sack Bell Pottinger

Carillion, the international integrated support services business employ around 43,000 people and operating in the UK, Canada and Middle East has...

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Jurassic Parks at Tower Top - 14 Rescued by Helicopter

Merlin Entertainments, the biggest ride and attraction company in the UK and with sites across the world, have suffered another embarrassment as 14...

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Operation Crossbow - Oval Security Slammed

The security arrangements at the Oval for Thursday 31's cricket match between Middlesex and Surrey have been slammed by ThisWeekinFM's own eye...

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Up and Down and Side to Side - First Multi Lift Unveiled

More than 160 years after the invention of the conventional elevator, Thyssen Krupp has unveiled the first functional multi-directional lift at a 246...

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Waterloo Sunset is a Prelude to More Disruption

Wednesday August 30 saw a 'good' service on most of the SouthWest Rail train services after Tuesday's fiasco when South Western Railway...

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Waterloo - Couldn't Escape If I Wanted To

My, my, passengers at Waterloo on Tuesday and passengers from Kent for the rest of the week - at least - will be meeting their destiny in quite a...

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Driving Like a Demon from Station to Station

London Bridge - Falling Down Laughing You couldn't make it up - the comedy of British railway services! Waterloo Station's re-opening went...

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NHS PFI - Report Claims Excessive Profits Are The Norm

A Centre for Health and the Public Interest (a supposedly independent body) report out this week ending Sept 1 looks at the profits made by PFI...

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Lawson's Law on Smart Connected HVAC

Driven by the need to improve HVAC performance and reliability, cutting downtime while reducing maintenance costs, the US market for Smart...

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Bank Holiday London Bus Chaos

London bus passengers face potentially severe disruption this weekend as peace talks, designed to resolve a pay dispute concerning support staff,...

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Seven Cladding Systems Failed

The latest in the government’s series of fire safety tests of cladding and insulation combinations has been completed by the Building Research...

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£5 Million for Manchester Arson. Poundland Blaze. Canada Square 200 Evacuation

Fifteen fire engines and 97 firefighters and officers tackled a blaze at a discount store on Old Church Road in Chingford, Essex on the night of Aug...

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Bombs Away at Hinkley Point

ThisWeekinFM has had a response to an enquiry last week regarding the detonation of an unexploded WW2 bomb in the estuary at Hinkley Point that saw...

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Scaffolding - Dangers Exposed

Date: August 21 - Construction company fined after worker fell from height A construction company has been fined after a worker suffered life...

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FTSE 350 - General Data Protection Awareness Good

The Government will soon be introducing its new Data Protection Bill to Parliament. With this almost certain to come into effect next May,...

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FTSE 350 Cyber Governance Health Check

Britain’s top firms and charities urgently need to do more to protect themselves from online threats, according to new Government research and a...

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Round 12 - Name & Shame Minimum Wage Cheats Exposed

On Wednesday 16, 233 employers were named and shamed by The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for underpaying their workers the...

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The Never Ending Threat - Rowley Speaks Out

During an interview on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme on Friday, August 11, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, head of National...

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Massive Fire in Glasgow

The massive Blochairn fruit market in Glasgow caught fire on the morning of Thurs Aug 17. 400 workers who had just signed on for their early hours...

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Chelsea Moped Mob Red-carded by Boodles' Bomb

The Metropolitan Police Service is still investigating the smash & grab, moped robbery of a jewellers in the poshest part of Chelsea. Police...

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Garden Bridge - Troubled Water Sees Project Abandoned

The Garden Bridge Trust, the charity established to build and run the proposed Garden Bridge in central London, announced this week ending Aug 18 that...

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Bong - And Here Is The News - Big Ben to Be Silenced UPDATE

Since ThisWeekinFM reported this story on Monday Aug 14, MPs, concerned the Bell & Chimes would be silenced for too long, have intervened to...

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An End to Outsourcing - SOAS' Social Justice and Equality Plan

SOAS University of London is to stop outsourcing its core support services to private contractors from September 2018. The announcement was made by...

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London Living Wage, Diversity and Training at Heart of TfL Plan

Transport for London has awarded a new cleaning contract to ABM UK meaning 2,800 people will be guaranteed the London Living Wage. ABM has also...

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Longer UK Work Journeys Report And London Internet On the Go

New figures underline journey time increase New research from the GMB shows how average journey times to work have slowed down over the last five...

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Fire Tests Discover Explosion Collapse Risk

As the government continues its fire testing programme in the wake of the Grenfell fire, another blow to council housing blocks in London (which may...

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Do You Do Data? EU GDPR to Enter British Law

In a statement of intent (made on Monday 7), the government has committed to updating and strengthening data protection laws through a new Data...

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Ground Control to Major Deal

Ground Control has strengthened its winter maintenance capabilities through the acquisition of Litter Boss, claiming the acquisition of increases...

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Yorkshire Tee-up Engie Deal

An energy supply and services partnership between Engie and Yorkshire Water will see Engie supply energy to the water company whilst the two companies...

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Tesla Tethers The Wind In 100 Days Or It's Free

The world’s largest lithium ion battery will be installed in South Australia under an historic agreement between French renewable energy company...

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Cladding Fire Fears - Unit Closed and Patients Moved

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has received a report on fire safety in the Trauma Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital. An...

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International Rescue - Torch Fire Quenched As Aussie Plane Bombers Downed

The New South Wales Joint Counter Terrorism Team have charge a 49-year old and a 32-year old (on Thursday 3) with two counts of acts done in...

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Do Non-Energy Charges Account for Half the Bill?

There's double trouble in store for business energy costs, with organisations being hit by rising wholesale prices, as well as non-energy charges,...

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Buying and Funding - Software and Fit-out Firms' Financials

Service Works Group (SWG), the international provider of facilities, property and workplace management software, has been acquired by Addnode Group, a...

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Greener Living - 45,000 New Trees By 2020

As part of its new Greener Living campaign, which launches on August 1, Kier Living, part of the Kier Group, has partnered with Forest Carbon, a...

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Bidvest Group Acquires Noonan

The Bidvest Group has completed an agreement with the majority shareholder in Noonan, Alchemy Partners LLP, which will see Bidvest acquire the entire...

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ET Fee Was Harshest on Women and Low Paid Families

It was the union, UNISON that won a landmark court victory on Wednesday July 26 against the government, which means that employment tribunal fees will...

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MAC Sharpens Knife to Cut to Heart of EU to UK Immigration

The Home Secretary Amber Rudd has (on July 27 - at least a year too late according to most observers) commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to...

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Corporate Manslaughter and Taskforce Plans for RBKC

Corporate Manslaughter charges are being considered by the Metropolitan Police against executives and council heads at the Kensington and Chelsea...

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Trains and Tunnels Moving Forward

The Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have met to discuss the way forward for Crossrail 2. They agreed that there is...

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My Train Hell - Which Highlights Train Dire Straights

  New analysis by Which? reveals that there has been virtually no progress on fixing dire satisfaction scores for the handling of rail delays...

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Dock, Shock and Crack

The night of Tuesday 25 July saw smoke visible for miles following a fire near the Royal Docks. Fire Brigade 999 Control Officers took around 35...

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Air Action Due - Diesel and Petrol Banned?

  The government, in the form of Environment Minister Michael Gove, confirmed on Wednesday 26 that it will end the sale of all new...

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British FM Expertise Fuels M&A Activity

The UK building and facilities services sector has grown by £15 billion since 2011, with a total UK market value of £125 billion in 2016,...

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LGA Demands Building Reg Changes and End to Cladding Confidentiality

Wednesday July 19 saw the The Local Government Association call on the government to launch an urgent and immediate review of building...

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe

The RMT, has suspended both driver and guards strike action on Southern Rail after Secretary of State, Chris Grayling, approached the union for direct...

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Powerhouse - Fast Trains Set for 2033

Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary has confirmed HS2 routes to the North-West, East Midlands and Yorkshire - claiming the decision is set to...

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Burning Issues in the Capital

Burnt Oak Ten fire engines and 72 firefighters and officers were called to a fire in Watling Avenue in Edgware. A single storey workshop at the...

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East Ayrshire Says Aye to SPIE

SPIE UK has been awarded an £8 Million contract (by Kier Construction) for mechanical and electrical works at East Ayrshire Council’s new...

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Put Up and Shut Up Case in Court

The UK Government has been in Court over prohibitive costs rules for environmental cases. The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice...

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Stealing Dinner Money and Nicking Data

A school finance manager who stole £46,000 of dinner money has been jailed. Jacqueline Robb was jailed last week at Manchester Crown Court, for...

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Getting Closer to HS1

Consultation on proposals to reduce planning restrictions along the HS1 route started on Monday July 10 on proposals to reduce planning restrictions...

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Gov to Conquer GoT Nightmare

The government’s £400 million Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund (DIIF) is set to unlock over £1 billion for full fibre...

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FM Fraudsters Go to Jail - CORRECTION

Surrey Police have contacted ThisWeekinFM and asked us to correct inaccuracies - which they accept full responsibility for as they relate, in the...

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Camden Market and Weybridge Health Fires

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters and officers were called to a fire in Camden Lock Market at just before midnight on Sunday evening (July...

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Citizen Khan Goes On The Buses

Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) has announced that the most polluting buses in the capital are going to be cleaned up, with their harmful emissions cut...

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Draft Plans or Daft Plans?

ClientEarth is a high-powered group of environmental lawyers and activists. They say a High Court judgment delivered on Wednesday July 5 on air...

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Fire and Grenade - Call the Fire Brigade

A fire in a basement on London's Oxford Street might have been small in intensity but turned-out to be large in terms of disruption but not quite...

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Seven Held or Jailed for the Love of Hate

A young man, teenager Haroon Ali Syed, whose PIN code for his phone was 'ISIS' was sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday June 3. He will...

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Pillow Talk and Sleepyheads

Western University neuroscientist Adrian Owen has launched the world’s largest sleep and cognition study to help researchers learn the effects...

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Moore-Bick Heads Grenfell Gloss-over?

As morally reprehensible as allowing an AussieAmericano media mafia family an even bigger stake in UK news outlets, the government was due to announce...

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Expert Panel to Advise on Tower Safety Action

Sajid Javid has said a new independent expert advisory panel will be appointed to advise on measures to be put in place following the Grenfell Tower...

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Statistics and the Truth of the Wasted 6,154 Years

Rail passengers suffer the equivalent of fifty-four million hours in wasted time a year due to train company infrastructure failures. So says the...

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What's the Point? Hinkley a No Value Deal Says NAO

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s deal for Hinkley Point C has locked consumers into a risky and expensive project...

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North & South - Strikes Go Ahead

The RMT union has confirmed a further three days of strike action on Arriva Rail North will go ahead on Saturday 8, Sunday 9 and Monday July 10. July...

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If Wellness Matters, Take the Survey

In April 2017 the British Council For Offices (BCO) commissioned a major research study entitled 'Wellness Matters: Health and Wellbeing in...

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GMBies and Gumbies - Who are the Heat Wave Fools?

According to the GMB union this morning (June 23), a Watford hospital worker has been suspended for rolling his trousers up on the hottest day of the...

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See You All at ExCel?

We have busted through the mercury, with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees with wall to wall sunshine for most of us, writes Vicky Lopez. I expect...

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Happy Talk - Talk About Things You'd Like To Do

JLL has conducted a piece of global research in to attitudes in the workplace. The report reveals how engaged, empowered and fulfilled workers are...

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Spie 365 Facilities - New Name, Same Direction

Spie 365 Facilities was the biggest reveal at the Facilities show on the first day. Spie, which is a global engineering group, purchased the Trios...

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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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Are YOU Fit for Purpose? - Have Your Say on New FM ISO

   A new international standard is being developed for facilities management, providing a framework for the management, operation and...

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Grenfell Tower Fire Update

The Metropolitan Police Service is leading the investigation into the fire at Grenfell Tower. We have statements from both the police and the London...

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A Connected Disconnect?

Mitie has made its preliminary announcement of results for the year ended 31 March 2017 under the banner 'Moving Beyond FM to the Connected...

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Newcastle's Nutter Knifeman Nicked

The security nightmare of an armed intruder on the premises of a retail/shopfront estate struck in Nwcastle on Friday June 9 with a knifeman holding...

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It's Been A Hard Day's Night

SPIE UK has completed a contract to refurbish the 6th floor office space at BT Lancaster House in Liverpool. Working as Principal Contractor, the...

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Return to Basics - Barriers Back on Bridges

Following the terrorist attacks in Westminster and London Bridge, MI5 and Counter Terrorism Command have reviewed the security of the 33 bridges in...

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Terror Arrests - No Connection

Three men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences are absolutely NOT connected to the recent London attacks, ThisWeekinFM has discovered despite...

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EDF Energy Services Buys Imtech

EDF Energy Services, a brand new joint venture between EDF Energy and Dalkia, has agreed to acquire Imtech UK and Ireland from Endless LLP. Imtech...

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Return to Basics - Bobbies on the Beat is the Only Way

The Police Federation has renewed calls for more investment in neighbourhood policing in the wake of the Westminster, London Bridge & Borough...

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Have a Little Faith

Statements were issued by faith leaders on Monday June 5 following the attacks in London Bridge and Borough Market. Commander Mak Chishty of the...

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BA Fracas Focused On Plug-in Failure

British Airways' parent company has allowed its Chief Executive to tell an audience the recent IT catastrophe (which affected 75,000 passengers)...

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Game, Set and Match as Landlords Get Record Fine

Friday may 26 saw crews called to fire in hedgerow at Wimbledon Tennis Club Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers went to a practice...

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Bank of England Base Rate to Lead to Security Strike

June 1 saw staff at the Bank of England start voting in an industrial action ballot. Unite, the union representing staff at the Bank is looking for a...

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Yorkshire Terror Arrests Mount to Three

There have been further arrests in the counter terrorism operation related to the Manchester Bombing. A 23 year old Sheffield man has this morning...

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Firm Presumption at Livingston

ABM?UK has been awarded a three year contract to provide The Centre, Livingston with a range of facilities management services. The Centre is...

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Time for Workies - It's a Dog's Life as Sniffers Get a Rotten Job

Peter Cox and Enviro-Dogs have formed a partnership to detect dry rot in buildings. Specialist sniffers will be employed to detect significant...

