Makita has added a new powerful and versatile 40VMax cordless vacuum cleaner to its XGT range. The VC013G is a highly portable L-Class dust extractor with automatic operation functionality as well as a site vacuum with impressive suction power, air ...
Read More »BW: Workplace Experts unveils new office HQ at The Carter
Workplace fit out specialist, BW: Workplace Experts (BW), has completed its new 16,500 sq ft headquarters at The Carter, London, marking a significant growth milestone for BW. Moving from its previous 10,732 sq ft office, BW now occupies a full ...
Read More »ISS renews and expands contract with Virgin Media O2
The global workplace experience and facility services company has renewed and expanded its partnership with Virgin Media O2, one of the UK’s largest entertainment and telecommunications companies, with a new two-year contract. Commencing in Q1 2026, the new contract will ...
Read More »A sustainable stewardship
Alan Cooper, Founder of Waste to Wonder Worldwide awarded an OBE for services to charity and sustainability on moving from waste management compliance to resource stewardship For over two decades, I have worked closely with FM professionals, workplace leaders, and ...
Read More »Mitie awarded Disability Confident Level 3 – Leader status
Mitie has been formally recognised as a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) – the highest accreditation available under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme, led by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Achieving Level 3 status reflects sustained progress ...
Read More »Group Metropolitan delivers a state-of-the-art data hall testing laboratory in Knutsford
Group Metropolitan’s Northern team has successfully completed a bespoke laboratory fit-out project for a blue-chip client in Knutsford, delivering a highly complex and advanced data hall facility within a 30-week programme. The client appointed ARUP and Group Metropolitan at BSRIA ...
Read More »Keeping things ship-shape – Makita backpack vacuums used for cleaning of the historic Mary Rose
Makita Backpack vacuum cleaners are being used to clean the 500-year-old hull of the Tudor navy ship the Mary Rose at its dedicated museum in Portsmouth. The Makita vacuums provide manoeuvrability and flexibility for the museum staff to easily remove ...
Read More »Space to breathe
Indoor Air Quality is often an overlooked issue when it comes to workplace comfort and health says Janvi Patel, Product Marketing Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Indoor air quality (IAQ) which refers to the air inside the spaces people live and work ...
Read More »New counter terror qualification launches to boost workplace preparedness
The Level 3 Ofqual-regulated qualification – called the ‘SFJ Level 3 Award in Counter Terrorism Protective Security and Preparedness’ – aims to strengthen the UK’s counter terrorism protective security and organisational preparedness. It has been developed between the National Counter ...
Read More »Version 1 of the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard is published
Version 1 of the UK’s first cross-industry Standard for Net Zero Carbon Aligned Buildings has been published. The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (“the Standard”) is a free-to-access technical standard that will enable the built environment to robustly prove ...
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