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Mitie secures new life systems contract with DWP

Mitie’s Central Government and Defence team has been awarded a new life systems contract, worth £29 million, over a 19-month period, with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Under the contract terms, Mitie will be responsible for ensuring essential ...

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iOFFICE and SpaceIQ announce merger

iOFFICE, an industry leader in workplace experience and asset management solutions, and SpaceIQ, a leading Integrated Workplace Management System (IWMS), space management, and employee experience provider, have merged following strategic investments in the companies by global private equity firms Thoma ...

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Ground Control to showcase best environmental & biodiversity practice with the launch of a new rewilding site

With two months until the COP26 climate summit begins, landscape and maintenance contractor, Ground Control, has launched a new rewilding centre – one of the largest in the country – to showcase and share the best biodiversity and sustainability practices ...

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Sika’s flexible solution for fire rated joints

Not only are building joints potential weak spots for air and water leakages, but they can also fuel the spread of heat, smoke and flames. For effective passive fire protection, Sikasil® 670 Fire Rated Silicone Joint Sealant from building chemicals ...

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Webinar: The Sustainable Office – how FM can prepare for the future

FMJ has teamed up with global water filtration and dispenser brand, BRITA VIVREAU, to host a webinar ‘The Sustainable Office – how FM can prepare for the future’ on the 22nd September at 11am. Sustainability and employee wellbeing go hand ...

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Career Ladder talks to Chris Burroughs, director at Unified-Support

Q: What first attracted you to working in FM, did you have much awareness of the profession? I’ve always enjoyed ‘making the show happen’, this has modified over the years to ‘making the show happen and the clients happy’ through ...

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Student accommodation causes Covid concern for over three quarters of students

New research has found that the majority of UK students feel their accommodation could be better designed to minimise the risk of Covid on campus. The survey commissioned by Manor Interiors, experts in build-to-rent furnishing solutions, found that 78 per ...

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Aramark UK creates global account director role

The foodservice and workplace solutions provider has appointed Rodney Payne to the newly created role of Global Account Director. The position will involve looking after Aramark UK’s global accounts and to grow and evolve the Aramark proposition. Payne, who previously ...

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System upgrade delivers ship-shape fire protection at HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast, the most significant surviving Royal Navy warship from the Second World War, has been equipped with leading fire protection from Advanced. Permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London, the decommissioned Royal Navy warship, ...

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From the ground up

Jason Brown, of Nurture Landscapes, identifies the ways in which to support young people entering the FM sector According to Prospects, only 17 per cent of university, college and sixth-form students undertook work experience in 2020, with COVID-19 being the ...

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