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Power Failure - BA Sticks to Feeble Excuse

British Airways' excuse for its catastrophic IT failure that has seen flight schedules resume but many passengers stranded and separated from...

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Critical to Severe - Lessons Still Need Heed

Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Mark Rowley, National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing was swift to agree to move the terror...

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Great Fires of London

The London Fire Brigade has had another busy week as temperatures rise and call-outs to a variety of commercial property fires keep...

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Blue Line. Green Line. White Lines. Critical Update

Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, has visited officers and military personnel on duty providing protection at the Palace of...

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Spiked Railings Horror Fall Sees Manslaughter Convictions

A construction firm has been convicted of the manslaughter of two workers who died after falling from a central London balcony. One of the workers...

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Man Jailed for Shrapnel Bomb Cache - Plus More Detentions

A 22-year-old man who attempted to buy a grenade on the dark web has been jailed for 10 years following an investigation by the National Crime Agency...

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Manchester Bombing - Eight Held. Suspicious Package Alert Over

Having lead a national minute's silence at 11:00am, lunchtime on Thursday 25 saw Manchester's Chief Constable Ian Hopkins has given his latest...

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Nails, Nuts & Bolts IED Pressure Cooker Bomber Jailed

A Birmingham man has been found guilty of a terrorism offence after potentially lethal bomb making equipment was found at his home. Zahid Hussain,...

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NOW That's What I Call Remote Working

London City Airport is to become the first UK airport to install a digital air traffic control tower – operational in 2019. The digital solution...

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Watch What Staff Click - Ransomware Warning

Colin Tankard says the dust from the ransomware which hit major organisations around the world on Friday 12 may seem to have settled but...

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Exodus at Uni but Not at Burning Bush

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters and officers were called to a fire at a university building on The Strand in London on the afternoon of...

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Judge Dread - Nightmare 45 Minutes in Lift Delays Sentencing

A man was sentenced on Thursday 18 at the Old Bailey for manslaughter. The verdict was delayed on Wednesday as his judge was stuck in a lift! The...

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Rainbow Warriors

Not only has May 17 2017 been designated World FM Day it also marks the 12th annual International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia -...

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MI5 Lead Counter Terror Arrests

On Wednesday May 17, MI5 and the Met's Counter Terrorism Command arrested four men at an addresses in east London. The arrests are linked to...

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Ransomware - the Protection Racket

ThisWeekinFM has been making a racket about Cyber Security because vulnerabilities are exploited at a personnel and personal level - where FM's...

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Mace March in to Demolish Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Daniel Levy today - Monday May 15 - formally handed the keys to White Hart Lane over to Mark Reynolds, CEO of Mace, Main...

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On the Box

ThisWeekinFM would like to thank our sponsors of the Facilities Industry Charity Boxing Headline Sponsor Sponsors Boxing Ring girl...

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Hateful 8 Combine on Caretaker Cuts Cause

Eight unions have become involved in a dispute with the Academies Enterprise Trust about the elimination r retention of school caretakers. GMB,...

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Cold Case Catches-up With Callous Driver

A 41-year-old motorist, who was convicted in 2003 for dangerous driving which resulted in a woman receiving life changing injuries, has been jailed at...

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Safety Fines Reflect Size of Guilty Firms

A construction company has been fined £3/4 million for asbestos failings; another for a falling load crush; another for a trench collapse; and...

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Blazes Test Fire Resources

Six fire engines and 35 firefighters and officers were called to a fire in a disused ventilation shaft at Oxford Circus underground station on Monday...

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Nicked and Locked-down for Knockdown

A woman who deliberately knocked down a cyclist following a London street row was found guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving in the...

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Terrorist Act and Conspiracy to Murder

Three women have been formally charged with the preparation of a terrorist act and conspiracy to murder. They had been arrested as part of an...

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Update on Whitehall Knives Man and Turkey Deportee

A man, Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali, arrested in Whitehall on 27 April for carrying knives appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday 10...

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Surviving or Thriving in Mental Health Week?

The organisation leading Mental Health Week, the Mental Health Foundation, has conducted a survey to understand the prevalence of self-reported mental...

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Mental Health Awareness Week - You're Wellcome

Wellcome (previously known as the Wellcome Trust) is a charity dedicated to research into health and wellness. It's commercial properties also...

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Flower Power - Covent Garden Goes to Nine Elms

Pickfords Business Solutions recently worked with Covent Garden Flower Market to transport tens of thousands of plants, flowers and sundries to a new...

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A Week of Terror Arrests and Convictions

The week ending May 5 saw substantial activity from Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command (SO15). Below, under Previous Reporting, we...

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Scaffold Made Ready at Westminster

The next phase of refurbishment work on Westminster Hall has started with the extensive and careful construction of scaffolding inside and outside the...

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What's Up Docs?

A Google spokesperson has told ThisWeekinFM: “We realise people are concerned about their Google accounts and we're now able to give a...

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Jacks Alive! It's Paper Godivas' Final Fling

The paper £5 note, featuring Elizabeth Fry, will officially be withdrawn on Friday May 5 2017 and so The Bank of England is encouraging anyone...

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The Lighthouse Family

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and the Considerate Constructors Scheme have launched a new initiative to help support the mental health...

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Cosmo Guardians Take Vacant Options

As pressure on private rental accommodation in the UK’s major cities forces up costs, young people are finding it impossible to combine their...

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Crick Institute Brings Death to London

Construction contractor CMF Ltd has been fined after a 31-year-old sub-contractor, Richard Laco, died when working on a large and prestigious...

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Applying the Name

On May 2, Apleona HSG Limited was confirmed as the new name for Bilfinger Europa Facility Management. In late 2016, Bilfinger sold its Building...

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Thod Off - Goodhew New

SPIE has appointed Rob Goodhew as its new CEO of the UK operation after current CEO, James Thoden van Velzen, was installed as Apleona HSG'...

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Bank Holiday Monday - More Terrorism Arrests

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command arrested three young women on terrorism charges on Bank Holiday Monday. Two of the...

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Wham, Bam, It's Jail for Sam the Cufflink Man

As reported by much of the mainstream media on the morning of Tuesday May 2 (and first by ThisWeekinFM on March 22) a Cardiff man has pleaded guilty...

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Woman Shot in London Terror Raid

What is being described as an active terror plot has been foiled after police intervention saw one woman shot at a London address and six people...

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Knives Out at Westminster - Bombs in Oxford Street

On Thursday 27, just before 2:30pm, police tackled and hauled a man to the ground near to Westminster and the Houses of Parliament. He was arrested...

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Rail Not Running as Ve Don't Talk Anymore

The rail union RMT confirmed last night (Thurs 27) that a 24 hour strike on Arriva Rail North would go ahead on Friday. There has been no progress in...

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A Lift for the Royals

Apex Lifts has had its Royal Warrant, from the Household of HM The Queen renewed. Originally awarded in 1995, Apex Lifts is now in its fifth...

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Future Cities - It's a Lot less Bovver with a Hover

Texas this week ending April 28 saw Embraer and Aurora reach an agreement to help push and partner on the Uber Elevate Network that will allow the...

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Woman Jailed for Causing Death Whilst Facebooking & Driving

A woman who killed one person and seriously injured another having collided with two stationary vehicles while sending a Facebook message has been...

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Into the 1000

Propertyserve, has made it into the inaugural FT1000 list - a new league table compiled by the Financial Times and Statista, highlighting Europe's...

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Northern Ireland - IOD Placed at Primary School

A 'significant device' has been seized following a security alert outside Holy Cross Girls Primary School in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast...

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Kop the Lot or Never Walk Alone?

Incentive FM Consultancy, part of the Incentive FM Group, has started the next phase of its work with Liverpool Football Club. This involves a full...

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Decorator Dustsheets - a Must at Museum

The last Concorde ever to have been built - and thus the last ever Concorde to take to the skies - is to go on show at  Aerospace Bristol, a new...

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Cycling Cuts Cancer...But Walking Doesn't

Just as the British Medical Journal says walking and cycling as part of a commute can help prevent cancer, London now has appointed its first Walking...

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Speaking-up About Difficult Conversations

A Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) report has found that 53% of managers are not trained or qualified to handle ‘difficult...

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Who's Taking on the Cyber Men?

One in five businesses have fallen victim to cyber attacks in the past year, according to the results of a survey released this week ending April 21...

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Mainstream Appeal

CBRE has purchased Mainstream Software Incorporated after using the firm's products within its Global Workplace Solutions...

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Bouygues Bags Brum Trio

Birmingham City Council has appointed the construction company, Bouygues, as the main contractor to transform Centenary Square in the heart of the...

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By George, What a Good Idea

London is just one of the towns and cities in England that are set to make its St George’s Day celebrations as big as possible this year - and...

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A City That Never Sleeps - Longer London Hours

For the period January to December 2016, the UK region with the highest average actual weekly hours worked (for all workers) was London at 33.7 hours,...

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Sun Shines, Time for a HESTIA

A Carillion Joint Venture, has been awarded the HESTIA South East and London Region Multi Activity Contract. This is just one of the seven HESTIA...

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Easter Bunny Hop as 15 Million Hit the Road

Motorists can expect leisure traffic volumes to reach a peak on Easter Sunday when there will be nearly 3.75 million cars (or at an average three to a...

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Are You Experienced?

BT has launched its first 'Customer Experience Lab' (in Dundee) to test new ways of supporting its 1.1 million business customers across the...

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Gherkin Suffers Another Fire - Mass Evacuation from 8&9th Floors

Monday 3 saw firefighters again called to the St Mary Axe building - only weeks ago they attended another incident at what is known as The...

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Air Quality - Research, Fines and the Death of the Diesel

MPs from four select committees have combined forces to launch an unprecedented joint inquiry on air quality to scrutinise cross-government plans to...

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Putting a Stop to Illegal Workers

The national campaign ‘Spotlight on…illegal workers’ has been launched by the Considerate Constructors Scheme. The Scheme -...

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Top Tips on Runners & Riders

CBRE has been reappointed to provide mechanical and electrical maintenance services to the National Gallery in London. Despite painting a good...

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Thursday Threshold and Fools Day Fillip

Workers across the UK saw their take home pay increase when the Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold are increased from April 6. This...

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National Warning as Major Cyber Attack Detected

Third parties who manage large organisations’ IT services have been attacked by suspected cyber terrorists the government's  National...

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Keeping a Smile on the Boat Race

The 163rd men's and the 72nd women's University Boat Race went ahead as planned despite an unexploded World War Two shell being discovered...

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April Fools - Apprenticeship Levy Plan Mauled by MPs

An all-party committee has found that the Government's Apprenticeship Levy, to be introduced in the first week of April and targeting three...

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Plane Stupid Stansted Invasion

Activists from End Deportations, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants (LGSMigrants) and Plane Stupid prevented the departure of a deportation...

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Slavery & Trafficking Quashed at Recycling Plant

West Midlands Police has secured court orders against two men suspected of using slave labour at recycling plants in the Black Country. The Slavery...

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Westminster Warning - Learning the Lessons and Upping Your Game

Following the tragic incident on Westminster Bridge and at the Palace of Westminster on March 22, the National Counter Terrorism Security Office...

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Stopping Sexual Predators In Their Tracks

A new hard hitting campaign to encourage people to report unwanted sexual behaviour on public transport has been launched by Transport for London...

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Lloyds to Sprout in Brussels

Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, has announced it will be setting up a new European insurance company to be located in...

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London, New York - Two Sculptures, Different Inspirations

Two very different sculptures got special treatment in the week ending March 30 - New York's famous Fearless Girl was sponsored to stay...

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Crown Clowns - Procurement Service Shoddy

A Government body set up to save public money by buying common goods and services centrally has delivered disappointing results, says the Public...

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What a Load of Rubbish for Evacuation Excuses

Six fire engines and 35 firefighters and officers from Soho, Chelsea, Euston and Lambeth rushed to reports of smoke issuing from the basement of a...

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Port Sunlight Explosion Declared Crime Scene

Merseyside Police have taken over from the other emergency services to investigate the explosion that occurred on the  Wirral on Saturday March...

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New Quid on the Block

Tuesday March 28 saw the introduction of the new One Pound Coin which the Treasury is hailing as a groundbreaking security initiative whilst those in...

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Fifth Person Dead and Killer Named in Westminster Attack

Detectives investigating the terrorist attack in Westminster on Wednesday, March 22  have confirmed that a 75-year-old man died on Thursday...

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Record Fine - £20 million - for River Pollution

Thames Water Utilities Ltd (Thames Water) has (on March 22) been fined an unprecedented £20,361,140.06 in fines and costs for a series of...

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Standard Computer Check Convicts Child Abuser

Child abuse images discovered on a work laptop have led to an eight year jail term for a bank employee from Manchester. Andrew Dent, 35, was...

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Sprinklers Give Recycling Centre A Second Chance

A sprinkler system helped prevent further widespread damage at an industrial recycling warehouse fire on Scrubs Lane in Kensal Green on Friday March...

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Old Hoax Caller Caught?

Detectives from the Kensington and Chelsea division have arrested an alleged hoax caller on Wednesday March 22. The a 36 year old man was picked-up at...

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FM Companies Can't Afford to Ignore the GDPR

From May 25 next year, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force across the whole of Europe. This includes the UK despite...

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Anchor's Away in Terrorism Boat Trial

The Metropolitan Police Service, along with emergency service partners, has carried out the first joint major live-play exercise to test their...

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Euro Court Supports G4S Headscarf Ban

A European Court of Justice ruling (week ending March 17), has upheld an employer's and their contractor's (G4S Secure Solutions) right to ban...

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Explosion Kills Man - Fire Closes Hotel

Police, the London Ambulance Service, the Fire Brigade and eventually the London Air Ambulance were called to an explosion at a building site on...

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Break for the Border

The British Institute of Facilities Management has published a new  guide to managing cross-border facilities management delivery, exploring the...

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RMT to Play Disability Discrimination Legal Card in Extended Dispute

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union has called out guards again on Southern rail routes and also on Northern and Merseyrail services - and is...

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Smoking and Drinking - Encourage One But Not the Other

March 13 marked the start of Nutrition and Hydration Week - March 13-19. This yearly awareness campaign aims to highlight and promote improvements in...

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PPM on a High

The Emirates Air Line - the cable car link that crosses the River Thames and helps link the Excel exhibition centre with the O2 (Millennium Dome) and...

