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Confidence amongst UK businesses that the country can meet its net zero targets has fallen, according to a new poll carried out by BSI. The findings show that despite improved clarity around the policy direction, a majority (71 per cent) of ...

Alison Davis has been appointed to the role of Sustainability Director at Skanska UK, effective 1 August 2025. She takes over the position from Adam Crossley, who was promoted to Executive Vice President in June 2025. In her new role ...

WPS, the property services arm of Wates, has extended its facilities management contract with the global body for professional accountants, ACCA by a further two years. Celebrating a successful partnership spanning 10 years, the contract extension will see WPS continuing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...