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• Art Cleaning scoops Window Cleaning Company of the Year Award

  26-04-2023 14:15 via chtmag.com
  
  Birmingham-based window cleaning specialists, Art Cleaning Services, has brought home the Window Cleaning Company of the Year Award.
  Having previously come in a very close second in 2017 the firm says it is delighted to have hit the top spot this time round.
  The Federation of Window cleaners congratulated Art Cleaning on being judged a joint Winner in this year’s National Window Cleaning Company of the year 2023 competition, organised and run by the FWC.
  FWC Chairman Andrew Lee and Vice-Ch
  
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• Talented solution

  26-04-2023 13:11 via fmj.co.uk
  
  How to boost talent retention during an era of employee discontent. By Charles Butterworth, Managing Director, Access PeopleRetaining talent has always been a long-running critical issue for businesses, but in the current climate, it could become even more of a challenge. Since early 2021, the cost of living has been steadily rising across the UK, with inflation reaching a 41-year high of 11.1 per cent in October 2022. In response, many employees are increasing the pressure on their employers t
  
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• UK organisations are ‘sleepwalking’ towards a building retrofit crisis

  26-04-2023 11:49 via fmj.co.uk
  
   
  This is the warning from a new report The Role of Retrofitting our Non-Domestic Buildings in the Race to Net Zero, by Ridge and Partners LLP, a multi-discipline property and construction consultancy.
  The report shows that fewer than one in four public or private sector organisations is attempting to make their non-domestic premises more environmentally sustainable and just one in 10 is assigning any kind of budget to retrofitting buildings to reduce their environmental impact.
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• Sodexo Live! takes full control of STH

  26-04-2023 11:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sodexo’s dedicated business for sports, events and hospitality, Sodexo Live!, has increased its current stake to 100 per cent in STH (Sports, Travel and Hospitality), becoming the sole owner of the global provider of travel, hospitality and ticketing programmes.
  Sodexo Live! has worked in partnership with the Mike Burton Group (MBG) since 2005 to create STH, which is known for designing and marketing exceptional travel and hospitality programs for some of the world’s most prestigious
  
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• BCO celebrates London’s best-in-class offices

  26-04-2023 10:47 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Seven London workplaces have been recognised at the annual British Council for Offices’ (BCO) Regional Awards.
  Held at the London Hilton on Park Lane, the Awards Lunch recognised projects that demonstrate best practice in office design, fit-out, operation and sustainability, setting the standard for excellence across the sector.
  The winners of this year’s competition in London stand out for their user-centred design credentials, as well as their creative implementation of wellbeing a
  
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• Wembley maintenance contract win for NG Bailey

  26-04-2023 10:07 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The independent engineering and services business has scored a five-year contract to provide maintenance services at Wembley National Stadium.
  The contract will see NG Bailey providing a full range of planned preventative and reactive mechanical and electrical maintenance services, ensuring the famous stadium’s estate operates smoothly and efficiently.
  NG Bailey will apply its bespoke and flexible approach to intelligent building management in its work with the stadium, using data driven m
  
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• Jaguar in Arbor Bankside Yards win

  26-04-2023 09:51 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Jaguar Building Services has been awarded the M&E contract at Arbor Bankside Yards situated on the South Bank of London’s River Thames.
  The hard FM specialist’s history with this site runs back 30 years, as Arbor sits on the plot of Jaguar’s first ever contract, Express Newspapers located at 245 Blackfriars.
  The development is the UK’s first major fossil fuel free mixed-use estate and is carbon zero in operation. This stunning new site comprises approximately 223,000
  
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• Don’t gamble on the cleaning!

  26-04-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Would you put your money on the black or the red? At this London casino at least, Ross Osbourne and Roger Rees are opting for both, but not on the tables – the floors.
  
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• UK train cleaner still working at 80

  26-04-2023 01:00
  An 80-year-old train cleaner who helps to service between 18 and 26 train carriages a night claims he loves his job - and has no plans to retire just yet.William Gwyn Thomas has been cleaning trains at Carmarthen station for 25 years. He works shifts until the early hours of the morning, operating as part of a team charged with cleaning the entire train carriage from the cabs and toilets to the tables and floors.He says the worst shifts are on Saturdays when the toilets can be "challenging". How
  
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