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Sudden Deaths in Two Locations

Shortly after 2:00pm on Wednesday 7, Greater Manchester Police officers were called to reports of a serious collision between a Ford Focus and a...

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The Spring Budget 2017 - Business Rates & Productivity Headline

Philip Hammond's last Spring Budget has some interesting items for the property and FM markets. A nod at helping those hit hardest by increases...

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Hive Talking - Parrett on Home Grown Terror

Islamist Terrorism an Analysis of Offences and Attacks in the UK (1998-2015) is a new research project from The Henry Jackson Society - the...

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Plod on the Pod - Counter Terrorism Stories

  As part of the new Action Counter Terrorism campaign (Click Here), Counter Terrorism Policing has produced its first ever...

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The Jackson Hive and a New Terror Campaign

A new national police campaign is again asking the public to act on their instincts to help tackle terrorism. It comes as the country's threat...

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National Apprenticeship Week Closes

March 6-10 was the tenth annual National Apprenticeship Week. The week aims to highlight the success of apprenticeships over the last decade and look...

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Old Dutch Spawns New Masters - Imtech UK and Ireland Results Show Resolve

Imtech UK and Ireland has released its first set of figures since the Group emerged from the buyout from its failed Dutch parent company. The...

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A Time to Act...and a Time Not to Act

The government is to commence an advertising campaign (launched week ending March 3) to raise lowest paid workers’ knowledge of their rights...

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Data Ribbon Ruins Hot Dates

The British Airways i360 attraction in Brighton reopened on was Wednesday March 1 after work was carried out to replace a damaged data...

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Brondsbury Bomb Drags On - UPDATE

The operation to remove an unexploded World War Two bomb from a building site in London's Brondesbury Park, went on until 8:30pm on Friday night...

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8 Solutions Purchase Brings ABM Acquisition Total to Four

ABM’s UK business and industry group has announced (Feb 28) the acquisition of one of the UK's leading providers of specialist technical...

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Ewan Believe It

Storm Ewan was named by Met Éireann, the Irish Met service, as the fifth named storm of the season on Saturday Feb 25 night. Storm Ewan brought...

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Evacuations Follow Fires - and Suspected WW2 Bomb

The morning of February 27 stated with a bang for the London Fire Brigade as firefighters assisted police officers at a suspected unexploded World War...

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The Slippery Slope of Data Protection

The networking event that is FMCentral will take to the slopes at The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, for the March 22 event. Speakers will raise...

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Sports Hall Ceiling Collapse Injures Two

Thames Valley Police alongside partner agencies are investigating the collapse of a ceiling at a school in Milton Keynes. Police officers were...

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Mushroom Cloud Haven is Home to All-time High

Police 'raided' the most unusual vacant property in the week ending Feb 24 (Feb 22) that had been occupied by cannabis growers. A nuclear...

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Blowing Bubbles Everywhere

West Ham United have hammered out a new contract with LCC Support Services for cleaning it new London Stadium home. West Ham left their home at...

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Your Doris Day - Share Your Experience

Storm Doris tracked across Northern Ireland and northern England on Thursday 23, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and some snow at higher levels for...

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Name and Shame Game Sees Biggest Wage Cheats List

More than 350 employers have been named and shamed as the government published the largest ever list minimum living wage offenders on Wednesday 16....

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Lives Turned Upside Down By Inadequate Incomes

Four million more people are living below an adequate standard of living and are just about managing at best, according to an authoritative report on...

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Bristol Bomb was Chemical Blunder

Earlier this month, Bristol University was forced to put its contingency and evacuation plans in to action as fire fighters and bomb disposal experts...

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Chocs Away and Shades of Grey

Wispa it quietly, but being a chocolate taster job is on offer below but we kick-off with some warnings about what not to do if the passion of...

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All in All Just Another Brick in The Wall?

The Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools has been published. It was commissioned by Chief Executive Andrew...

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Geesha Job Mate - Tipsy Police Candidate Convicted

An employment hopeful attended an interview for a support staff role within Greater Manchester Police (GMP) well over the legal drink drive limit,...

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Valentines Day's Burning Embers

Firefighters took some time to control a fire that brought Albert Square in Manchester to a standstill on Valentine's Day afternoon. Crews were...

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Train Ticket Tribulations - Twits to Get Refund

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is calling on train operators to refund passengers after its new research showed that overall 1 in 5 mystery...

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Leicester - Derelict Building Fire Spreads to Dealership

A massive fire in Leicester has shown yet again how vulnerable vacant and derelict buildings can be and the damage and disruption that can be...

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Going Further South - Bakerloo Backing

The extension of the Bakerloo line moved closer week ending Feb 10 with the opening of a new Transport for London consultation that sets out detailed...

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Cost Recovery Scheme Dispute to be Independent?

The Health and Safety Executive has announced that it is to consult on proposals to make its cost recovery scheme dispute process fully...

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Payments Sooth Cider Problems Away

The Environment Agency has accepted an enforcement undertaking from a major cider brewer following pollution to a Herefordshire brook. Heineken UK...

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Rain Stops Play But Lords Gives 100 Per Cent

New data released on February 7 reveals that recent storms and flooding caused more than £3.5 million worth of damage across 57 cricket clubs -...

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Blown Away - Hole in the Wall Gang 'Banged' Up

Friday 3 saw three men sentenced to over 30 years imprisonment at Kingston Crown Court for using ‘explosive gas’ to rob 27 cash machines...

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Two Strikes Out of Three Ain't Bad

Tube strike action scheduled from Sunday to Wednesday was suspended by the RMT on Saturday - with the Rail Maritime and Transport union claiming they...

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Train Strain Not Showing in Stats Says Survey

Four in five passengers (81 per cent) are satisfied with their train journeys overall, according to the latest independent nationwide survey...

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Southern Comfortable - Tube Traumatised

Tube Strikes - When and Where Travel advice has been issued ahead of a planned RMT Tube strike from 8:00pm on Sunday until around 9:00am on...

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Keystone Cops - Dim Squad Call Bomb Squad

A not so controlled explosion took place outside Workington Police Station on the morning of Thursday 2 (8:00am), destroying a 'suspicious'...

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Helping Those Who Help Themselves

Police officers from the Westminster division are renewing appeals to trace a man filmed stealing a mobile phone from a coffee shop yards away from...

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Fares Fair - Clock Ticks Towards Ticket Trials

Changes to the way ticket prices are calculated are set to be trialled by train companies with a view to guaranteeing customers get the best possible...

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Police Motor In On Moped Mobs

Seven people have been charged as part of Operation Vocare, the Metropolitan Police's operation to combat moped-enabled crime. The arrests and...

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Learning How to Unite in Building Improvements

The Unite Students Group, a provider of 50,000 student accommodation units, in more than 140 properties, has joined forces with Heathrow, Carillion,...

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Leave to Enter the Garden of Eden

Specialist FM recruiter, Eden Brown Built Environment, has given Keith Glennister an ambassadorial role. Glennister, who in his spare time offers...

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Tick Tock Trump and the Doomsday Trumpets

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board has reset the hands of the inconic Doomsday Clock it created 70 years ago. We...

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Revolution Strikes at Heart of Government

The winners of the third annual The Way We Work Awards showcase the best examples of the Civil Service making government work better. The Cabinet...

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Warning Signs Out for Killer Drivers

36 police forces took part in the campaign in November stopping 10,012 vehicles and detecting nearly 8,000 mobile phone offences, the highest ever...

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Coughing-up the Truth On London Air Quality

Responding to the issuing of the first ‘Very High’ air pollution alert since he became Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: “The...

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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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Outlook for Thursday to Saturday

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday Colder and windier for all on Thursday and Friday, with sunny spells by day and frosty nights. Winds easing into...

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Neighbourhoods Need to Breathe

New funding has been announced to improve air quality across London as winter temperatures highlight the level of smog in the Capital. Six schemes,...

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Navy Plots a Safe Course to Save Parliament from Thames Bomb

London's Victoria Embankment was closed on the evening of January 19 as the Royal Navy was called in to assist the Metropolitan Police deal with...

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All I Need is the App That I Breath

The City of London Corporation has launched a new version of its City Air App, giving users access to real-time air pollution data to automatically...

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Brexit Speech Day - Maggie May's Blockbuster

In a speech given on January 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May was heard to deliver rather a lot of words but very little content as she set-out her...

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Falling Down - Southern Drivers Off Strike - Guards On

Southern Railways has agreed to ASLEF suspending industrial action on Southern Railways on the proviso new talks are hosted by Frances O’Grady,...

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Strong Head and Tough Task for Manchester Metro Mayor Ahead

New analysis has been published by the think tank Centre for Cities, sets out three policy priorities to help the new Greater Manchester metro mayor...

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Corrupt NHS Official Jailed For Accepting Bribes

A corrupt NHS official who accepted bribes of £80,000 in exchange for awarding lucrative IT contracts has been jailed for three years at...

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Levy On EU Workers Would Be Harmful Says BCC

Following remarks by Home Office minister Robert Goodwill on proposals for an immigration skills levy on EU workers, Adam Marshall, Director General...

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Square Mile To Get World-class Wireless Network

Residents, employees and visitors to the City of London will be able to use a new 'world-class' wireless network this year as proposals to...

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Flooding - Training to be Put to Test?

The Environment Agency has tested new flood technology as part of a winter readiness training exercise involving 1,000 staff. Teams across England...

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Possession of Guides to Child Sexual Abuse - Cleaner Jailed for Just One Year

A County Down man is the first person in Northern Ireland to be sentenced for possessing guides on grooming and abusing children under UK legislation...

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Black Cabs to Blockade Bank from 5:00pm

Members of the public and motorists are advised to expect delays to their journey around the Square Mile from 5:00pm on Thursday 12 January due to a...

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Big Fine for Wilko - £1.4 Billion Chain Hit for Catastrophic Failings

Household goods giant Wilko has been fined £2.2 million after a horrific accident at a Leicester store left a young female worker...

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Blowing in the Wind, Snow and Severe Weather Warnings

The Met Office has said it will turn cold and windy as a Polar maritime airmass, with its origins over northern Canada, moves into northern Scotland...

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Going Down the Tube - 2017 Strikes Hit transport

Transport for London (TfL) is advising customers that there will be a severely reduced service across the network all day on Monday because of strike...

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First Safety Convictions of 2017

4 January 2017 saw a Lincoln based Construction Company, specialising in fitting mezzanine floors, prosecuted after a contractor fell onto a concrete...

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Neville's Nicking Nulled - Bogus Burglar Banged-up

A man who posed as an office cleaner in order to steal IT equipment worth approximately £17,000 has been jailed for a total of four years. In...

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Moped Muggers Make Mobile Marks

CCTV issued this week by the City of London Police serves as a stark reminder to all phone users that phone thieves riding mopeds and motorbikes...

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The End of the Web and Robotic Workers - Predictions 2017

The giant trends, social movements and technological breakthroughs which are set shape our lives in 2017 have been predicted by the research and...

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2017 - Southern Comfort - Not on Your Nellie

Drivers on Southern Railways will take strike action on Tuesday January 10; Wednesday 11; and Friday 13. And on Tuesday January 24; Wednesday 25 and...

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Run, Hide and Save Lives - CitizenAID App Launched

A new system, designed to improve public resilience in the event of a major terrorist attack, has been launched. Using lessons learnt on the...

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Runneth Your Cups Over to Costa

Costa is launching a nationwide recycling scheme across over 2,000 stores in order to recover and guarantee the recycling of its takeaway cups....

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Messages in a Bottleneck - Emergency Comms Failure

In a globally connected world, a great many companies have staff that travel both locally and overseas, making it more important to have an effective...

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Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?

  All 110,000 tickets for the London New Year’s Eve fireworks display have been sold. Meanwhile the authorities are advising revellers...

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In Work Poverty on the Rise

One in every eight workers in the UK - 3.8 million people - is now living in poverty. A total of 7.4 million people, including 2.6 million children,...

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Sleep Out Set to Raise More Than Half A Million Pounds

Centrepoint (the charity for the homeless named after the building that once opened its doors to rough sleepers along with many offices that donated...

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Carey Christmas for Empire State

The Empire State Realty Trust and iHeartMedia have tested their new holiday music to light show featuring Mariah Carey but have turned it off again...

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Humpty Dumpties Avoid Falls but Not Fines

A specialist roofing company and its two directors have been sentenced after admitting working unsafely at height on a hotel development in central...

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5urGent - UK Ranks 54th in 4G World. 5G is Urgent

Lord Adonis has said the government must take action now to secure a connected future so we are ready for 5G, and essential services are genuinely...

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Six People Arrested For Terrorism Offences

Monday morning of December 12 saw six people arrested on suspicion of offences under the Terrorism Act. Four men from Derby aged 22, 27, 35 and 36,...

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Highway Robbery - Capita and Co Help Fleece Motorists of £100s of Millions

The surplus produced from council parking operations in England has reached a record high of just over three quarters of a billion pounds. In the...

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M Mouths Reality of UK Terror Threat

MI6's Alex Younger, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (or M is you are a fan of Bond movies) has been in post for just over two...

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When It Rains It Kills Warning To Drivers

As the weather takes a turn for the warmer and wetter, Highways England is launching a new safety campaign warning drivers that ‘when it rains,...

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Smoke from Massive Morning Fire Hits M65

Local fire crews were called to a massive fire at a car salvage yard/scrap yard on the Moorfield Industrial Estate near Accrington in Lancashire just...

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A Positive Influence to Stop Driving Under the Influence

The (NPCC) National Police Chiefs' Council's annual month-long operation against driving under the influence launched on December 1. Police...

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IS Changing Tactics to Maintain Threat In Europe

As the so-called Islamic State (IS) loses ground in the Middle East, the pattern of its recent terrorist attacks in Europe suggests that it has...

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Bringing Home the Bacon - SPIE Takes a Slice of EE

SPIE, the M&E engineering, HVAC services, energy and communications company has splashed out and bought EE...no not the Everything Everywhere...

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Sloppy Anchor Cuts Cables

Jersey will still be suffering some disruption to services after three out of its four international submarine cables were cut. It is thought that the...

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Manchester Fire Kills Two

Police are appealing for witnesses to a fire in the city centre which left two men dead. Shortly after 2:15am on Friday November 25, police were...

