Accessible design specialist, Motionspot, has published a white paper which delivers insights and inspiration for DE&I, HR and business leaders to make workplaces more inclusive for everyone. Motionspot believes that designing more inclusive buildings and spaces reduces exclusion and fosters ...

Management consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) is warning employers will be making a “potentially fatal mistake” if they use the end of Covid-19 restrictions to force staff back into the office every day. Data obtained by AWA through workplace surveys ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched the International Building Operation Standard (IBOS), a new framework which aims to improve building use, supporting more flexible work and puts people at the centre of decisions. RICS is providing organisations ...

Willmott Dixon has been appointed for the interior fit-out of a high-profile Birmingham scheme. The £6.5 million interior fit-out contract is for 428 apartments on the Perry Barr Residential Scheme run by Birmingham City Council, through the Constructing West Midlands ...

Sodexo has partnered with OCS to spearhead the creation of a new council comprising of 19 organisations to form a cross-industry group to tackle modern slavery, supported by government. The new service and infrastructure modern slavery council will work together ...

Boutique FM company, Q3, has acquired Newtons Group Ltd., a London and south-east based company delivering M&E and associated hard building services. The acquisition of the Newtons Group introduces a technical services offering that is complementary to Q3’s existing, soft-service ...

The recycling-led waste management company has received its Environment Agency permit to operate a new Materials and Recycling Facility in Landor Street, Birmingham, as part of its West Midlands growth plans. The Landor Street premises will also accommodate B&M Waste’s ...

With mandatory requirements to disclose climate-related risks coming into force in April 2022, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a new Framework providing businesses with a consistent methodology for measuring climate-related risks across their built assets, as well ...

A new qualification aimed at preventing one of the main causes of musculoskeletal disorders; manual handling has been created by Great Britain’s health and safety regulator, NEBOSH and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) accounted for 8.9 ...

Sodexo Live! has teamed up with Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc OBE to launch a culinary apprenticeship programme. The Sodexo Live! Academy with Raymond Blanc is a structured culinary programme that will give six apprentices the chance to achieve either a ...