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• INEOS Hygienics announces new partnership creating educational resources for schools

  24-10-2022 14:13 via chtmag.com
     
  Hygiene solutions provider, INEOS Hygienics has announced a new partnership with educational charity The 1851 Trust.
  In a multi-year campaign, INEOS will be working with The 1851 Trust to create a series of educational resources for students – which will feature inspiring famous faces, including elite athletes and leading experts in nutrition and fitness. 
  The first of which are Chartered Psychologist and Nutritionist Kimberley Wilson, and W
  
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• BCO recommends allocating more space-per-person for the post-pandemic office

  24-10-2022 13:13 via fmj.co.uk
  A new report, ‘The Future of UK Office Densities’, commissioned by the British Council for Offices (BCO), says the impact of the pandemic on the office sector combined with energy and carbon reduction targets means the traditional office space metrics – which were based on space-per-desk – are less relevant.
  ­­The BCO now recommends a new method for calculating the amount of space needed per person in the post-pandemic world of work. The research identifies a &lsq
  
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• SPIE UK in Altrad Babcock win

  24-10-2022 12:12 via fmj.co.uk
  SPIE UK has been appointed by Altrad Babcock, a specialist in the delivery of engineering, aftermarket, and upgrade services to the energy industry to supply mechanical and HVAC services to three buildings located in Renfrew, Renfrewshire.
  SPIE UK will be responsible for for completing mechanical and HVAC works, reactive services, planned and preventative maintenance as well as lifecycle projects to the three separate buildings, one of which incorporates a large manufacturing facility.
  This
  
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• Winning ways

  24-10-2022 11:56 via fmj.co.uk
  The key to attracting and retaining talent? Being a ‘Great Place to Work’ says Jess Pritchard, Head of the Corporate Sector at Moneypenny on winning GPTW certificationA positive workplace culture can be a major differentiator when it comes to retaining employees and keeping them happy, productive and engaged. And, at a time when recruitment is a major challenge across the vast majority of sectors, it’s vital to get it right.
  Great company culture is no longer a ‘nice to
  
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• Zero waste to landfill achievement for Christeyns

  24-10-2022 11:38 via cleaningmag.com
  Warrington-based Christeyns Food Hygiene has achieved zero waste to landfill for the last two years as it puts sustainability at the heart of company policy.
  
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• First Mile unveils Return & Recycle service for workplaces

  24-10-2022 11:37 via fmj.co.uk
  Environmental waste management company, First Mile, has launched Return & Recycle – a low-cost recycling scheme that focuses on making it easy to return items that are traditionally tricky to recycle.
  The new scheme is enabling businesses and workplaces of all types and sizes, from indie coffee shops to large office blocks to help power the circular economy via a simple, yet highly effective recycling service.
  Customers order a pack of prepaid-return boxes, which transform into a
  
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• Business travellers not taking steps to reduce exposure to cyber security threats

  24-10-2022 11:03 via fmj.co.uk
  New research has found that whilst over four-fifths, (86 per cent) of business travellers say their organisation asks them to take cyber security measures during work travel, fewer than a quarter (24 per cent) have anti-virus software on their devices.
  Cyber security is a growing problem. In the first six months of this year, there were 2.8 billion malware attacks worldwide causing devastating knock-on effects for companies. Global transport and logistics giant, Maersk, for instance, f
  
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• UK CTOs believe technology is not aligned with business objectives

  24-10-2022 10:13 via fmj.co.uk
  Sixty per cent of UK Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) believe that technology is not aligned with the business objectives in their organisation, according to new research from developer marketplace platform Deazy.
  The State of European Dev Ecosystem 2022 revealed that cybersecurity and data breach vulnerabilities were the biggest concerns for UK CTOs, with 52 per cent saying that’s what kept them awake at night. One-third of CTOs said that a lack of IT resources to manage current projects,
  
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• Inflation triggers wage increases

  24-10-2022 01:00
  Christian Bouzols, ECJ correspondent in France, tell us about rising pressures on cleaning companies.A new general wage increase of 2.9 per cent has been agreed in the cleaning sector, bringing to 5.5 per cent the total increases awarded for 2022. To this must be added a 27 per cent increase in the transport allowance given to cleaning workers. This was announced during the summer by the Fédération des Entreprises de Propreté, d’Hygiène et Services Associé
  
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• Focus on hygiene continues in Italy

  24-10-2022 01:00
  Anna Garbagna in Italy on growth in the sector as the emphasis on cleaning of workplaces continues.While 2020 was no doubt an exceptional year for the domestic and professional cleaning sector, focus on this aspect of our daily life has certainly not diminished. Quite the opposite, according to Francesco Marrone, president of UniFer Confindustria. Although it was the pandemic that made everyone understand the value and importance of professional hygiene, “now, regardless of how Covid will
  
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