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Compass chief people officer appointed to King’s College London Council

Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Chief People Officer, Donna Catley has been appointed as an Independent Member of King’s College London Council. The Council is the supreme governing body which defines vision and strategic direction of King’s College London in addition ...

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Salisbury celebrates another university win

Salisbury Group has landed a five-year contract with Liverpool John Moores University for building, electrical and mechanical maintenance services. The hard FM deal, which is expected to be worth over £1.5 million per annum, covers planned and reactive works across ...

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Sodexo awarded hygiene verification at Richmond University

Sodexo’s team at Richmond, the American International University in London has received the Rise Safe label from Bureau Veritas. Introduced in June 2020 the Rise Safe label provides reassurance that Sodexo’s team has successfully implemented measures to ensure the University ...

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Gather & Gather in London Metropolitan University win

Gather & Gather has won a new contract to deliver catering and hospitality services at London Metropolitan University. The two-year deal, which commenced on 1 August 2021 and has a value of £1.5million, will see Gather & Gather bring its award-winning ...

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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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Indoor mapping improves estate management efficiency at the University of Oxford

The University of Oxford has upgraded its estates management processes with a new indoor mapping system to provide more efficient methods of maintaining asset data and how it charges university departments and other tenants for the space they use. Offering easy access to property and interiors data across ...

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Aramark awarded catering services deal at New City College

Aramark UK has signed a new five-year contract to provide catering services to New City College. Spanning nine campuses with over 20,000 students and 2,000 employees, New City College is the largest college in East London and South Essex. Aramark ...

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How Sodexo helps students prepare for university

Andrew Wilkinson, Sodexo CEO for Schools and Universities in UK & Ireland, discusses how Sodexo helps to support students before and during their time at university Attending university is, for many, the first time that they will live away from ...

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Keeping students safe at university

University campus buildings and student accommodation facilities are complex infrastructures. With so many security requirements, it can be difficult for facility managers to keep on top of them all and the challenges they impose. Andrew Shaw, Architectural Consultant for Allegion ...

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