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• Rentokil renews partnership with Saracens

  05-01-2023 14:55 via chtmag.com
  Rentokil Initial has re-signed as the Saracens Rugby Club’s official washroom and hygiene partner for the 22/23 Season.
  Central to this strategic partnership, which at its announcement back in August 2020 was believed to be a first in UK sport, remains an ongoing focus on keeping the indoor air clean with VIRUSKILLER air purification technology, which is proven to kill 99.9999% of viruses, including Coronavirus. VIRUSKILLER units also decontaminates the air, by not only trapping but a
  
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• EMCOR UK partners with Verco to help clients achieve net zero

  05-01-2023 14:16 via fmj.co.uk
  EMCOR UK has partnered with energy management and sustainability consultancy, Verco, to provide Route Zero, a tailored approach for customers to achieve net zero carbon status.
  Route Zero starts with an analysis of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from across a customer’s buildings and workplace. Also analysed is a measurement of scope 1,2 and 3 carbon emissions across all aspects of operation, including facilities, buildings, HVAC and infrastructure. Next, a baseline is set
  
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• GreenTeck Global to increase European production as part of ongoing sustainability advances

  05-01-2023 13:28 via chtmag.com
  GreenTeck Global has resolved to increase its European manufacturing base by 200 per cent by the end of 2023 as part of a suite of sustainability resolutions.
  The move will see the hygiene technology innovator boost the number of its eco-friendly products made in Europe from 25 to 75 per cent by the end of the year, of which 60 per cent will be manufactured in the UK.
  In bringing the manufacturing of its alternative green technologies closer to its primary UK market, the company hopes to help cu
  
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• Samsic UK putting mental health first

  05-01-2023 12:57 via chtmag.com
  Andrew Safo Poku, HR Director at cleaning and facilities management specialist Samsic UK, examines how the company’s innovative approach to mental health is delivering significant benefits across the business
  Mental health has become a major talking point, not just in business but in many other walks of life. So often invisible until it is too late, poor mental health can take many forms – and its effects can be significant and long-term.
  All companies have a duty of care to their em
  
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• Sodexo awarded 10-year deal at HMP Altcourse

  05-01-2023 12:38 via fmj.co.uk
  Sodexo has secured a £260 million contract with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to manage HMP Altcourse from 1 June 2023.
  The new 10-year deal will see Sodexo’s government business take over the management, operation and maintenance of the prison which is situated in the Fazakerley area of Liverpool with the 400-strong workforce transferring to Sodexo.
  HMP Altcourse, which opened in 1997, was the first privately designed, constructed, managed and financed prison in the UK.  It is
  
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• Why managing scope 3 emissions is essential for FMs

  05-01-2023 11:46 via fmj.co.uk
  Blog by Neil Grundon, Chairman of Grundon Waste Management
  I like to refer to Scope 3 emissions as society’s dirty secrets – unlike their big brothers (Scope 1 and 2 emissions), they are rarely reported or discussed, and it is usually the waste industry that is left to deal with them. Whatever items are thrown at us, we’re the ones who have to figure out how to dispose of them and, when they can’t be recycled, reused or reprocessed, they go to our Energy from Waste (EfW)
  
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• Buckthorn Partners completes Amey acquisition

  05-01-2023 11:21 via fmj.co.uk
  UK investment firm, Buckthorn Partners LLP, has completed a transaction to acquire Amey Group PLC from Spanish owner Ferrovial.
  Amey is a leading supplier to the UK government and public sector with over 100-years of experience in innovative design and infrastructure management, maintenance, and upgrade, with core expertise in consulting and transport and built infrastructure management.
  Buckthorn has partnered in this transaction with One Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm foc
  
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• Serco extends ATC services contract at Hawarden Airport

  05-01-2023 10:47 via fmj.co.uk
  Serco has been awarded a five-year contract extension to continue to provide Air Traffic Control (ATC) services at Hawarden Airport in North Wales.
  The international provider of services to Governments has been supporting Airbus’s operations at Hawarden for 25 years, providing the ATC service, the installation and maintenance of the essential equipment required to operate the airport and ensuring all airport operations are conducted safely. Additionally, Serco oversees routine and unplanne
  
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• Greenteck Global to increase European production

  05-01-2023 10:38 via cleaningmag.com
  GreenTeck Global has resolved to increase its European manufacturing base by 200% by the end of 2023 as part of a suite of sustainability resolutions.
  
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• Elior UK donates £15,000 to fund trainees

  05-01-2023 10:17 via fmj.co.uk
  Contract catering firm, Elior UK, has committed to fully fund five trainees – at a total cost of £15,000 – through a training and employment programme provided by social enetrprise, Change Please.
  As well as funding training, Elior UK will work with Change Please to identify potential employment and apprenticeship opportunities throughout its business.
  Founded in 2015, Change Please’s mission is to end homelessness through selling great coffee. The social enterprise uses
  
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• New CEF Melton Mowbray store offers a better shopping experience for customers

  05-01-2023 09:52 via fmj.co.uk
  Image shows Kaz – Branch Manager, Gavin – Sales Assistant, Ryan – Assistant Branch Manager, Josh – Van Driver/Sales Assistant, Lee – Sales Assistant
  Once again, the UK’s leading multi-channel electrical distributor CEF has upgraded its customer experience, moving to new, larger premises in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire on Monday 19th December.
  The new Melton Mowbray branch, located in Snow Hill, offers a whopping extra 60% storage space, compared to the previ
  
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• Graphenstone UK chosen as preferred paint supplier for the Eden Project

  05-01-2023 09:44 via fmj.co.uk
  Graphenstone UK has secured a new supply deal with the Eden Project, a leading educational charity and visitor attraction. The collaboration is a direct result of both companies’ shared visions and ethos over the environmental impact materials can have. Under the terms of the new retail deal, Graphenstone UK will be the Eden Project’s official ‘preferred paint supplier’.
  With such huge demand in the UK for products that offer tangible and material health benefits, Graphe
  
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• Why has profit become a dirty word?

  05-01-2023 01:00
  Why has ‘profit’ become a dirty word? Could it be because the profit motive is all too easily seduced by the lustful influences of ‘greed’ or is that just how we perceive it? Hartley Milner explores our conflicted relationship with monetary gain in the context of the energy crisis.There is a jolly little game people like to play when they feel the need to point an accusing finger. And it has rarely been pursued with such fervour and feeling than during these months of str
  
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