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Willmott Dixon zero-carbon school wins Passivhaus award

The UK’s first Passivhaus Plus school – completed by Willmott Dixon in 2019 – has won an industry award for setting the standard for zero-carbon educational buildings. Hackbridge Primary School in the London Borough of Sutton was named winner in ...

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Director appointment at Bidvest Noonan

Facilities services provider, Bidvest Noonan, has promoted Lorraine Monaghan to the role of Director of Operations, Education, for its Irish operations. An experienced professional, Monaghan has seen her career with Bidvest Noonan flourish since joining the ranks in April 2014. ...

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700,000 pupils are learning in schools requiring major rebuilding or refurbishment

A new National Audit Office report on the condition of school buildings has revealed around 700,000 children in England are studying in schools requiring major rebuilding or refurbishment, but even more concerning is that the possibility of a building collapse ...

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Lewis & Graves awarded place on CPC framework

Lewis & Graves Partnership (L&G), part of the Atlas Group, has been appointed as a supplier on the Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) framework for building cleaning services. The nationwide framework has an estimated overall spend of £250 million. CPC is ...

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Alliance in Partnership secures £3.6m in new business

Sodexo’s education catering specialist, Alliance in Partnership (AiP), has been awarded £3.6 million in new and retained contracts since the beginning of the academic year. The new and retained contracts include 28 schools: Seven schools within the Creative Learning Partnership ...

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Atlas donates levy funds to Early Years apprenticeships

Atlas FM is funding the training costs of 10 Level 3 Early Years apprenticeships at Bright Horizons Nurseries. The company says it chose to make this donation because of the “important role that educators in the early years have on ...

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2 in 5 educational institutions ‘not confident’ they’ll meet decarbonisation targets

New research shows that just one in 10 higher education (HE) and further education (FE) institutions are ‘very confident’ about meeting their decarbonisation targets, in line with the government’s goal of a 78 per cent reduction in emissions by 2035 ...

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Co-Op Academies Trust appoints Eric Wright for FM services

Eric Wright Facilities Management (EWFM) has secured a three-year contract with the Co-Op Academies Trust for the provision of facilities management services at its newest secondary school in Belle Vue, Manchester. The Co-op Academy Belle Vue is an 8, 500 ...

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Sodexo extends partnerships with five schools

Independents by Sodexo has retained contracts with five prestigious independent schools from London up to Edinburgh. The contracts are St Paul’s Cathedral School, London; Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, Middlesex; Magdalen College School, Oxford; Altrincham Grammar School for boys, Cheshire ...

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ESG + FM = outstanding school assets

Schools are not just about academic success, they play a much broader role in our society. It’s why FM, within the context of the ESG principles – Environmental, Social and Governance, has never been as important as it is today, ...

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