OCS UK has won the Large Employer Award at West Midlands Combined Authority Adult Learning Awards in partnership with Pilot IMS, in recognition of the company’s outstanding commitment to workforce development and community engagement. OCS has harnessed the power of ...

With a real focus on increasing the number of opportunities for young talent and developing industry-leading training schemes, the Building Industry Controls Association (BCIA) has elected Adam Broomfield as Chair of its Skills Working Group. Broomfield, who is the current Operations ...

Ian Meaden, COO of EMCOR UK, argues for organisational commitment to nurturing talent and cultivating a culture of continuous learning In 2023, Ciphr reported that 82 per cent of surveyed employees were more likely to have job satisfaction if they ...

OCS is part of 12 leading private security service providers that have pledged to support the National Business Crime Centre’s Safe Spaces scheme, which is also known as Operation Portum. This comprehensive initiative invites businesses to participate and contribute to ...

Six interns from the 10,000 Black Interns programme are spending six weeks in paid roles at EMCOR UK in departments including HR, finance, IT, legal and marketing. 10,000 Black Interns is run by the 10,000 Interns Foundation and gives black ...

A new report from AI-powered skills training platform Lingio has revealed the challenges of high turnover and skills shortages in the deployment of frontline workers in a range of sectors, including hospitality, transportation, cleaning, and healthcare. According to the report, ...

United Living Group, the provider of infrastructure, affordable housing, property services, and telecoms, has acquired a majority stake in both GTEC Training Limited, a leading renewables training specialist, and Thormer Solutions Limited, developer of Heatly, a digital tool that makes ...

Without the necessary skills and knowledge you have a workforce that is – at best – unable to drive innovation and development and – at worst – unequipped to work safely and efficient, says Martin Hottass, Corporate Development Director at ...

A Scholarship backed by one of workplace and facilities management’s highest profile practitioners, who has been diagnosed with a terminal cancer, has been established. The Deborah Rowland Scholarship, created in collaboration with Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM), intends ...

FMJ reports on a new training programme that helps prepare front-line personnel manage conflict by providing simple strategies and universal guidance to manage interventions professionally and effectively Earlier this month the government announced a series of measures to combat the ...