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• Office occupancy rates hit highest level since the end of lockdown

  28-04-2023 14:16 via fmj.co.uk
  
  UK office occupancy rates have reached their highest level since the end of the national lockdown in March 2021, according to the latest research from Remit Consulting.
  The management consultant’s Return report reveals that, in the week ending 21 April, the national average office occupancy rate reached 35.9 per cent. Compared to possible average, pre-pandemic office occupancy rates of 80 per cent, the adjusted figure suggests a rate of 44.9 per cent.
  Lorna Landells of Remit Consulting sai
  
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• Sodexo to deliver IFM for €250m third level PPP contract in Ireland

  28-04-2023 11:21 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sodexo Ireland has been appointed to deliver facilities management and technical services in Dublin, Cork, Kerry and Westmeath as part of the €250 million (ex. VAT) Higher Education PPP project recently announced by Minister Simon Harris, making it the on-site services provider’s largest PPP project in Ireland to date.
  Once construction is completed, Sodexo will be central to the delivery of a suite of facilities management and technical services on six new buildings at Technological
  
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• Equans launches Smartr digital platform

  28-04-2023 10:52 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Equans has launched a new advanced digital platform to drive efficiencies and help accelerate decarbonisation efforts across the built environment.
  The Smartr platform connects and integrates data from across a building or estate to provide a complete overview of a sites performance, allowing for faster and better decision-making. The platform provides active, meaningful insights through Smartr Connect – a secure cloud-based remote monitoring solution that optimises and controls a building
  
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• 14forty appoints new strategic partner

  28-04-2023 10:21 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Facilities management provider 14forty, which is part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has appointed Clare Coffey as its new Strategic Partner, to develop, enhance and strengthen client relationships.
  With almost three decades of experience in account management and partnership growth, Coffey has worked with several companies, including Costa, Whitbread, Co-op and Millennium Copthorne.
  In her role, she will collaborate with clients, operational and central teams to continually optimise and ali
  
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• International Workplace and DPD partnership recognised at the SHE Awards

  28-04-2023 09:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  International Workplace and DPD have been Highly Commended for the Safer Logistics Award at the SHE Awards.
  The awards, held on Wednesday evening at the Vox in Birmingham, saw more than 750 health and safety professionals from the construction, manufacturing and logistics industries come together to celebrate their health and safety successes.
  The shortlist of six companies for the Safer Logistics Award included National Highways, Weetabix and Vodafone. International Workplace and DPD were prais
  
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• Cricket club installs hand dryers to become more family-friendly

  28-04-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Nottinghamshire Cricket Club has recently introduced hand dryers designed specifically for children at their Trent Bridge ground, in a bid to become more family-friendly and help youngsters who suffer from manussiccusphobia (fear of hand-dryers).
  
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• Inviron secures cooling project at BCU

  28-04-2023 09:27 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Birmingham City University (BCU) has appointed hard FM specialist, Inviron, as Principal Contractor to supply and install 14 Daikin Inverter Air Conditioning units into several servers and hubs within its Curzon Building.
  Opened in 2015, the Curzon Building is home to many sectors of BCU including the faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences; the School of English; the University’s main library; the Student’s Union; and the restored Victorian pub, the Eagle and Ball. Taking place
  
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• SBTi validates Mitie’s decarbonisation targets

  28-04-2023 09:17 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Mitie’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
  Scienced-based targets show organisations how much and how quickly they need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent the worst effects of climate change, and support ambitions to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The SBTi is a leading global organisation that defines and promotes best practice in emissions reductions and net-zero targets, while indepe
  
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• Robot vacuum toys are now available for Australian children

  28-04-2023 01:00
  A miniature vacuum robot is being sold as a children's toy in Australia. And parents are loving it.The Kmart product has an average star rating of 4.3 out of five and mimics the design of popular robot vacuums on the market. And it performs very well, according to parents.One shopper raved about her AUS $12 purchase on Facebook, demonstrating how much fluff and hair the toy was able to collect in just two minutes. "I didn't even realise my floor was that dirty," she wrote. "I'm definitely going
  
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