Emerging workplace trends are to be explored in new research project ‘WorkPulse’ with AI at its heart. Mapping the needs of the modern workplace by today’s UK workforce is a core objective of the research project launched by furniture and ...

Over four-fifths (83 per cent) of businesses lack confidence in the audit-readiness of their ESG data for compliance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This is according to a new survey of 1,000 senior IT and data leaders across ...

The average UK office occupancy rates reached 37.1 per cent in the last week of January, the highest levels recorded since the lifting of lockdown restrictions, according to Remit Consulting. The management consultant began analysing data taken from access control ...

Compliance Group, a leading provider of integrated safety and regulatory compliance services across electrical, fire, and water divisions, has acquired fire safety services business, Abbot Fire Group. This latest move represents a significant expansion of Compliance Group’s fire safety and ...

A pilot project is underway to refurbish a 45-year-old RAF barrack block at St Mawgan, Cornwall, to meet government energy targets. Launched by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and its contractor VIVO Defence Services, the project is the first of ...

ISS has announced an industry-first partnership with Anthesis, a global sustainability firm, to conceive, develop and deliver exemplary sustainability solutions, optimised for FM. This partnership harnesses ISS’s extensive operational expertise in managing and maintaining complex facilities across diverse industries alongside ...

Company of Cooks has extended its partnerships with all the Livery venues in its portfolio, securing over £18 million in retained business in the City of London. The contracts, which range from three to five years, will see Company of ...

Take-up of flexible office space from operators across the UK reached just over 1.06 million sq ft in 2024 – the highest level since 2019 and 12 per cent above the total reached in 2023, according to research from real ...

David Luffman has been appointed as the new Independent Inspector of the Cleaning & Hygiene Suppliers Association’s (CHSA) Accreditation Schemes. Luffman will commence his new role in March 2025 and will spend three months working alongside the current Inspector, Martin Yates, ...

Housing maintenance specialist, Cardo, has secured a major new regional contract with Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life. The contract is part of Anchor’s transformative approach to repairs and planned works, with ...