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Watching Brief for Police and Public in Fight Against Terrorism

Teams of specialist police officers will be deployed to disrupt potential terrorist activity and crime in the London boroughs of Wandsworth and...

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Take the Long Way Home - Commute Times Rise

The number of employees with daily commutes of two hours or more has shot up by nearly a third (31%) over the past five years, according to new...

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More Than Wellcome - World Class Facility Opens

The week ending Nov 25 saw Prime Minister Theresa May joined key people from across the life sciences sector to open the Wellcome Trust Sanger...

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In at Number Eleven - The Hammond Song

Hammond pointed to the IMF prediction that the UK will be the fastest growing major advanced economy in the world this year. An economy with...

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How Mitie Have Fallen

Mitie have announced half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 September 2016 which show big losses and profits warnings. This has slammed the...

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KAO You Build It - Yes We Can

KAO Data Campus, the new science and technology data centre campus located on the Harlow Enterprise Zone, has announced that it has appointed JCA...

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Cyber - The New Billy the Kids on the Block

Three men are/were due to appear at the Old Bailey, charged with various offences linked to an investigation that was launched in October 2015 by the...

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Contracts Manager Jailed for £1m Building Fraud

An ex-council employee has been jailed for seven and a half years after being found guilty of charging Lancashire County Council £1 million in...

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To Do HS2

On Tuesday November 15, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling confirmed the majority of the preferred HS2 route from Crewe to Manchester and the West...

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Viridor Gives Interserve a Glasgow Kiss-off

International support services and construction group, Interserve, has been served notice of termination on its Glasgow Recycling & Renewable...

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Here We Don't Go Again - More Excuses for Tube Strikes

The Rail Maritime and Transport union has confirmed that balloting has concluded in two separate disputes on London Underground with majority votes...

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Blowing in the Wind - £730 Million for Renewable Electricity

The Government has (in the week ending Friday 11) reaffirmed its commitment to spend £730 million on renewable electricity projects over this...

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Demands Made for Demand Response

The Association for Decentralised Energy has this week (Ending Friday 11) welcomed a new Government report which calls for businesses and other smart...

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CCTV Catches Another Crash Crook

A man has been sentenced for a false insurance claim after CCTV proved he wasn’t in his car when it was hit in a carpark. James Young has...

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See It. Say It. Pull It.

A new poster campaign started at major railway stations on November 1 to be rolled out across the rest of network. Now it's been pulled on the...

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Protests - London and Moscow UPDATES

The Million Mask March has previously seen considerable damage to properties in an around London's Trafalgar Square. This time around, on Saturday...

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Million Mask and Limb Protests Hit London

Ahead of the proposed ‘Million Mask March’ on Saturday, 5 November, conditions have been imposed on the event under the Public Order Act....

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See It. Say It. Sorted. Rail Security Campaign Re-starts

A new campaign started at major railway stations week ending November 4 and will be rolled out across the rest of network in England, Scotland and...

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Killer Air - High Court Condemns Government

A High Court ruling came this week ending November 4 that the government has broken the law by failing to tackle illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide...

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Keeping it Real on Living Wage Recognised Service Providers Day

New Real Living Wage rates were announced on October 31 - the start of Real Living Wage Week. Thursday was set aside for Recognised Service Providers...

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Royal Clarence UPDATE and Picture Gallery

Structural engineers are continuing to work at the scene of the Exeter fire and particularly the Royal Clarence Hotel that was effectively destroyed...

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Brothers and Sisters - Movers and Shavers

A group of Mo Bros and Sistas gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to raise awareness of the crisis in men's health, at the dawn of Movember...

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Banks, Boroughs and Business - Brexit Breaking Point...UPDATE

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has used a keynote speech to City business leaders to deliver his strongest warning yet about the potential impact of...

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Halloween Shocker - Living Wage is a Living Hell

Halloween morning saw the new London Living Wage increased from £9.40 to £9.75 per hour to reflect the higher cost of living facing...

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Condeco - All's Swell

What's happening over at Condeco Software? asked ThisWeekinFM in a recent Grapevine as we were surprised to hear Debra Ward EMEA Managing Director...

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History in Flames - Cathedral Blaze Spreads to Oldest UK Hotel

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue have been battling a blaze this morning (Friday 28) since just after 5 o'clock at a block of buildings...

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Charge-up Points Plan Gets a Charge-up

Plans for more charging stations to encourage low emission vehicles and ultra low emission vehicles have had some substance added to them by the...

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Continuity Announcer - Kortens Delivers News of BIFM Exit

The British Institute of Facilities Management is showing marvellous continuity by losing yet another CEO in record time. Julie Kortens has sent a...

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Servest Gets the Ok Aye from Mckay

Arthur McKay has been bought by Servest. The £125 million turnover building services contractor has spent the last year or so preparing for an...

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Texting and Surfing Driver Jailed for Killing Pensioner

A man who was browsing the web on his phone looking at cars moments before he killed a pensioner has been jailed for 13-and-a-half months. Edward...

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Heathrow - New Round of Dilly-Dallying Announced

After 16 years of dilly-dallying by three different Governments,  this one finally gave the go-ahead to a further round of dilly-dallying that is...

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Fathers' Day - Killings Get Scant Justice

A company providing environmental services has been prosecuted after a worker was killed during asbestos removal work at a Welsh High...

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Could it be Curtains for Venetian Blind Thief?

Police have released a picture of a man who they wish to trace in connection with an alleged theft of a Venetian blind from a Dunelm Mill store in...

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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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Planes, Trains but Not Automobiles - a Comedy of Expectations

With the decision on which airport will be expanded soon to be made, Prime Minister Theresa May has made it clear that she wants to hear a wide-range...

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Storage Wars and Other Energy Issues

The Government should redesign its Capacity Market - a subsidy scheme designed to minimise the risk of electricity blackouts - to incentivise...

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Poison Ivy Ensures No Peace Lily at Heathrow

Some cleaners at Heathrow have written to  the Airport hierarchy to complain they are effectively not receiving the London Living Wage which was...

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Living Wage Up but 10p Down

The National Living Wage (NLW) is likely to rise to around £7.50 an hour next year, 10p lower than expected in March because of the weaker...

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Trains - Topple and Tickles

Rail passengers will soon be able to claim compensation if their train is more than 15 minutes late under an improved compensation scheme announced by...

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The BIFMs - Big Night for Industry Awards

The BIFM Awards 2016 (the sixteenth in the annual event) were given out at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on 10 October 2016. 'Pointless...

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London and Norwich Shine at BCO Awards

Norwich’s The Enterprise Centre was named as the Best of the Best workplace at the British Council for Offices’ (BCO) annual National...

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Fire in the Hold as Galaxy Sevens Don't Go Back

Samsung has stated that only about 60 per cent of owners have returned their Note 7 device for a replacement despite them being a serious fire risk -...

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Every Little Hurts - Tesco and BDC Didn't Do Enough

Tesco has been fined after health and safety breaches led to a worker falling through a skylight. The employee of Tesco Maintenance Ltd was lucky to...

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Building Projections for the Red Box at 80

Giant images of BT’s much loved classic red K6 telephone box were projected onto several of the company’s central London buildings,...

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Conservatives Conference - PM Speech Summary

  Prime Minister Theresa May closed the Conservative Conference on Wednesday 5 by staking a claim for the Party to claim centre political...

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Apleona - the Real Deal for Bilfinger Rebrand

Hundreds of customers, business partners, suppliers and employees were gathered together by Bilfinger at the Expo Real in Munich to hear what the part...

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Closed - Tower Bridge and Train Strikes to Cause Travel Chaos

It's going to be a sorry Autumn/start to Winter for the travelling public as the RMT's Mick Cash rants and raves and calls train strikes and...

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Flies and Statistics - A Survey of Dubious Substance

If you were to take the word of a survey of just 150 real estate bods acting for companies that employ more than 250 people, you'd be forgiven for...

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Food Waste - Standard and Citi Rise to Challenge

The world’s top 100 cities – London among them - will generate 35% of global economic growth over the next ten years, yet the benefits of...

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Manchester Firefighters Ignite Strike Threat

ThisWeekinFM has obtained a statement from the Chairman of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority which confirms massive cuts to fire services...

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Tattoo Taboo Fuels Discrimination

HR Diversity Consultancy, The Clear Company, has responded to research commissioned by Acas from academics at King's College, London, which...

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Crane Lifted from M40 After Massive Blaze

Drivers near Beaconsfield were being advised to allow extra time for their journeys on the morning of Thursday 22, as Lane 1 on the London-bound M40...

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Mitie in the Mire as Profits Warning is Issued

The week, ending Friday September 23, Mitie Group plc issued a trading update statement and in so doing has caused its own shares and that of some...

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Mobile Madness - Bigger Penalties to Come

At the end of last week (and big news across the weekend), the government has declared plans to make using a handheld device whilst driving a fixed...

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E-cigarettes - Positive Reviews from Anti-smokers

E-cigarettes may have helped about 18,000 people in England to give up smoking in 2015, according to new research published in the British Medical...

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ONS Head - Gaping Hole in Government Info Security

Protecting information while re-designing public services and introducing the technology necessary to support them is an increasingly complex...

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Just This Once - Hinkley Face Saver

The Government has confirmed the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project following a new agreement in principle with EDF whilst claiming it has...

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Union Brings Minimum Wage Case to Court

Seventeen home care workers employed across the London Borough of Haringey, backed by the UNISON union, are taking care company Sevacare and the...

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Posties Strike is a Throw-back in time

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has not been persuaded to call-off its one-day Post Office workers strike for tomorrow Thursday 15, meaning...

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It's Hot - Quasi-Biennial Oscillation is Not

Warnings have been issued by Public Health England (PHE) following forecasts of hot weather for the coming days and nights. PHE issued the warnings...

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Another Body Recovered at Didcot

A Guard of Honour was formed on the morning of September 8 following the discovery of another body (the previous day) of one of the workers who died...

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Murky M&E is the Parliamentary Puzzle

In a report published the week ending September 9, the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster has concluded that the Palace of Westminster...

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Midlands and London Counter Terrorism Arrests

Four men were charged with preparing for terrorist acts by West Midlands Counter Terrorism officers on Thursday 8 to appear at Westminster Magistrates...

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Brighton Rocked - Sticky Situation as i360 Gets Stuck

You couldn't have written it - well ThisWeekinFM could - the brand new British Airways' observation tower (which opened to the public on...

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G4S Cash Solutions Hit with £1.8 Million Cash Resolution

G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Limited has been fined £1.8 million after Harlow Council successfully prosecuted the company for failing to protect its...

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Taking Controls

Johnson Controls and Tyco have finally completed their merger to create what  many would argue is the world's largest building controls...

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Link Between Air Quality and Alzheimer’s Found

Tiny magnetic particles from air pollution have for the first time been discovered to be lodged in human brains – and researchers think they...

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City Airport Closed by UKBLM Environmental Protest

At 11:00am on Tuesday Sept 6, a notice on the London City Airport website still read: 'The runway is currently closed due to protestors on site....

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Crick Set to be Pain in Neck - Fab Facility Opens

The first scientists have moved in to London’s new world-leading research laboratory bringing with them the threat of disruption from animal...

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One Body Recovered from Disaster Site - Two Remain

Three people were still missing, presumed dead, at the site of the Didcot A Power Station explosion and collapse of February 23. On Wednesday Aug 31...

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Grass - Don't Inhale Once Alight

Businesses and residents have been warned by fire brigades to keep clear of grassland fires after a number broke out across the country in close to...

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All I Need is the Air that I Breathe

A study has found that the impact of road transport on air quality is not given sufficient priority in UK transport planning. Alongside a lack of...

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No Getting Off the Hook After Lift Pit Tumble

Cardiff based construction company, Jehu Project Services Ltd, sentenced on August 16 after a worker was seriously injured falling down a lift...

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Amey Oh My! £80 Million Management Fees Go Down the Tube

In a move that is claimed will save Transport for London £80 million in management fees but cost Amey a fortune, the TfL board has announced...

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Could You Tell Me the Time Please

OK - it's not exactly FM - in fact it really has nothing to do with FM at all. But who else would tell you that BT is giving people across the UK...

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Postman Spat

The Post Office claims only half of the Communication Workers Union members have voted in ballot for industrial action, with 41 per cent of that...

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Some Still Get It Hot

A weather front has been moving southeastward across the UK for much of the week ahead acting as dividing line between very warm continental air to...

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Cars - There'll Be a Lot

The coming bank holiday weekend looks set to be a bumper one with double the number of cars on the road compared to the late August bank holiday...

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Selsey Bill - Academy Counting Cost of Massive Blaze

The massive blaze that destroyed the Selsey Academy at the weekend (morning of Sun 21) has now (Tues 23) been linked to roofing work that was taking...

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Big Night for Night Tube

The Night Tube gets/got started on August 19 as TfL (Transport for London) introduced its new Friday and Saturday service on the Central and Victoria...

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Struggling to Organise a Hiss-up - Labour Caught in Security Row

September's Labour Party conference, where delegates are expected to be full of hissing and booing because of recent leadership voting...

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Sage Stuffing - Alleged Fraudster Nabbed On the Wing

According to massive international payroll and accounting software firm Sage, which now offers nearly all of its services internationally via the...

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Halfords' CCTV Reveals Carpark Injury Scam

A man who falsely claimed he was injured in a car accident as part of a bogus compensation claim has been given an adult caution after CCTV footage...

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275 Caught in Drink and Drug Driving Nets

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) arrested 275 motorists during this year’s summer drink and drug drive operation. More than 800 motorists were...

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Convictions - Lack of Basic Care Kills Security Guard

Two security companies have been fined after a security guard died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Javaid Iqbal, a 29 year old father of three, was...

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Bats in the Belfry - Trump Tower's Harmless Nutter

The 20 year old who climbed to the twenty-first floor of the Trump Tower and campaign headquarters of the man who would be king/president - Mr Donald...

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Sexual Harassment - Alive and Well in a Workplace Near You

More than half (52%) of women, and nearly two-thirds (63%) of women aged 18-24 years old, said they have experienced sexual harassment at work,...

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Broadband - Misleading Cheaters Called-out by LGA

Advertised broadband speeds which are only available to 10 per cent of customers are 'misleading and don't reflect the experience of many...

