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Office attendance gains value but over a third of employees say office experiences must improve to meet expectations of flexibility and wellbeing

As hybrid work becomes more permanent, employee perception of the office is shifting, with 72 per cent of the global workforce now viewing return to office (RTO) policies positively. However, according to new research from JLL, this comes with a ...

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Jangro supporting facilities leaders under pressure

Joanne Gilliard, CEO at Jangro, explores how facilities managers can build resilience in the face of mounting pressures and why cutting cleaning budgets can be a false economy. The role of facilities managers has become increasingly demanding, with rising costs, ...

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Ready for inspection

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is planning more inspections across the UK. Matthew Hayes, Synergy Environmental Solutions, goes through the HSE’s 2025/26 priorities, concentrating on meeting COSHH regulations The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced its updated business ...

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GTEC Training awarded nearly £1m to train the UK’s green energy workforce

GTEC Training, a United Infrastructure company and provider of renewables and energy efficiency skills training in the UK, has been awarded £978,840 as part of the government’s Warm Homes scheme. The funding will help GTEC deliver a wide range of ...

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Assist Security Group appointed for hospital security services in Kent

Assist Security Group (ASG) has been appointed by 2gether Support Solutions, a subsidiary of East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, to provide physical security services across its four hospital sites: William Harvey Hospital (Ashford), Kent & Canterbury Hospital (Canterbury), ...

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Rentokil Pest Control wins at the UK Pest Awards

Rentokil Pest Control has won the Innovation of the Year award at the National Pest Awards 2025 in Manchester.  The National Pest Awards are the centrepiece of the pest industry calendar, recognising those who have excelled in pest control across ...

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Bidvest Noonan expands Cardiff University partnership

Bidvest Noonan has significantly increased the scope of cleaning services it delivers across Cardiff University’s estate. Cardiff University is one of the UK’s largest higher education institutions, educating more than 33,000 students and employing more than 7,500 staff. Renowned for ...

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‘Let’s not waste the next four years’, says CIWM

In the summer of 2025, CIWM’s Policy & Innovation Forum commissioned and endorsed an independent review of the UK’s policy landscape from a resources and waste sector perspective, now summarised in the CIWM ‘Let’s Not Waste the Next Four Years’ ...

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A model of safety

BIM and laser scanning meet a critical need for accurate, data-driven solutions that enable the integration of fire safety systems at every stage of a building’s lifecycle, says Ryan Donoghue, Head of Digital Engineering at AJ Digital The Grenfell Tower ...

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Cardo Group awarded 12 lots on Greener Futures Partnership DPS

Cardo Group, a provider of building maintenance services to social housing providers and public bodies, has secured a place on 12 lots of the Greener Futures Partnership’s (GFP) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), supporting the delivery of warmer, more comfortable, and ...

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