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• Two-thirds of employees want ‘hotel-style’ amenities at the office

  13-12-2022 14:31
  A new survey of 6,000+ US, UK, and Australian office workers has found that employees want more ‘hotel-style’ amenities such as areas for socialising, state-of-the-art infrastructure, outdoor spaces, onsite cafes, air conditioning, and flexible work facilities to entice them back to the office – and stay.
  MRI Software Market Insights: The Workplace Report reveals almost two-thirds (64 per cent) of respondents say such hotel-style features impact their decision on whet
  
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• Compass crowns cleaner Jackie Kennedy as its first Be A Star ‘Legend’

  13-12-2022 13:31 via chtmag.com
  Compass Group UK & Ireland has crowned cleaner Jackie Kennedy the winner of its very first Be A Star ‘Legend’ award, landing her £10,000 and marking the culmination of the first year of its relaunched recognition programme.
  An impressive 2,568 colleagues were nominated throughout the year, but Kennedy’s story resonated the most with the judges, who selected her as overall champion from among the 325 other deserving Be A Star winners.
  Robin Mills, Managing Director, Co
  
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• Cleaning Operations UK celebrates ‘iconic’ year

  13-12-2022 13:11 via chtmag.com
  The Hampshire-based specialist cleaning company has celebrated its 13th and busiest year to date including work on some of the country’s most stunning new buildings.
  Cleaning Operations UK Limited (COUK), one of the UK’s leading experts in industrial and construction cleaning, is headquartered in Fareham but operates nationally and internationally.
  The company provides rapid-response cleaning services to a host of businesses across sectors including retail, hotels, leisure centr
  
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• Delphis Eco recognised for its outstanding contribution to sustainability

  13-12-2022 12:57 via chtmag.com
  Delphis Eco has been presented with the Queens Award for Enterprise in Sustainability Development.
  “A business making an outstanding contribution to sustainability and one of only a very few companies to be singled out for recognition through these prestigious awards” was how the Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London, Christopher Wellbelove, described British-made Delphis Eco when he presented CEO, Mark Jankovich, with the highly coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainabl
  
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• Colas appoints Reconomy as UK waste management partner

  13-12-2022 12:16
  Outsourced services provider to the circular economy, Reconomy, has been appointed UK waste management partner for infrastructure contractor, Colas.
  The decision to appoint Reconomy, and consolidate Colas’ waste management to a single supplier, follows a successful trial on the company’s National Highways Area 9 contract. This high-profile maintenance programme covers 3,760 km of motorway and trunk roads within Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire
  
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• Hillbrush signs up to Made in Britain

  13-12-2022 11:52 via cleaningmag.com
  Membership of the Made in Britain organisation allows Hillbrush to use the Made in Britain registered mark on all its products, packaging and marketing materials.
  
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• The temperature debate

  13-12-2022 11:22
  What is the ideal office temperature in the UK and how does it compare to other less temperate regions of the world? Marina Vassilopoulos reports on behalf of PSG Global, an international provider of office-fit outs and relocation project management services
  While the UK is known for its mild temperatures, averaging between 0ºc in the winter and 32ºc in the summer, global warming has begun to take its toll on the climate. On July 19th, 2022, a record temperature of 40.3ºc was reco
  
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• Sodexo trio recognised as Women to Watch & Role Models

  13-12-2022 11:01
  Three of Sodexo’s female colleagues have received recognition in the Women to Watch & Role Models for Inclusion in Hospitality, Travel & Leisure (HTL) Index 2022 produced by WiHTL in partnership with The MBS Group.
  Raj Jones, Head of DE&I, Sodexo UK & Ireland and Paula Stevenson, Managing Director, Corporate Services Sodexo UK & Ireland are recognised as women to watch in the index. They are joined by HR director for Sodexo UK & Ireland’s Schools and Universit
  
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• London Design Festival

  13-12-2022 10:27
  The London Design Festival celebrated an impressive 20 years in 2022, with the usual mix of museum exhibits, installations, exhibition and talks programmes. Helen Parton reports
  Among the highlights of the festival was a thought-provoking discussion on the Power of Partnerships held at a site within Borough Yards, the large-scale new retail and hospitality district located adjacent to the historic Borough Market in London Bridge.
  Hosted by BDG architecture + design and lighting designers and man
  
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• HVO fuel vital to help us decarbonise says BAM in new report

  13-12-2022 10:14
  Construction and infrastructure firm, BAM, has committed to using HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) as a carbon-saving fuel source following a thorough review of the supporting evidence. The review means BAM will continue to use HVO fuels as part of its strategy for decarbonising its operations, helping it to achieve its net zero carbon targets by 2026.
  In October, BAM’s UK and Ireland division declared some of the strongest and most extensive carbon reduction targets in the construction, p
  
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• Sustainability director hire at Gleeds

  13-12-2022 09:52
  The international property and construction consultancy has appointed Dave Wakelin as its new Director of Sustainability. His recruitment serves to strengthen the sustainability team, boosting its capacity and extending its reach to accommodate increasing demand.
  Wakelin, a sustainability expert with over 20 years’ experience, joins Gleeds from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) where he was responsible for leading the department’s transition to net zero across its substantial estate.&nbs
  
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• Save on rising energy costs by partnering with Excel Dryer, UK

  13-12-2022 09:41
  Energy prices have increased drastically in recent months. In fact, according to research published by Parliament, the energy price cap for the average household increased 54% in April 2022—from £1,277 to £1,971 a year. Businesses are not as lucky to have such a price cap, leading energy suppliers to pass on the high prices to commercial facilities across the United Kingdom. However, there is a simple solution: Here’s how facility managers across the country can save on r
  
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• Tailor-made solutions enable modern society to function

  13-12-2022 01:00
  We all expect the public spaces in which we work, eat, socialise and travel to be both clean and safe. And such expectations are met thanks to the work of the companies and associations in the A.I.S.E. network, who supply tailor-made cleaning and hygiene solutions that safeguard the public against illness and infection. Its professional cleaning and hygiene sector manager Aisling O’Kane tells us more.
  In the early months of the pandemic, the European Commission defined our industry as &ldq
  
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