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Sodexo supports employee financial wellbeing

An employee discounts scheme launched by Sodexo in 2013 has helped its colleagues to save over £5 million on their shopping. Sodexo provides its employees with access to a wide range of employee benefits programmes, which support their health and ...

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Mitie named Top 50 Inclusive UK Employer

Mitie has been named one of the UK’s top 50 most inclusive employers by Inclusive Companies for the fifth year running. The Inclusive Top 50 Employers List acknowledges and ranks businesses which are consistently working hard to be truly inclusive ...

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DTGen to provide emergency power solution in Aberdeen

Power generation specialist, DTGen, has been appointed to supply and install the emergency power solution for the new £244.8 million development of The Baird Family Hospital and ANCHOR Centre for NHS Grampian at the Foresterhill Health Campus in Aberdeen. At ...

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Independent NHS tests confirm Rensair air cleaning efficiency

The NHS Innovation Agency has conducted extensive biovalidation testing on the Rensair Core air purifier. The results corroborate existing independent tests carried out by leading scientific laboratories, which have all concluded that Rensair can be used for infection prevention & ...

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OCS Group completes sale of its facilities services division to CD&R

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), a leading global investment firm, has completed its acquisition of OCS Group’s facilities services division (OCS FS), following a Sale and Purchase Agreement announcement in July. CD&R has also made a“binding and irrevocable offer” for ...

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Medirest awarded NHS Exemplar site status for outstanding cleaning services

Compass Group UK and Ireland’s healthcare division, Medirest, and its partner, Royal Surrey Hospital have received ‘Exemplar’ site status, for the early and proficient implementation of the 2021 National Standards for Cleaning. The recognition acknowledges the delivery of the best-in-class ...

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Commercial building owners are missing out on ‘easy energy savings’

Despite growing concern about energy costs, thousands of commercial and residential building owners are missing out on straightforward, low-cost ways to improve energy efficiency, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).  The Association says that turning down thermostats and heating ...

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VIVO Defence commences maintenance and housing services contract for US Air Force

VIVO Defence Services, a 50/50 joint venture between Serco and Equans, has begun looking after more than 1,000 operational building assets and nearly 1,500 military family homes for the United States Visiting Forces (USVF) in the UK. VIVO, which works ...

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APPG report on Covid-19 pandemic calls for the introduction of cleaning standards

A new report by MPs into the role of cleaning and hygiene during the Covid-19 pandemic has called for the introduction of minimum standards for hand and other hygiene infrastructure and cleaning of venues to help make sure the nation ...

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office sector warned it must make major changes to achieve net zero goals

A new report produced by University College London for the British Council for Offices calls for greater collaboration and data-sharing between office building owners and occupiers if they are to reach net zero targets. ‘Delivering Net Zero Carbon in the ...

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