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Officers Mown Down by Moped - and Bucks Fuzz Quick Off the Mark

A Metropolitan police officer remains in a serious but stable condition following his involvement in arresting smash & grab moped raiders who had...

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Delta Wings It in Massive Critical Outage

Tuesday 9 saw Delta CEO Ed Bastian taking to the airwaves to update customers on the outage that led to hundreds of cancelled flights around the...

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Men Arrested as Man Fights for Life After Greenwich Fire

Police were called to Boord Street in London's Greenwich, by the London Fire Brigade at midday on Monday 8. London Ambulance Service was also...

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Giving Gull Attacks the Bird

One of the country’s leading experts on gull control is warning that the current spate of gull attacks across the UK will only increase if...

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Armed Officers - First of 600 Arrive in Week of Tradegy

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan have announced the start of Operation Hercules in...

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CALM and Carry on Raising Male Suicide Awareness

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), Arsenal in the Community and QPR Community Trust have teamed up with local dad Giancarlo Gaglione to...

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All the Fun of the Fair

Sunday 31 saw firefighters cheered by crowd as they rescued 19 passengers from ten hanging capsules that had become stuck high off the ground on...

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Walking on Air - High-rise Attractions Fuel Fears

The World’s tallest moving observation tower opened to the public on August 4 - on Brighton seafront. It will be called the British Airways...

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Crime Stats and Cyber Crime Surveys

The results for the Crime Survey of England and Wales (CSEW) by the Office of National Statistics reveal for the first time that fraud is the most...

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Exercise or Die at Your Desk - the Lancet Warning

A new study of over 1 million people has found that doing at least one hour of physical activity per day, such as brisk walking or cycling for...

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Groundhog Day for Fire Brigade

It was a busy week for the London Fire Brigade as three major blazes hit parts of the capital - two at recycling plants and one at a paper processing...

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Gas - Not a Laughing Matter for Evacuated City Workers

According to the online version of City AM, London Wall was still closed to east-bound traffic on Wednesday 27 as gas engineers continued to work on a...

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Home Office Settles in 'Not from Here' Race Row

In the past few weeks, the Home Office has paid a black woman £2,000 in settlement of a claim she made where she alleged racial discrimination...

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ISS Cleaners Count Cost of Living Wage

Monday and Tuesday 25 & 26 saw a two-day cleaners' strike by Public and Commercial Services Union members working for ISS at HMRC buildings in...

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Sheffield Woos Wang

Following their return from a visit to Sheffield’s sister city of Chengdu in China, the Leader and Deputy Leader of Sheffield City Council...

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May Decks DECC

The Department of Energy and Climate Change was the biggest departmental casualty last week as the new Prime minister Theresa May proved...

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Top of The Cops List Out as Fraud Hits Number 1

The City of London Police and the National Crime Agency are calling for help to catch ten wanted fraudsters who are linked to over £20 million...

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Pool Shootings - Staff and Bystanders Safe

More details were revealed about a shooting at a public sports & leisure facility in Lincolnshire following a police press conference at 4:00pm on...

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No More Social Care Cuts Urged

A report by the Parliamentary Health Committee has declared that while the NHS is under ‘unprecedented strain’ the social care sector has...

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Robot Won't Stop - Child Harmed by Securitybot

The concept of robots replacing security guards took a knock when one ran into a child at a shopping centre in California. Technology that some...

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Fitzrovia Fire and Fryer Tuck

A fire in a Fitzrovia underground car park was extinguished by sprinklers while commercial burglars shoved a couple of chip fryers under their arms...

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The Train of the Future?

Six children from across the UK were selected as winners of a Virgin Trains competition to inspire future developments of the new Azuma...

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Big Blaze at Battersea

Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters and officers were called to a large fire at Parkfield industrial estate on Culvert Place in...

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Stepping Out of the Ordinary on World FM Day

BIFM, RICS and Global FM have all done their bit on World FM Day to highlight how FM professionals, empower people to reach their full potential and...

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Wales Tyre Burnout Sees 21 Appliances Turnout

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and partner agencies were dealing with a major fire incident at a tyre recycling plant in Aberafan, Port...

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Gory, Gory...Hallelujah It's All Over Now

At lunchtime on Tuesday a man was finally talked down from a crane on the site of the new Tottenham Hotspur football stadium. After 18 hours, he was...

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Bakery Fire - No Brown Bread

A huge fire broke out at a Morrisons supermarket bakery at the weekend - fortunately nobody was injured and the operator was sure that no customers...

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Annual Workplace Fatality Statistics Published

Provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents in Great Britain’s workplaces have been released. The long term trend has seen the...

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All Aboard for World FM Day

Next week, Wednesday 13 July is ‘World FM Day’ – the worldwide celebration of facilities management and the way in which it enables...

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Decrying On a Hard Shoulder

The Transport Committee has published a report, warning that the Government should not proceed with 'all lane running' schemes while major...

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Top Heavy Tax Burden on London

A new report has warned that the UK’s public finances are increasingly dependent on taxes generated in London – highlighting the need,...

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Two...Make that Three Multi Billion Property Funds - Trading Suspended

  Both Aviva and Standard life have suspended trading in their UK commercial property funds - Standard Life announced the move on Monday with...

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Blood On Their Hands - Government Criticised On Road Safety

Commenting on figures released on Thursday June 30 covering road casualties in Great Britain in 2015, RAC chief engineer David Bizley said:...

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Good News for Environment Despite Brexit Fears

The government is set to adopt climate change targets for the ‘fifth carbon budget’ that will see the UK required to reduce greenhouse...

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ISS Takes a Wink at Watson

ISS has signed a commercial agreement with IBM to use the power of Watson IoT to transform the management of over 25,000 buildings around the...

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Love Us or Leave Us - Vodafone to Scoot Out of the UK?

Vodafone has effectively confirmed it is considering moving it's HQ building out of the UK, whilst some other notable names are planning their...

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Technology in a Changing FM World

Looking back one week wistfully to what was the Facilities Show and the Protections Series of events, we take an opportunity to relieve the experience...

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Trump Topped - What Lies...Ahead

In-Out - we've all been shaken about by one of the most embarrassing, disingenuous political campaigns ever to disgrace a nation (possibly even...

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Air Today - Gone Tomorrow

Worrying new figures published recently have revealed that Londoners living in the capital’s most deprived boroughs are up to twice as likely to...

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Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It

A dental professional has warned that workplace 'cake culture' is fuelling the current obesity epidemic and contributing to poor dental...

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Armed Up to the Kilt

Police Scotland is to increase the number of officers within armed policing - it says to help maintain the safety and security of...

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Eek! EIC Goes Bust

EIC, the huge FM, energy and building services contractor with head offices in Warwickshire and an office network that stretches from Scotland to the...

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Flash Flood - Councils Aim to Save Every One of Us

With heavy and thundery showers forecast again for the coming month, the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents more than 370 councils...

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Mum's the Word in £1 Million Fraud Case

A man who defrauded the Department for Education out of over £1 million has been jailed. Edward Fowkes Chapman was sentenced on Wednesday 15...

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Cyber Security - Tackle Staff Weak-point

With online crime becoming an increasing threat for businesses, new figures from Action Fraud and Get Safe Online released this week show that from...

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Today's the Day - Determination to Visit Facilities Show

The latest inducement for you to visit the Facilities Show has been sent by the organisers...learn how you can succeed despite the challenges you may...

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Mitigating Risk Against Active Shooters

Active shooters require relatively easy access to their intended targets and unimpeded ability to move around the venue space, writes Chris Annear....

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Being a Good Brick Doesn't Come Cheap

One Way, a specialist recruiter for the built environment, rail, civil engineering and heavy plant backs an analysis which has found that a lack of...

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Industry Bodies Face Up To Mental Health Challenge

The Building Engineering Services Association (the BESA), the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) and the CIBSE Patrons are joining forces...

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Where It All Comes from is a Mystery to Ashley

Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley, who clearly has a touch of the 'if you don't ask questions, then brother I'm your man' about him,...

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Young, Beautiful and Stupid Targeted by Scooter Gangs

A Metropolitan Police Service campaign to raise awareness about criminals who use mopeds, scooters, motorcycles and bicycles to snatch phones from...

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JLL Buys Integral as Incentive Grabs Ace

JLL is to acquire UK based property maintenance firm Integral with the acquisition said not only to complement JLL's integrated facilities...

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Weekend Hotel Fire - Tuesday Floods

Ten fire engines and 72 firefighters and officers attended a fire at an Earls Court hotel on Trebovir Road on June 5. Around 150 people were evacuated...

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Save Your Energy

The latest issue of the UK Energy Efficiency Trends report shows suppliers and consumers particularly concerned that energy prices would rise if the...

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Passing Cyclists Rules - Keep Clear

Responding to reports that the Government is considering a policy of minimum passing distances between motorists and cyclists, RAC chief engineer...

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No Red Cards for the Beautiful Game

ACAS’s Chairman and former head of the TUC, Brendan Barber, has urged employers to spare the whistle before and during Euro 2016. It has...

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Shocking Falls and Head Injuries Cost BT Dear

British Telecommunications PLC has been fined after two of its employees were seriously injured in falls from height. Teesside Crown Court heard...

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Sign of the Times - Picture Perfect or Picture Flawed?

A Jersey tribunal has found in favour of Ms Erin Bisson who wanted Condor Ferries to remove the words 'Men' or 'Ladies' from its...

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Fact - Work Munch Bunch Not a Hunch

New research by a money saving website in the UK has discovered that over one-third of workers in Briton have to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at...

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Court to Sit on Toilet Ruling

The Court of Appeal (rather than the Privy Council) is now expected to sit in an argument about the provision of toilets in predominantly take-away...

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Night Tube - Good News or Subterranean Blues?

The new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed that the much delayed Night Tube services will launch on August 19. Central and Victoria lines to...

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Android Dreams of Electric Beep Fulfilled

Customers can now use Android Pay on their mobile phone to travel on Transport for London (TfL) services, including the Tube, buses and trams, as well...

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High Anxiety - Climbers Cause All-round Embarrassment

Greenpeace activists have scaled the British Museum in protest at oil giant BP’s sponsorship of a new blockbuster exhibition - ‘Sunken...

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Flying the Coop; Buck House Trespass; and Bank Embezzlement

A man has been charged following a security breach at Buckingham Palace. Dennis Hennessy, 41 of Harrow in London, was charged on Thursday, 19 May,...

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Drugs Funding Terrorism - Arrests Made

Two men suspected of funding terrorism were arrested early on Tuesday (May 17) and have now been bailed. The men - both aged 24 - were arrested at...

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Roaming Gets Cheaper

UK consumers are better off in the EU as roaming charges (in the evening and the daytime) are down to near zero Since the beginning of May, British...

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3 into O2 Won't Go

The European Commission has blocked the proposed acquisition of O2 by 3 (aka Hutchison Whampoa) under the EU Merger regulation and shocked the...

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After the Devil Has Bolted - Cars Trashed at Old Trafford

On Sunday (May 15), Manchester United were due to play their last game of the season against Premier League minnows Bournemouth but the game was...

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Prisons - Richer Soup or More Porridge?

In placing the need for prison reform the Cameron government has emphasised that it will deliver this by providing prison governors with more freedom...

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Mortar Tossers - What a Silly Ban

The news that one UK university has banned the throwing of mortarboards in the air on graduation day has not impressed the HSE. It is an issue that...

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This is England - Bath Bombs and Sink Holes

A 300m exclusion zone remained in place in Bath on the morning of Friday 13th following the discovery of a wartime bomb. The Explosive Ordnance...

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International Counter-Daesh - Fallon Leads the Way

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon with the Defence Ministers of the US, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New...

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Corruption - Cameron Leads the Way

For the first time, foreign companies that already hold or want to buy property in the UK will be forced to reveal who really owns them, Prime...

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Showing a Clean Pair of Heels

The plight of a temp worker who was told she had to wear high heels for a reception area in London has caused a furore and led to a debate over what...

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Blacklisters in Denial Despite £10 Million Hit

What has been an epic struggle between unions and construction companies involved with a blacklist of workers has been resolved with more than...

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Care Homes Facing Financial Crisis

A BBC report has revealed that a quarter of UK care homes are at risk of closure. The disclosure in the You and Yours BBC radio programme this week...

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Balfour Beatty Hit with £2.6 Million Trench Death Fine

A company has been fined £2.6 million after an James Sim was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed on him in...

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Smash and Grabbers Target Shopping Centre

Police had to responded to a robbery early on Wednesday morning at Brent Cross shopping in London and arrested five men involved in a smash and grab...

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Client Caught Coz of CDM

Two companies have been fined after asbestos was disturbed during refurbishment work - one under the Health and Safety at Work Act; the other under...

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I'm a Prisoner - Get Me out of Here!

Two damning reports have been published recently on Leeds and Lewes Prisons by HMIP with both suffering from rising levels of violence and...

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Huge Increase in the Cost of Cancer Claims

Acting as a stark warning to seek diagnosis and treatment at the earliest opportunity, ECIS, the employee benefits company for the construction sector...

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Office Workers Escape Poison Gas Leak

Firefighters were called to investigate a smell of chemicals in an office building yesterday evening (Thurs 28) and 60 people were evacuated. The...

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Memorial Day Tragedy at the Queensferry Crossing

All work at the Queensferry Crossing has been suspended on both the £1.4bn construction project and the educational centre that runs alongside...

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Historic Day for Climate Undermined by Lack of Big-boy Action

As 175 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement at the United Nations Headquarters on April 22 and over the weekend, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...

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Greens and Cabbies Call for Air Quality Action

They may seem disparate groups but cab drivers and cyclists have joined Greenpeace to demand ‘real action’ on air pollution.  The...

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Productivity Puzzle Remains Puzzling

Workplace change management consultants at Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) are urging business leaders to consider more laterally the factors that...

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Liberties at Statues - Protests at Air Quality

Greenpeace UK took direct action at the beginning of the week by climbing up some famous statues including Nelson’s Column to get over its point...

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Advanced Terror Plot Foiled - Four go to Jail

Four men were jailed on Friday April 22 for their parts in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist murder following an investigation by the Met's...

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Danger UXB - Unexploded Bomb Found in London

Firefighters Firefighters and the Police are at the scene of what is believed to be an unexploded World War Two bomb found near to Lee High Road in...

