A building can meet every expectation at design stage and still fall short once it is in use. Research from the UK Green Building Council highlights a persistent gap between expected and actual performance, which is one reason why building ...
Read More »The Guinness Partnership and five partners sign long-term contracts
The Guinness Partnership, one of England’s largest housing associations, has formally signed five contractors to new long-term agreements, to deliver its planned maintenance and investment programme. Valued at over £1 billion, the contracts span the next 15 years. The contractors and regions they ...
Read More »Compass launches new virtual work experience module
Compass Group UK & Ireland has launched its first Virtual Work Experience module in partnership with Youth Employment UK, the national body for youth employment, unemployment, and employer-led skills development. The new online programme has been designed to help young ...
Read More »Hybrid Policy vs Reality Playbook that helps workplace leaders close the gap between policy and reality
The guide is designed to provide a framework for creating hybrid policies that work for everyone in an organisation. With many organisations still struggling to understand whether their hybrid policy is working, or even being followed, workplace leaders are increasingly ...
Read More »Extreme weather fears grow on UK construction sites
High winds, flooding and lightning were named the climate change events that scared construction workers the most. The findings were revealed in a survey of 500 UK construction professionals, commissioned by SafeSite Facilities, which showed 19 per cent were frightened ...
Read More »Circularity in Practice initiative launches
Circularity in Practice, a new, nationwide, voluntary initiative inspired by His Majesty King Charles III, that brings businesses together to encourage circularity, designing out waste, focusing on reuse, high‑quality recycling, remanufacturing, and repurposing, where we live and work has launched. ...
Read More »Polyteck strikes gold in the heart of London
Polyteck has secured the contract for the delivery of planned preventative maintenance services at the prestigious Goldsmiths’ Hall, located in the heart of the London. Goldsmiths’ Hall, the historic home of the esteemed Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, is internationally recognised ...
Read More »Knowledge in circulation
Madeleine Ford reports from the new Zehnder Group UK training academy which aims to raise standards and close the skills gap across the HVAC industry Zehnder Group UK has a wealth of experience in the fields of heating, cooling, ventilation ...
Read More »Dynamic Earth selects Company of Cooks as inaugural catering and hospitality partner
Company of Cooks has been appointed Dynamic Earth’s inaugural catering and hospitality partner in a five-year deal worth £11.5million. This is the first time Edinburgh’s only Science Centre and Planetarium has outsourced its visitor and event catering and the collaboration ...
Read More »Treasury approves Manchester Digital Campus
The government is progressing on the Manchester Digital Campus (MDC) with the outline business case formally approved by the Treasury. Built on brownfield land in central Manchester, the campus will bring together approximately 8,800 people from multiple government departments with ...
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