• Eatock Design & Build on track to record £3m turnover

    The office design and commercial fit-out specialist reports it is on track to record a £3 million turnover of office regenerations in its third year in business, despite the boom in homeworking.
    Founded by Paul Eatock in April 2020, Eatock Design & Build (EDB) has successfully navigated a challenging period for the workplace sector, having started trading when offices were largely void of people.
    In just three years, EDB has built a portfolio of transformative projects, turning office
  • Guide to climate resilience strategies for commercial properties launched by the BBP

    The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) has published a new guide for BBP Climate Commitment signatories and other real estate companies on climate resilience.
    The guide has been led by the BBP’s Climate Resilience Working Group and co-created with BBP members, drawing together existing industry guidance and BBP member best practice case studies to set out how to define, measure and report on climate resilient real estate portfolios.
    In 2019 the BBP published the Climate Commitment &nd
  • Sodexo recognised as ‘outstanding’ by the AHCP

    Sodexo’s team at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton was named the Outstanding team of the year at the 2022 Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP) Awards.
    Sodexo’s 106-strong team provides the soft services for the hospital’s five main wards as well as the out-patients and mental health unit.
    The title of Outstanding Team of the Year was awarded due to the team’s continued excellence in service delivery which has helped two of the hospital’s in-
  • Novus wins Riverside Group framework deal

    Novus Property Solutions is continuing its longstanding relationship with The Riverside Group with a high-volume framework contract for works across England.
    The two-year planned multi-void replacement works, which has an estimated value of over £970,000, will see Novus carry out a variety of refurbishment works across a significant number of properties up and down the country with the aim of getting families into homes, reducing existing voids and mitigating any rental losses.
    Novus and T
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  • Travelodge books Arcus FM for two-year deal

    Arcus FM has won a two-year contract with independent hotel brand Travelodge to deliver helpdesk, planning and reporting services to the business.
    Alongside providing reporting and management information insights, Arcus will be managing inbound calls from hotels, contractors and Travelodge’s self-delivery teams and provide planning and scheduling services for work orders and planned maintenance. Critically, Arcus teams will also be providing management of major incidents and ‘Off Lin
  • FM industry raises vital funds for hygiene poverty

    The FM industry has smashed last year’s record at Cleanology’s annual charity event to raise funds for The Hygiene Bank.
    The event, which took place on 27 September at London’s prestigious Ivy restaurant, raised over £13,000 and a further £8,000 in product donations to help The Hygiene Bank charity in its work to alleviate hygiene poverty.
    Organiser, and CEO of Cleanology, Dominic Ponniah, said: “The generosity and engagement of our industry has been
  • Industry expert joins ETS board

    The European Tissue Symposium (ETS) has announced that Carlos Reinoso has been appointed as vice chairman with immediate effect.
  • MD appointment at J S Wright

    Birmingham-based mechanical and electrical building services provider, J S Wright, has appointed Peter Grierson as its new Managing Director.
    Previously National Sales Director for Wolseley Pipe and Climate, he will take control of the day-to-day running of J S Wright and its sister company Wright Maintenance following Phil Leech’s move to Chairman.
    Based at the Aston headquarters of the employee ownership trust-controlled company, which also has a London office, Grierson has more than 30
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  • Moments by Lavazza Professional: The new micro café bringing coffee culture to life in the workplace

    Self-service micro café designed to be a social hub for workplace collaboration and productivity
    Offers premium Lavazza coffee including lattes, cappuccinos and flat white
    Custom designed to fit specific business needs
    Discover more: lavazzapro.co.uk/systems/micro-cafeLavazza Professional has unveiled its 24/7 self-service micro café for businesses across the UK: Moments by Lavazza Professional. Placing premium Lavazza coffee at its heart, this new modular micro market is des
  • Robot collaboration

    Robotics specialist Avidbots and Maplesoft - provider of modelling and calculation software for engineering and research - are working together on a strategic venture to bring innovation to autonomous cleaning robot design for commercial customers.Avidbots’ first launch onto the cleaning market was the Neo 2 in 2020, followed by the addition of the Disinfection Add-On in 2021. In this latest collaboration the company is using Maplesoft’s software capabilities to design robots in a vi
  • BICSc 2022 award winners announced

    The winners of the 2022 British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) Annual Awards were announced at a gala dinner recently.The evening was hosted by TV presenter and former England international rugby player Martin Bayfield.Neil Spencer-Cook, BICSc chief operating officer said: "We were delighted to once again be able to recognise and reward the outstanding achievements of those operating within the professional cleaning industry."Our annual awards provide the perfect opportunity to shine a sp

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