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Merlin Attractions Pleads Guilty

The HSE made a brief statement on Friday April 22 as Alton Towers owners’ have plead guilty to safety failings. Neil Craig, head of operations...

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Tree Huggers and Tree Planters Join Earth Day

Today (Fri 22) is the 46th anniversary of Earth Day a movement that continues to inspire, challenge ideas, ignite passion, and motivate people to...

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Mitsubishi Hits the Buffers

The sight of Japanese senior managers at Mitsubishi bowing at a press conference to apologise for what appears to be deliberate falsifying of test...

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EU Playing 'Key Part' for Cleaner Britain

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has joined the EU referendum debate with its latest report stating that the UK is better within than in the...

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Birmingham Five - Terror Suspect Held in Major Coup

Five people from Birmingham have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of...

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Scottish Schools for Scandal?

Edinburgh is rocking from the emergency measures that are being taken to ensure 17 PPI funded schools are going to be safe for its students and...

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Three into Two Shouldn’t Go

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has expressed ‘serious concerns’ regarding the proposed merger between Hutchison 3G UK and...

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London Prison Doesn’t Scrub up

Yet another damning report has been published this week by HMP, this time on Wormwood Scrubs - finding its conditions give rise for ‘serious...

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Swanning into Vestas

International energy company Vestas, which is a specialist for wind energy, has appointed CBRE to provide integrated FM across its worldwide property...

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A Lesson in Education Estate Management

The 2016 Higher Education Estates and Facilities Awards took place at the Gala dinner on the final night of the annual AUDE conference held at Exeter...

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BIM BIM BIM Cheroo - April 4 Mandate an Unparalleled Achievement

The successful delivery of the Government Construction Strategy (GCS) Level 2 BIM objectives represents 'an internationally unparalleled...

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Rathkeale Rovers 6,8 to 4 - Prison 14

As reported across a number national media this week (and with thanks for clarification to STV, the Irish Times and Irish independent), thirteen...

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List of the Newts - or Just the One

The Great Crested Newt is an endangered species under European law but in the UK there's lots of them. So Natural England, the government body...

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Traditional is Best - Touch Wood

SPIE UK’s Facilities Services business has been awarded a contract by Workman Facilities Management to provide mechanical and electrical...

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Leicester's Rising Light Sees Riser Fall

A company in Derbyshire has been fined after a worker fell thirteen metres down a service riser shaft. Leicester Magistrates’ Court heard how...

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Going Down? Woman in Starbucks Lift Shaft Plunge

A woman has been badly hurt after falling down a lift shaft on Thursday afternoon (March 31). The incident happened in the Starbucks in the High...

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Major Fire Disrupts Business

Firefighting continued through the night of Wednesday March 30 at the scene of the Saltley fire, with around 70 firefighters having to stay on...

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Soaring Away with Outsourcing

Companies outsourcing their property and FM requirements have hit record levels across EMEA according to new data from CBRE. CBRE's EMEA Global...

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Duncan's Disabled - Peers Condemn Government

Following the convulsion of the departure of Iain Duncan Smith at the DWP, a House of Lords Select Committee report has rubbed more salt into the...

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Coming to a Sticky End - UK Cities Clogged by Jams

Traffic congestion in the UK’s biggest cities is 14% worse than it was just five years ago, according to a major new report but across the rest...

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A Drop of Comfort - April Falls

Up to a third of workers in some areas of Britain are set for a pay rise as a result of the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW), the new...

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Teresa May - Attack in the UK is Highly Likely

In what was the third time in her career she has stood before the Commons following a terrorist attack on the soil of a British ally, Teresa May said...

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Was Serco a Security Risk?

The MoD has taken back a contract from Serco that included military vetting and decided to do the job in-house. The £36 million contract...

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Business Connectivity Market Review

Ofcom has put forward strict new rules to improve BT’s performance in installing high speed business lines and significantly reduce the...

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Is Serco Losing its Way in Scotland?

The care of asylum seekers in Scotland has come under the spotlight following allegations of a Serco subcontractor failing to meet obligations under...

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Budget of Bitter Pills - Reaction

When Chancellor Osborne sat down having delivered his Budget, he did not look around too quickly to see the faces of little sweetness on his own...

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HS3 - Don't Dilly Dally on the Way

Chancellor George Osborne was keen to go out of his way to put forward HS3 as a key part of his Northern Powerhouse scheme in his Budget. However, the...

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City of Angels Suffers Fall from Height

According to news reports from the Los Angeles Times, LA Tribune and Fox News, an electrician has died (on Thurs 17) after falling 53 storeys from the...

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Leaving on a Jet Plane?

Ryanair launched a corporate jet charter service, offering a Boeing 737-700 for corporate/group hire. We thought we'd take a look at exactly what...

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Most Expensive City in the World

London is most expensive city to accommodate an employee, a position it has held since June 2014, it has been declared. At £80,817 per person...

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Hunt for Missing Three Continues at Didcot

The human scale of the incident at Didcot Power Station last month was evident this week with the funeral of demolition man Mick Collins that was...

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Zero-Hours Contracts on the Up and Up

According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, over 800,000 people are on a contract that guarantees no minimum hours in...

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Quids In - Old Space Almost as Much as New in Leeds

Continued demand for office space in Leeds has led to rents for refurbished space rising to £26 per sq ft (£280 per sq m) - only £1...

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A Horse of Course a Green Kingdom for the Horse

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has launched a first of its kind - £1 Billion green lending fund for commercial property to incentivise and...

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Report to Make Eve Peeve

Despite some modest gains in some regions in the world, millions of women are losing ground in their quest for equality in the world of work,...

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HSE Drop in Construction Visits

Figures obtained by UCATT have revealed a decline in the number of inspections that HSE is undertaking on construction sites. The construction...

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30 Deadly Sins

A woman who regularly beat her husband has been convicted of his murder - ThisWeekinFM, in association with the ManKind Initiative, publishes 30 facts...

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Adieu to EDF Finance Director

Confidence in EDF as well as the Group’s share price plunged on Monday 7 when news reached the market that the energy company’s Finance...

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Quids In - Old Space Almost as Much as New in Leeds

Continued demand for office space in Leeds has led to rents for refurbished space rising to £26 per sq ft (£280 per sq m) - only £1...

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Queen Elizabeth and the Floating Solar

Europe’s biggest ever floating solar panel array is being installed on London’s Queen Elizabeth II reservoir as part of Thames...

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The Fast and the Furious 2

People in Rickmansworth are enjoying the fastest broadband speeds in the country, according to their average speed test data. Cable.co.uk has...

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Flying High with Airport Sale

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has sold its 75% interest in London City Airport to a consortium. The announcement means that the consortium...

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Hospitals Falling Down on Toilet Provision

A new report claims that UK hospitals and clinics are putting disabled people and their carers at risk by not providing appropriate toilets. The...

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Snoop Charter - JCB to Crack a Nut

The government’s revised investigatory powers Bill, due to pass through Parliament this month, is accused of demanding the...

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Making the Most of the Green

Part of UBM Built Environment, Ecobuild still regards itself as the leading UK exhibition and conference event in the UK construction calendar. It...

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Fast and the Furious - BT Must Improve Broadband Speeds

BT must open up its network so competitors can connect fibre to homes and offices and it must reform Openreach to serve UK consumers and businesses...

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Roller Coaster Accident Prosecution Announced

Merlin Attractions which owns Alton Towers, the scene of the Smiler rollercoaster accident which left five people seriously injured, is to face...

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BIFM Grabs a Pawn Cracker

The British Institute of Facilities Management has announced the appointment of Ray Perry (currently Chief Executive of the National Pawnbrokers...

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Tax Trial: Land Value Tax for London?

A report released by London Assembly Member, Tom Copley identifies that a new Land Value Tax could encourage 'land bankers' and those...

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Serco Survives PLUS New New York and Old NEC Deals

Not Quite Full Circle for Serco A better performance in 2015 has helped lift the gloom for Serco but Rupert Soames, CEO admits damage to reputation...

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Take My Breath Away

An important report from the RCP and the RCPCH looks at the premature death of 40,000 people in the UK and examines the impact of exposure to air...

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Self Proclaimed Activist - Defending Public Spaces

The London Space Academy staged what it described as 'an intervention - Space Probe Alpha', in London's Potters Field Park to encourage...

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Maximum Outcry at Maximus Figures

The US owned Maximus has been accused in the House of Commons of lying about its ‘fitness for work’ assessments for the DWP. Louise...

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Reap What You Sow Warn Contractors on NLW

The National Contractors’ Forum for grounds maintenance contractors, BALI-NCF, has written to government ministers and members of the Low Pay...

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Minimum Wage Cheats - Total Security Replies

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Nick Boles MP have published the latest National Minimum Wage offenders list as the...

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Homes Not So Fit for Heroes

An exposé by the Sun newspaper appears to show that thousands of army personnel and families are living in atrocious conditions in military...

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Daa, Daa, Da, Der, De, Daa, Aah!

The Health and Safety Executive has today (Thurs 11) informed Foodles Production (UK) Ltd that it will be prosecuted over an incident in which actor...

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Micromanagement Pressure Leads to Suicide

A worker for Staffordshire County Council was found to be under so much pressure from her management that she hanged herself according to a...

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Dyslexic - Starbucks Get Things the Wrong Way Round

The ruling by an employment tribunal that a dyslexic Starbucks employee was wrongly discriminated against on the grounds she falsified accounts could...

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Fighting Back Against Violence Urged

The latest 2015 British Retail Consortium (BRC) crime survey has revealed that violence and abuse against staff has increased...

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Window Wallies Whacked in Wallet

A company which manufactured and installed windows has been fined £36,000 after carrying out work in the West End of London with no measures to...

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Many Happy Returns?

Six years or so years after moving to Dublin to gain tax advantages, FTSE 250 insurance group Beazley is almost certain to come back to London -...

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Acting Against Carbon is the Goal

Act on 7 aims to address the needs of organisations that want to take action on their carbon footprint but either do not know how to or are struggling...

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Hancock's Half-hour - Pledges to Cut its Offices By 75%

This week, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General Matt Hancock took a little time to reveal that the government has reduced the size of...

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Slippery Customers and Bungee Jumpers

Last week the City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department targeted 'slip and trip' fraudsters in a two-day crackdown...

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Two-way Street Built Between Huddersfield and China

The University of Huddersfield has reached an agreement with Beijing Construction Engineering Group to develop the company’s use of vital new...

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Latest Hinkley Delay Goes Ballistic

The pomp and ceremony of the ‘agreement’ of a new Hinkley nuclear facility in Somerset last October appears to have blown up The deal,...

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Getting in to the Valley of the Deals - Welsh Sell-off Lost £Millions

Fundamental flaws in the way the Regeneration Investment Fund for Wales (RIFW) was managed, overseen and advised has cost Welsh taxpayers tens of...

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Red Card for Card Fraudsters

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) have revoked 4,615 cards, following...

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January 29 - Accidents Waiting to Happen

Road accidents will peak on 29 January with a projected rise of 74% up from the average figure for the rest of the year. The forecast has been made...

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All Change for Medway Centre

After the shocking exposure of abuse by some G4S staff at the Medway Secure Training Centre, its boss is forced to stand down. The BBC Panorama...

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Getting the Rhythm to Beat those Office Blues

Blue Monday (this year Jan 18) is hailed as the most depressing day of the year but the whole of the month of January is possibly the darkest, coldest...

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Kier Criticised for Cancelled Contract

According to the union UCATT, eighteen workers were left high and dry without jobs or any idea of their future when council contracted employer Kier...

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NCA Learns the Truth of Cybercrims at 17

In December, the National Crime Agency (NCA) launched a campaign to discourage young people from becoming involved in cyber crime, after analysis of...

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Pensioner Killed in Health Centre Fall

The NHS Litigation Authority has been prosecuted after an 82-year-old man fell 12ft to his death from an elevated walkway outside a health...

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Call for Big Firms to Declare Disabled Worker Numbers

A parliamentary debate last week has highlighted government commitments to the disabled obtaining work and the experiences of the disabled. The...

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Crime and Punishment Guidelines May Not be Proportionate

New sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences, are set to ‘revolutionise’ punishment for health and safety offences with...

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Young Guns Go for It

The government and the Metropolitan Police Force's  announcement that there are going to be more armed officers available on the streets of...

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Failing to Attract and Keep Talent is Big Threat Says Survey

The annual (this is the sixth) CBRE European Occupier Survey, released on the morning of Thurs 14, says  42% of the world’s leading...

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TBFG Goes Jumbly - Fiasco Kills Potential Giant

The Building Futures Group has announced its business closure. Despite a lot of warmth for the organisation that came into being in 2014 following the...

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G4S Sackings After Medway Abuse Allegations

A BBC Panorama programme aired on Monday has resulted in foru G4S staff being sacked and three suspended for alleged cases of mistreatment of youth...

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New GB Health & Safety Strategy

With an enviable record in health and safety, the HSE has published six themes that its new five-year UK strategy will have for the...

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Better Building Performance is Constructed

The UK Green Building Council is launching a new research project that it hopes will tackle the way industry currently designs, constructs and...

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World's Local Bank Back on World-wide Web

The disruption this week for HSBC and its online customers appears to be over as it declared matters were now ‘stable’ but embarrassment...

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MBE for University Director of Estates and Facilities

The University of Huddersfield’s Director of Estates and Facilities, Colin Blair, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours...

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Taking the Stink Out of Drink

A new Public Health England (PHE) campaign is encouraging drinkers to take a break and have a Dry January. The reasons behind this latest drive are...

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Why Smoking is Choking Lives

PHE has highlighted the blight of smoking-related lung disease for 1 million people in England and causes 25,000 deaths each year – twice the...

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Getting the 'F' Out of Here - and There

Cofely FM UK which is part of GDF Suez is to face a rebrand...but then so is GDF Suez. The name chosen? ENGIE. GDF Suez has taken on this name for...

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Gift Cars - Making a Present of Presents to Opportunist

Eight million Brits (16%) will hide presents for loved ones in their car this Christmas and almost six in ten of those doing so (58%) won’t take...

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More Regulation Hard to Swallow

A new poll has found that most drivers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland do not want an extension of Scotland's...

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Superfast On Its Way for a Better-Connected UK

Claiming to be the most authoritative, in-depth look at the telecoms and wireless networks of the UK and its nations a Connected Nations 2015 Report...

