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World Environment Day: Why resource management must sit at the heart of climate action

By Dan Cooke, Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs at CIWM. When organisations think about climate action, the conversation often centres on energy efficiency, renewable power and reducing carbon emissions from transport. These are all important priorities, but they ...

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Fernox introduces its new and improved commercial range

Fernox has launched a new range of air and dirt separators, vacuum degassers, side stream filters and additives, all of which are specifically engineered for commercial HVAC applications, to help extend the lifespan and improve the efficiency of heating and ...

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Compass recognised at RoSPA Awards

Compass Group UK & Ireland has been recognised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), for its high standards and commitment to accident prevention. 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the RoSPA Awards, which began as a small ...

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Another year of progress for Mitie

UK technology-led Facilities Management, Transformation and Compliance company, Mitie, has released its full year results for the 12 months to 31 March 2026 (‘FY26’), which reveals double-digit growth in revenue, operating profit and free cash flow, alongside a record order ...

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FM sector forecasts 20%+ productivity gains from AI by 2030 

Bidvest Noonan has published new research revealing near-universal confidence in AI’s potential to transform the industry, yet fewer than two in five FM organisations have deployed it. Based on a survey of 110 FM decision-makers, the findings show that 95 ...

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Coffee culture

Coffee is a strategic workplace asset that is helping workplaces earn their people back, argue Maxime Herbaut Head of Brand & Customer Experience at Cimbali Group UK and Russell Cowley, General Manager of FreshGround MAXIME HERBAUT HEAD OF BRAND & ...

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Campus partnership

Madeleine Ford visits the University of Suffolk to discover how a long-standing partnership with Churchill Group is driving a one-team approach to cleaning and security across the university estate Creating safe, welcoming and high-performing university environments requires more than simply ...

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Sodexo wins soft FM contract in Stoke

Sodexo Health & Care has been awarded a three-year contract for the provision of soft FM services at the new Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) in Stoke. Building on its long-standing relationship with the Royal Stoke University Hospital, part of the ...

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ISS extends and expands long-term partnership with defence organisation in Northern Europe

ISS has extended and expanded its longstanding partnership with a large defence organisation in Northern Europe for a further 10 years. Under the agreement, ISS will continue to deliver a broad range of Integrated Facility Services across the customer’s sites. ...

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The outdoor areas often forgotten about until they fail

When facilities managers review maintenance priorities, focus often falls on visible internal areas such as floors, entrances, communal spaces and high-traffic walkways. Yet some of the most operationally important parts of a facility sit outside the building itself. Loading bays, ...

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