New research from lone worker solution, StaySafe, has found the majority of companies (68 per cent) have experienced an incident involving a lone worker in the past three years, with a fifth of these incidents described as severe or very ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has appointed its new interim leadership team to drive the further modernisation of the Institution. RICS Governing Council has made the appointments for a period of up to 12 months to lead the ...

The northern-based facilities services provider has expanded its service range with the addition of workplace catering. With the launch of the company’s AM Food brand, the company said that it “aims to disrupt the UK contract catering market”. Michael Wilkinson, Masterchef The ...

New guidelines have been published by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) to help local authorities drive up the sustainability of new commercial buildings. The Commercial Playbook shares policy recommendations for local authorities for new non-domestic buildings, such as offices, ...

Commercial contract cleaning firm, Julius Rutherfoord & Co (JR&Co), has appointed Chris Jarvis to the role of Managing Director. Jarvis joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer in 2018 and he has been instrumental in developing the quality of the ...

Mace Construct and Willmott Dixon Construction are to form a consortium to jointly target construction work in the UK healthcare sector. The new initiative will see Mace’s contracting arm work with Willmott Dixon Construction to support each other on major ...

Churchill Group’s specialist security division, Amulet, has appointed Iain Chorlton to the role of Specialist Services Director. Chorlton has been recruited to lead Project Blueprint, a new movement in the private sector to make the UK a safer place to live, ...

RICS, the global professional body for chartered surveyors has launched new Rules of Conduct, which set out the core principles of professional practice for RICS’ regulated members and firms worldwide. The revised ethical rules launched on 11 October include explicit requirements ...

Leicester-based Precision FM has acquired commercial roofing contractor Internal Xternal Solutions, to further consolidate its commercial maintenance service division. The acquisition expands Precision FM’s roofing repair and maintenance service which forms part of the company’s existing facilities management portfolio, which ...

The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has created a new Research Advisory Committee to help reshape the built environment through a future-oriented research agenda. This international panel of multidisciplinary subject matter experts will reshape the built environment to improve both ...