Facilities Management

Contract caterer Elior has secured a deal with Tennent Caledonian Breweries (Tennent’s) to provide staff catering at its Wellpark brewery in Glasgow. The three-year contract will see Elior provide an all-day service in the brewery’s canteen, for up to 375 ...

Giampiero Frisio, ABB Electrification’s Smart Power Division President, explains why it’s time for the modern facilities manager to ‘think circular’. We cannot ignore the escalating environmental crisis. By 2030 the planet will be home to over 8.5 billion people, meaning ...

According to government stats, there are around 3.1 million people working in construction, who are the most at risk during a heatwave due to working outdoors and at height. With temperatures rising again this summer in certain parts of the ...

Stuart Purton, UK Lead for Training and Onboarding at Chubb Fire & Security on why the new Fire Safety Act 2021 which came into force in May, offers clearer directions on meeting compliance. The Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017 and ...

The RICS Governing Council has announced the appointment of Lord Michael Bichard as an Interim Senior Independent Governor. It follows the recommendations made in Bichard’s Review into the RICS’ Purpose, Governance and Strategy. As per recommendation 30 of the Bichard ...

Ian Reynolds-Young, the Editor of Planet Vending gives us the insiders view on how the latest technologies are helping the vending sector deliver workplace foodservice in a myriad of ways While FMJ is aware of a current trend that sees ...

Pinnacle Group is to provide specialist cleaning services to Solihull Community Housing (SCH), which run housing services on behalf of Solihull Council.  The SCH cleaning contract, which is worth almost one million pounds, will once again be held by Pinnacle Group who ...

Fire-safety and security solutions provider Chubb, has launched an accelerated development programme designed to attract and train new industry-entrants in partnership with Zitko Talent, the world’s leading recruitment agency for the Fire and Security industry. The accelerated development programme will ...

Moneypenny, a provider of answering services, outsourced switchboards, Live Chat and outbound calls for small and large businesses in the UK and US, has been officially accredited as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organisation. Certification™ is a very significant achievement ...

Green services provider, Nurture Landscapes Group, has increased its presence in the Midlands and North of England with the completion of three acquisitions this month. The three deals, each for undisclosed sums, underpin the UK-wide landscaping and horticultural services group’s ...