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Clean eating

Jason Webb, Managing Director, Electronic Temperature Instruments offers some advice on using technology in food hygiene Food hygiene and safety are critical aspects of any catering facilities operations. According to the Food Standards Agency, an estimated 380,000 cases of norovirus ...

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ISS wins landmark IFS contract with Defra

ISS has won a seven-year contract, beginning February 2024 and valued at around £60 million per annum, to provide integrated facilities services (IFS) to the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). The contract was awarded following ...

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Serco in Home Office win

Serco has secured a new contract with the UK Home Office Immigration Enforcement department to manage the Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), following a competitive process. The contract is for an initial nine years starting on 1 September 2023, with ...

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Contractors wanted for £260m public sector refurbishment framework

Contractors in England and Wales can now apply for a £260 million public sector framework to deliver a wide range of housing and non-residential refurbishment and associated retrofit works over a four-year term. The projects will be delivered under not-for-profit ...

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Waterblade completes Ground-breaking Product Development

Waterblade has always pushed the boundaries of innovation and design, and is proud to have successfully completed a 6 month UKRI funded project to develop a new Waterblade concept. The first of the new products developed shall be available in ...

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Cool choice

There are several competing cooling technologies, but to find the most sustainable solution, you need to look beyond efficiency alone, and consider the asset’s whole life cost, explains Carl Turbitt, HVAC Drives UK Sales Manager, ABB For cooling fans in ...

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Industry and government urged to ramp up efforts to retrofit commercial and public buildings

International consultancy and construction company, Mace, is calling on the UK construction industry and government to ramp up efforts to retrofit non-domestic buildings through a series of recommendations. The policy recommendation, included in its report ‘Transform & Renew – Making ...

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UK construction delivering increased social value for communities

The third annual Social Value in Construction Benchmarking Report, produced jointly by social value measurement and monitoring platform Social Value Portal and SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities shows that £1.08 billion social value was generated ...

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Double contract win for SPIE UK

SPIE UK, one of the leading technical service providers in the UK has secured two Merseytravel tunnel approach works contracts to improve motorist safety. The projects will see SPIE UK carry out the electrical upgrade of the Queensway Tunnel and ...

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Amey enhances its energy management credentials

Amey has further enhanced its energy capabilities by successfully achieving ISO 50001, the international standard for energy management systems.  Amey was awarded the certification at a ceremony hosted by the BSI and claims it is the first FM and infrastructure ...

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