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Buncefield - Ten Years On

Ten years ago today, on the night of Saturday 10 December 2005, Tank 912 at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Limited (HOSL) part of the Buncefield oil...

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Candid Camera - Personal Injury Fraudster Takes a Pratfall

Anita Quansah-Okoe aged 52 from Shannon Grove, SW9 has been sentenced to 80hrs community service and ordered to pay £500 costs after she was...

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£2 Million Fine for National Grid

One of the UK’s biggest gas distributers has been sentenced after admitting safety failings in relation to the death of a young boy. On 24...

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Fat is a Feminine Issue

In her latest annual report, ‘Health of the 51%: women’, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Dame Sally Davies makes recommendations...

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Coming to the Aid of Lynemouth

The fear that the mainly coal-fired Lynemouth power station in Northumberland which is owned by RWE npower, would close with the loss of 135 jobs, has...

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Booking the Business then Looking the Business

The London Business School has selected Cordant Security, after a competitive tender, to supply a range of services at its main site in Regent’s...

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One Dead in Newcastle City Centre Fire Tragedy

The following update was received on Weds, Dec 3 in relation to a fire in Newcastle city where one person lost their life. Northumbria Police and...

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Access to Work Scheme Hit by Review

Chancellor George Osborne has claimed he is going to help an additional 25,000 disabled people on to the Access to Work (AtW) scheme, bringing the...

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HS2 Leaves Platform Ahead of Time

Chancellor George Osborne has stated that the high speed rail link connecting Crewe to Birmingham will open six years ahead of schedule in 2027. In...

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Sticking the Boot in for Climate Action

On the eve of the opening in Paris of the United Nations climate change conference, widely known as COP21, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all...

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Ossie's Statement - Down to Earth but No Easy Way Out

Chancellor George Osborne presented his autumn statement and spending review with a juggling of figures that will continue to be analysed for what...

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Manchester Bomb Plotter Jailed

On Tuesday, the BBC reported that a man who came from Pakistan to study in the UK has been jailed in the US for forty years. MI5 agents testified that...

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Harbour Masters

Aberdeen Harbour, one of the busiest trust ports in the UK, has awarded Mitie Total Security Management a three year security contract following...

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Back to Black

Doesn't time fly - we've nearly come full circle back to Black Friday weekend (yes they call it Black Friday and then extend right over the...

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Strong Sentence Sends Firm Warning

Yahya Rashid, who is just 19, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court to five years for terrorism offences on Wednesday for engaging in conduct with the...

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Testing Times as Test is to be Put to the Test

The damaging allegations that testing does not match the ‘real world’, along with the deliberate emissions cheating by some models in the...

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Boom Times Continue in London Property

The total volume of office space under construction is at a seven-year high according to the latest Crane Survey from Deloitte. The results from...

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Stormy Weather Warning as BIFM's Jimmy Choo-Choos

The British Institute of Facilities management has lost another CEO. Having taken over last year from Gareth Tancred, James Sutton is set to do the...

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Too Scared to Read This? Bullying on the Rise

An ACAS study has revealed that workplace bullying is on the rise with many people too afraid to talk about it. Published this week, the ACAS paper...

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Renewed Anger at Renewable Failure

A leaked letter and evidence session has infuriated the Solar Trade Association following the government’s admission that the UK is not...

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Concern for Impact of Living Wage

The cost to employers of implementing the new National Living Wage will be ‘significantly higher’ than official estimates with towns and...

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Stopping the Workplace Paper Chase

Approximately half of organisations (49%) are decreasing their paper consumption, according to new research by AIIM, despite just 22% of businesses...

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Cameron Shows Fibre on Broadband Pledges

Prime minister David Cameron has committed to access to ‘superfast’ broadband will be put on a similar footing as other basic...

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Red Faces as Ofgem Punishes E.ON

E.ON has had to apologise to business customers for failing to meet its obligation to install advanced electricity meters in time and has been fined...

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Hooray for Better Pay

The start of Living Wage Week saw London Mayor Boris Johnson announce the new London Living Wage being set at £9.40 per hour - an increase from...

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Court Cell Cleanliness Concern - Chief Inspector has Damning Judgement

Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, could not have been more critical in his report – Court custody: urgent improvement required –...

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Show for Energy Management

Ahead of the 2015 Paris Climate conference, UK energy efficiency's decision makers have the opportunity to meet at the Energy Management...

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UK Goes Backward in Disabled Attention

A report* by the Equality and Human Rights Commission finds that the rights of the disabled are not progressing as they should. The findings will...

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All's Rosy in the Garden Bridge - For Now

The row over the funding and location of London’s Garden Bridge may at least have had the financial side of the project resolved this...

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Living Wage Week - Plunging New Depths

A rise of 1% of those below the Proper Living Wage has been reported in the latest study by KPMG - that's nearly half a million people more...

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Patchy Construction Performance Hits Economy

The latest ONS figures released have highlighted a decline in construction activity during Q3, finding that output in the construction industry was...

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Building Qualifications - Ramifications Could be Epic

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and associated Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) have taken the issue of fraudulent...

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EE By Gum - BT Takeover

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally given its consent to BT’s widely expected acquisition of EE. One major factor...

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The Hinkley Show Will Run and Run - French Farce Six Years Overdue - Finish Can't Finish

As we already know, the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset will be jointly financed by the French energy group, EDF and the China...

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JLL FM Heads to Europe with Aon

JLL has announced that its Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) business in EMEA has been awarded a five year contract by Aon, the global provider...

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Engineering and Facilities Firms Sentenced

Two companies have been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was electrocuted during work on a data centre in Middlesex. Balfour Beatty...

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Human Rights - Improving Working Conditions for Cleaners

A campaign to improve working conditions in the cleaning industry has been launched by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) which has...

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Coffee Making Apprenticeships Tar the Brand

Ofsted is due to publish a report on Wednesday (October 21) about apprenticeships in the UK and has found some aspects wanting in terms of...

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Foreign Office Brushes off Cleaners' Complaints

Fourteen cleaners at the Foreign Office employed by Interserve have complained this week of victimisation following a letter they sent to the Foreign...

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Wage Cheats are Only the Tip of the Iceberg Claims Union

The government has ‘named and shamed’ bosses who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage but the TUC argues this is not...

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Building Quals - You're So Money Supermarket

Following a report on BBC London Tonight (Wednesday 21 October) regarding people fraudulently obtaining Construction Skills Certification Scheme...

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France's Flamanville Fans Hinkley Fears as Franco-Chinese Accord is Reached

The future for the proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has become clearer - national media including the BBC have confirmed a...

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The New Shard and the Man with the Golden BIM

According to much of the national press this week, a 'new Shard' or 'mini-Shard' is already at concept stage for a build in...

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Get Safe Online Week 2015

The UK public has been left feeling vulnerable following an increase in highly personalised cybercrimes according to Get Safe Online, the joint public...

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May and Camo's Amo is More Bluff and Bluster on Extremist Actions

A new counter extremism strategy launched this week is said (by David Cameron and Theresa May) to tackle the full spectrum of harms caused by...

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Bridge Over Troubled Waters Needed

The Freight Transport Association has joined organisations in calling on the Chancellor to set a schedule for delivery of the Lower Thames...

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Winners and Losers for Living Wage

A new survey by PwC reveals that certain employers expect to pay an extra £1.6 million each on average in wages in 2016 and up to £11...

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Flooded With Bad News - Open the Bubbly

The facts are quite stark – floods have cost UK insurers £4 billion in the last 10 years, a figure that will almost certainly will...

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Firefighters Co-operate to Save Co-operative

A huge blaze caused early evening traffic chaos in Manchester yesterday (Oct 12) as emergency services battled the fire in the historic headquarters...

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Paper? Seriously?

Many businesses are still overly reliant on paper – which is why AIIM’s World Paper Free Day looks to remind us of practical ways to...

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100 Days 'War' Ends in Union Defeat

After a long running strike by the PCS union, an agreement has been reached that allows the National Gallery to go ahead with its outsourcing of...

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This Sporting Life Damages Health

The controversial employment practices of Sports Direct has come under the spotlight with news of ambulances being called to its warehouse...

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Plans for Incinerator get Incinerated

A proposed £240 million waste incinerator on the outskirts of Belfast has been rejected by the Environment Minister. The incinerator caused a...

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Road to Hell Paved with Bad Intentions

The ramifications for the car industry over the Volkswagen emissions scandal are serious on the manufacturer and far beyond. At the time of going...

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Fleet Sails into Town

Over two days (6-7 October 2015) the NEC, Birmingham, will host what is claimed to be the UK’s largest event for professionals with corporate...

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Umbrella Show for UK Construction Industry

Whether it can be regarded as the new Interbuild or an entirely different event UK Construction Week has been promoted to cater for all...

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CIBSE and BSRIA Become Partners

BSRIA has signed a partnership agreement with the CIBSE conference and exhibition at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, for this November....

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Fighting Against Domestic Abuse

The second Behind Closed Doors conference is returning to the City of London dealing with domestic abuse and the role employers can play. Organised...

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Compliance in FM is a No Brainer

BSRIA is staging its Compliance in FM – Update Networks Event on Friday, 2 October, from 10:00 until 14:30 hrs, in London and urges members and...

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VW Boss at a Loss over Cheating

The scandal that emerged this week in the USA over Volkswagen using computer software to falsify emissions in test could spread wider. Beginning as...

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Hinkley Funding - Damp Squib or Fireworks?

While on a tour of China, Chancellor George Osborne has stated there is a £2 billion government guarantee for a new nuclear power station at...

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Security Guard Bashed as Taxi Drivers Get on Wrong Side of the Law...and the River

A security guard was injured last week in an assault as protesters stormed London's City Hall on the south side of the river Thames. Officers are...

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Clink for Crash for Cash Cad

Mohamed Labre Chiadmi - also known as Adam Leno - pleaded guilty on Monday, 24 August to fraud by false representation and two counts of making false...

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Big Move for Public Health

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a major investment in public health science with the creation of new public health laboratories in...

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Every Lidl Helps A Lot

The German owned supermarket Lidl chain in the UK has become the first national supermarket to state that it will adopt the Proper Living...

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Mitie - Unexpected Turnover and Crash

Two cars belonging to Mihomecare were involved in separate vehicle incidents last week. The reasons why two Skoda Citigos, owned by the care...

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Opening Speaker at CIBSE Conference Confirmed

The keynote speaker at the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers’ Conference and Exhibition in November will be Lord Deben, the...

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Fire at Office Refurb

Firefighters dealt with a small fire in an office block under refurbishment on Buckingham Gate in Westminster on Monday. A small amount of wood and...

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Library Fines - Uni Gets Book Thrown at it for Disability Discrimination

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (with campuses in Carmarthen, Lampeter and Swansea) has had to pay out £20,000 in compensation to...

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Travel to the Job Counts as Working Time Says Euro Court

A European Court decision this week could have a huge impact on the way some employers will have to treat certain staff. In finding against a...

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Drone Attacks and UK Security - From the Horses Mouth

On Monday September 7, Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to the House of Commons on the subject of counter terrorism and national security. Below is...

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Behind the Scenes at Capital Icons

An interactive series that looks at some of the UK’s most well known buildings in the capital has been launched by the Facilities Show. The...

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Living Wage Employment Shockwave

The UK jobs market is at its least optimistic level in three years, according to a report by ManpowerGroup. The workforce specialist states that...

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On Site Leg Amputation Couldn't Save Man's Life

This week, Bradford Crown Court heard that on 17 August 2012, Simon Brook, an employee of Gwynn Davies-McTiffin Ltd was found lying seriously injured...

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Greenwich Set for New Maritime History

A new cruise liner terminal that will bring thousands of tourists to the capital every year was given the green light by the Mayor of London’s...

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Global Workplace Solutions - Old Name Becomes New Name

CBRE's acquisition of Johnson’s Controls’ Global Workplace Solutions has been confirmed (Tues Sept 1) at a cost of about $1.475...

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Imtech Survives on Endless Credit

Imtech UK has announced (Tues 01 Sept) that it has concluded a deal to refinance its business through an investment from private equity firm Endless...

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Don't be Guided by These Guides

Following the recent discovery of a shipment of counterfeit wiring regulations, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is working with...

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Week Long Strike at Scottish Museums

The bitter dispute over weekend working conditions for new members has led to a walk out by PCS staff at Scottish Museums. The point at issue that...

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Shocks May Await For Businesses

A recent voltage reduction trial hints that the non-residential sector may find itself unwilling to continue to invest in voltage optimisation...

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Sellafield Heads for Meltdown

Two strikes rock the Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria as members of Unite and GMB come out against management decisions. The simmering disputes...

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Greenwich Set for New Maritime History

A new cruise liner terminal that will bring thousands of tourists to the capital every year was given the green light by the Mayor of London’s...

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What a Stick in the Mud

A new 4by4 owner got more than he bargained for when he got stuck in mud this week in Chiswick, west London. Firefighters from the London Fire...

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London Fifth in Congestion League

A major provider of real-time traffic information and connected driving services, INRIX has published its Traffic Scorecard Report that reveals UK...

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A Gentleman, a Scholar and a Nicked Panther

CCTV images have proven useful in the hunt for a scholarly gentleman that walked off with an artwork worth over £100,00. Detectives from...

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Buck House on Cycle Superhighway

The Mayor of London, TfL and the Royal Parks have reached an agreement on the final section of the East-West Cycle Superhighway, with a segregated...

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Unions Demonstrate for Living Wage

Construction unions UCATT and Unite have joined forces (Weds, Aug 19) for a series of co-ordinated protests at the headquarters of employers’...

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Finalists Revealed For Awards

BIFM has announced the finalists in this year’s Awards that recognise the best-in-class FM entries across the range of the sector.  For...

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Not Smart to Block Wi-Fi

US firm Smart City has been forced to reach an agreement with the FCCEB to stop blocking consumers using their own data plans and forcing them on to...

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Servest Swoops on Llewellyn Smith

FM service provider Servest has bought the energy efficiency business Llewellyn Smith to expand its energy management provision...

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Yarl's Wood a ‘National Concern’

The controversial women’s immigration detention centre of Yarl’s Wood has received a scathing report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons - with...

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Dutch Auction - Imtech Bankrupt but Hopes for Sell-off

It was reported earlier this week that Imtech had gone into administration. In fact, it is the Dutch parent Royal Imtech N.V. that is in trouble and...

