Regional procurement specialist EN:Procure, part of social housing consortium Efficiency North, has appointed 10 contractors to its new £30 million lifts framework. Covering the installation, refurbishment, servicing and maintenance of lifts, stairlifts and personal lifting equipment in residential, public and ...
Read More »Eurest investigates how nutrition can better support night shift workers
Eurest, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Business and Industry (B&I) division, has published a white paper which investigates how nutrition can better support nightshift workers. The UK contract caterer believes food and beverage service could help alleviate some ...
Read More »Lexington Catering hosts charity fundraising dinner for homelessness social enterprise
London based B&I contract caterer, Lexington Catering, hosted a charity fundraising dinner raising over £5,000 for Fat Macy’s, a social enterprise tackling homelessness. The sold-out event held at community kitchen Refettorio Felix in Earl’s Court, welcomed guests including Lexington suppliers ...
Read More »Everything you need to know about fire-rated partitions
Fire-rated partitions are both a versatile and aesthetic way of separating an open-plan space and an ingenious, lifesaving invention. Suzanne Walter, Marketing Manager of Komfort, a leading manufacturer of partitioning systems along with specialist glazing and doors, gives an overview ...
Read More »Budgets are only one part of a much more complex retrofit challenge
While concerns over funding for retrofit projects are widespread, with half (51 per cent) of construction professionals citing cost as a major barrier, new research from BSRIA reveals that budgets are only one part of a much more complex challenge. Developers ...
Read More »Just a fifth of UK professionals stick to their ‘core’ office hours
With cost-saving still top of the agenda, and hiring plans remaining curtailed, new data from recruitment firm, Robert Walters, reveals how professionals are working extra hours just to keep up. The research found that only 20 per cent of professionals ...
Read More »Fire safety protocols under pressure from hybrid working
With hybrid working becoming the new standard for UK businesses, traditional fire safety protocols are failing to address the new risks posed by flexible workplace arrangements, warns Safety Group UK. More than a quarter of UK employees have now adopted ...
Read More »Heating teaching
Andrew Johnson, Training & Design Services Director, Ideal Heating Commercial, advises that when it comes to commercial heating courses choose your training wisely Training has always been important when it comes to heating, not least of all because of the ...
Read More »Balfour Beatty appoints new MD of its UK rail division
Richard Watts has been appointed to the role of Managing Director of Balfour Beatty’s UK Rail business. Watts, who has 20 years’ experience in the rail sector, will join the Group later this year and will take up the MD ...
Read More »Mecsia Group expands UK technical services footprint and expertise with Ashley & McDonough Compliance Services acquisition
Technical services group, Mecsia, has acquired Ashley & McDonough, a highly reputable Northwest-based compliance, maintenance, and installation services specialist within the Social Housing and Local Authority sectors This is a strategic move that accelerates Mecsia’s national presence in the Northwest ...
Read More »