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Terror Suspects - Family of Five Plus 1

Five people have been arrested as part of an investigation by the Met Police's Counter Terrorism Command. Another man handed himself into police...

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Bethnal Green WW2 Bomb was Third Found this Year

Military bomb disposal experts from 621 Squadron, 11 EOD Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps arrived at Temple Street, Bethnal Green on Monday (Aug 10)...

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Brokenshire's Britain - Full Force of Government to Hit Employers of Illegals

War has been declared on cleaning companies, building firms, care homes and others that employ illegal migrants. Immigration Minister James...

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Sitting on the Side of the Saddle

This week saw truck drivers riding around Belfast on cycles as part of a new scheme aimed at improving safety for all road users. The Freight...

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Stadiums of Unenlightenment

There has been a call for the richest football clubs in the English Premier league to improve accessibility following a Private Member’s Bill...

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Love Mondays but Not Tuesdays and Wednesdays! Tax Scheme Could Cost £158 Million

Reed, one of the biggest UK employment agencies, has lost a case in the Court of Appeal (heard over Tuesday and Wednesday July 21/22) and now faces an...

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No Lefties Left Behind

Left-Handers’ Day takes place on 13 August of every year and it offers the chance for left-handers everywhere to celebrate their...

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Mind Your Language - Demand for English Standard Announced

The government has confirmed that it expects public sector workers dealing face to face with customers to speak English fluently. New legislation...

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Man Dies After Falling Into Chimney

A 20-year-old man who made his way onto the roof of a seven storey building is believed to have  sat down on the edge of a chimney and then...

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Hotel House Keeper Convicted for 'Interview' Rape

A senior employee at a hotel has been found guilty of rape after attacking a man who was attending a faked job interview. Sebastian Szerer, 39 of...

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Bosley Search Continues - Fires Still Burn

Update 09:15 on July 31 The search and rescue teams are continuing their search, while firefighters continue to cool the silos. Options to fully...

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Two from Phones for You Plus Smash & Grabbers Gang Sent Down

Seven men have been jailed for 64 years for their varying involvement in 10 smash and grab raids across London. Two more people are to be sentenced...

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Debut Speech Creates Climate of Worry

BSRIA has expressed its concern over the new Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change’s debut speech. Along with a number of...

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Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Awards Deadline TODAY

Employers and recruiters have just hours to share their stories on their involvement with disabled talent by entering the Recruitment Industry...

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Rough Ride Ahead for Alton Towers' Merlin

The serious accident at Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, in early June has had a dramatic impact on owner, Merlin Entertainments', trading...

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Car Park Death Sends Warning. 11,000 Londoners Hit by Cars

Last week, another pedestrian, this time a 76 year old woman, was knocked down and killed in a car park accident, reminding FMs that they must pay...

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Shopping Around for a Living Wage

IKEA has been praised for stating that it will be paying its UK staff above the Living Wage in 2016, the first retailer in the country to do...

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Banning Lorries - Ill Advised?

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has made clear its opposition to proposals being considered by the Conservative government for peak-hour bans...

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Disability Barriers to Finding Work

Up to 85% of disabled people find that their condition has an impact when job-hunting, according to new research. The findings come from the...

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Two Charged with Terror Plans - One Accused of Planning UK Attacks

As reported in ThisWeekinFM last week, officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) arrested three men on...

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Hot Rods - Cars 'Pimped' by Pallet Blaze. Phones Out

Ten fire engines and 72 firefighters and officers have attended a pallet yard fire on Mollison Avenue in Enfield. The whole of the yard and 25 motor...

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Bosley Blast - Second Industrial Disaster Strikes

Fire and rescue crews have been called to a report of an explosion at a Wood Mill in Bosley near Macclesfield in Cheshire.  Four people have been...

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Overcome by Emulsion - but Tube Workers Will Still Strike

The scene pictured here is of Liverpool Street London Underground station foyer where a huge bucket of paint was spilt yesterday (Thurs...

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Bo Jo Goes for NO2 Show

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has just published the world’s first report to use updated methods to assess the true health and economic...

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Ozzie's Nicked Name and Caused Living Wage Confusion

A response by Richard Sykes, Chair of the Living Wage Service Providers Leadership Group and CEO of ISS UK & Ireland: The announcement in the...

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Terror Arrests in Herts and Beds

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) arrested three men on Tuesday afternoon (July 14) on suspicion...

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One Out, All Out - Will Londoners Take Tube Strike Holiday?

Aslef, Unite and the RMT has been joined by TSSA (Transport Salaried Staffs' Association) in declaring a further London Underground strike (Weds...

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Industrial Explosion Kills Two in Norwich

Officers from the Norfolk Constabulary confirmed that two people have died at the scene of an industrial incident which happened at 9:20am on Monday...

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7/7 - Reflections and the Spectre of Repeat

This week saw memorial services and dedications remembering the incidents of July 7 ten years ago. We have the views from the police on duty that day...

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Capita Acquires Property Consultancy GL Hearn

Capita has acquired GL Hearn, a UK property consultancy business, for a cash consideration of £25m on a cash free, debt free basis, plus a...

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Budget - Living Wage and Apprenticeships Get Boost

The Chancellor has announced a compulsory National Living Wage to be administered by the Low Paid Commission. The Office for Budget...

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WW2 Shell Prompts Building Evacuations

The police and fire brigade have been involved in an evacuation of a number of premises following the discovery of a WW2 shell in London's...

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Smoke Across the Water - Plumes Seen Afar from Weekend Warehouse Fire

Around 120 firefighters and officers tackled a fire at a warehouse containing a number of commercial and factory units in London on Saturday night...

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Smashies Not Nicies - Convictions for £ Million Robbers

Four men involved in a series of smash and grab robberies across London, dating back as far as 2007, were convicted on Friday, (July 3) at Kingston...

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Perfect Summer Storm - Transport Strikes Confirmed

Ballots of RMT members concluded on Tuesday meaning there will be a strike on London Underground and other local and regional services. All four tube...

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Vinci Facilities - Miniscule Profit Calls for Microscope

According to the Construction Enquirer (CE) this morning, Vinci PLC has reported massive losses for its civil engineering and construction arms for...

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Assaulted Serco Officer Dies

Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command who were investigating the serious assault of a Serco prisoner custody officer have learned this...

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Terror Attack Exercise Goes Well - Real Explosion in the Vicinity

A major exercise to test the emergency services and Government response to a terrorist attack was held in central London over two days this...

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Fall from Olympic Stadium - Roof Access Questioned

The former Olympic Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park saw tragedy at the weekend as a man fell to his death. The HSE has now stated this is not a...

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Terror Attack on London - Major Exercise Continues

A major exercise to test the emergency services and Government response to a terrorist attack started on Tuesday and will continue on...

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Islamist Beheading Attack on French Factory Reported

According to the BBC and The Guardian news website, a man has been beheaded and at least one other person injured in a suspected Islamist attack on a...

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Dutch Emissions Ruling Opens Door for Governments to be Brought to Book

This Wednesday (June 24) a district court of the Hague in the Netherlands ruled that the Dutch government was legally obliged to meet a 25% reduction...

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Friday Night Lock-in Results in Rooftop Rescue

Sometimes working late is the only way to get to the top, as a late worker found out after being rescued from the roof of his office...

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Trains, Planes and Automobiles - Major 'Disasters' Hit London

Sunday 21 June saw a massive train crash and car incident in south London...fortunately it was a planned training exercise involving volunteers...

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Ross the Boss

The Mace Group Board has appointed Ross Abbate as MD of Macro UK, Europe and North America with immediate effect.  The appointment follows the...

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Minor Blip but Surge Forecasted

The latest construction output from ONS indicates that overall activity in the industry may have dropped by 0.8% in April compared to March but new...

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Mixed Results for UK Apprenticeships

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has stated that the term ‘apprenticeship’ will be protected in law. With over 2.2...

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Westminster in Energy Shame Blame

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has criticised the Westminster government of failing to follow the Scottish government’s announcement...

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Vapour Carrying No Favour

The decision by the Welsh government that it intends to ban next year the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed public spaces and workplaces, has been...

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Living Wage - Target 100

Sodexo UK and Ireland has (Weds 17 at the Facilities Show) announced that it is now a formally Recognised Service Provider working together with the...

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Attending Pending Vending Show?

AVEX 2015, seen as the vending sector’s most important biennial event, takes place from 30 June-1 July at Manchester Central. It will be opened...

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All's Not Rosy for Garden Bridge

The London Assembly has voted against Boris Johnson’s current plans for the controversial Garden Bridge. The bridge has been particularly...

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Rise of the Cybermen - IS Can mount an Attack from Anywhere

The conventional images of Islamic State have tended to be of atrocities and destruction but cyber-hacking now appears to be another weapon it's...

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Raise the Standard - ISO 41000 for Facilities Management

A new international standard for facilities management has been formally approved to proceed into development by the International Organisation for...

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Summertime and the Drinking is Easy

Formerly known as the Association of Chief Police Officers, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Lead on Roads Policing is warning...

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Excellence Comes in Three Standards

As part of World FM Day, Global FM has announced the Awards of Excellence this morning. Global FM is the worldwide alliance of facilities...

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Light at End of the Tunnel - Strand Underpass to Reopen After Fools Day fire

The closure of the Strand Underpass and two months of upheaval may be coming to an end with its partial reopening this week. this came as a result...

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Big Bang Theory

A mother and her two children had a miraculous escape according to The Chronicle after manhole explosion in Northampton. The three narrowly avoided...

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Your Floors Done Sprung a Leak - Audis Rain Down On Workshop

Monday (June 1) morning saw firefighters assisting at a bizzare but potentially highly dangerous scene following a partial roof collapse (about 20...

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What Did You Do for World No Tobacco Day?

World No Tobacco Day took place on Sunday 31 May and was billed as a great starting point for many people to take the plunge and stop smoking (or...

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Waltham Forest - a Failure to Protect Workers

Waltham Forest Borough Council was been fined after the court was satisfied that it had exposed members of staff and visiting contractors to the...

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Time for a Dip? - Beaches and Seaside Cleanest on Record

England’s bathing season is officially open - and its best-loved seas and lakes are cleaner than ever, claims the Environment Agency as our...

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15 Done in Teddy Bear Pic Nick

What seemed like a serious crash this morning on the A14 didn't deter some motorists from filming of taking pictures from the opposite highway....

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Hit the Plans - OFF

The Rail Maritime and Transport union has confirmed that Network Rail (NR) members will be taking 24 hours of strike action from 5pm Thursday 4th June...

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Double Crossing Charges

The AA claims it has evidence that the M25 Dartford Crossing tolling scheme is double charging drivers. It has received a number of complaints from...

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Another Spec Build Proves Supply and Demand Imbalance

Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, is developing a Grade A office building at 80 Fenchurch Street in the City of London on...

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Let Them Eat Cake - Crown Decrees Living Wage

Crown Estate has become Living Wage accredited meaning that everyone working for The Crown Estate, regardless of whether they are permanent employees...

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Wates Comes From Pack to Snap Up Two Good Shepherds

The Shepherd Group and Wates Group has just today confirmed that they have reached a preliminary agreement on the sale of two of Shepherd Group's...

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We're You Bin Sleeping

National waste management services provider Biffa will install CCTV in its waste collection vehicles to help prevent loss of life of those sleeping in...

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One in Ten English Speakers on Site an Expertise Thing Says SITA

The bitter dispute between the GMB union and SITA Sembcorp UK at the Teesside Waste To Energy Construction Site in Redcar carried on over the...

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One in Ten - Are English Speakers Just a Number on a List?

A protest has been organised over the alleged exclusion of locals from jobs on a construction site in favour of cheaper labour where only one in ten...

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Getaway Cars - Motorist Flout Law but Bobbies don't Bother

Following TWinFM’s widespread coverage of the dangers of mobile use at the wheel and high profile prosecutions, the latest police figures are...

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Internal Report 'Proves' Minimum Wage Outrage

One of the UK's biggest providers of care to elderly and disabled people, is accused of paying workers less than the minimum wage. MiHomecare...

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Stigma of the Dump - Dispute is 70s' Throwback

The GMB union is still determined to battle on in its dispute with Barking & Dagenham Council despite two other unions settling. The two other...

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Bland Designs - Ruskin Rustled to Resist Refurb

SAVE Britain's Heritage - or SAVE for short - has launched a petition calling upon Edward Byrne, President and Principal of King's College...

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A Cushy Number - DTZ and Cushmans to Merge

Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ have reached a definitive agreement to merge and are set to become one of the largest global real estate services...

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Return of the Mobile Native

This week saw the announcement by BT that it aims to acquire EE and become a mobile provider again 10 years after it sold its stake in the Cellnet...

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Stop Sending Me Those Damn Emails

According to Sir Cary Cooper (as opposed to the High Noon actor Gary Cooper who has no relevance to this story other than to provide a clickbait...

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The Sweeney Ensure Violent Crims are set to do Porridge

A gang who targeted and violently attacked a security guard delivering cash to HSBC bank on Baker Street, W1 have been found guilty of conspiracy to...

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Can I See Your Licence Please - Police to Chase 251 More Fake Security Guards

The Security Industry Authority [SIA] has started the revocation process for yet another 129 SIA licences that are linked to alleged training and...

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Stop in the Name of Love - Supremes Make Anti-Pollution Ruling

Many readers will be aware that Justices at the UK's highest court - the Supreme Court - have ordered the Government and the Mayor of London to...

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Stately Home Fire Investigation to Take Time

The full cause of the destructive fire at Clandon Park House is unlikely to be known soon because of its 'complexity'. In a press statement...

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Docklands Fight Railway - Strikers Sock-it to FM Firms

A ballot for strike action on the Docklands Light Railway by the RMT union along with a separate dispute with Interserve points to disruption next...

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Yarl's Wood Kicks Off Again

The controversy over the control of 400 detainees at Yarl’s Wood in Bedfordshire continued over the weekend with Serco denying that...

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Dispute at Sellafield Goes Ballistic

Relations between the Unite union and Sellafield Contractor Group has hit another low as disputes lead to a vote for industrial...

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Windsor Wardens Wages War

Wardens who work at Windsor Castle have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action over a dispute about low pay. In a ballot of 76 of the wardens...

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