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• Wolf Laundry launches exclusive end-to-end smart laundry solution in the UK

  26-06-2023 13:34 via chtmag.com
  
  On 27 June, Barnsley-based Wolf Laundry is bringing serviceMaster, an end-to-end smart laundry solution, to the UK, in partnership with leading Swiss washing technology group Schulthess.
  Wolf has more than 30 years’ experience within the laundry sector and provides bespoke commercial laundry equipment across the UK to heavy users including care homes, universities, and holiday parks.
  In 2022, Wolf was announced as the exclusive UK supplier for Schulthess washing machines and now its partne
  
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• Sodexo pledges £100,000 of apprenticeship levy in support of training ex-offenders 

  26-06-2023 13:04 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sodexo has pledged £100,000 of its annual apprenticeship levy in support of training ex-offenders this year, with funds being made available to any small or medium sized employers (SMEs) or not for profit organisations, seeking to recruit an ex-offender into an apprenticeship position.
  The announcement follows recent research commissioned by Sodexo which revealed that the apprenticeship levy gifting scheme could incentivise more UK businesses to offer employment opportunities to ex-offende
  
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• Attention to retention

  26-06-2023 12:25 via fmj.co.uk
  
  John Nugent, Chief Executive, Green & Fortune discusses promoting a career in the service sector and why attention to retention matters
  The hospitality sector has faced significant challenges in recent years, with up to 200,000 people leaving the industry or migrating away from the UK.Despite a diminished talent pool, Green & Fortune has persevered in attracting individuals who align with the company’s values and visions: “a vision to promote a dynamic and supportive service
  
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• Mitie extends FM deal with the FCDO

  26-06-2023 11:33 via fmj.co.uk
  
  flickr image CC credit: Michael Gaylard
  Mitie has been awarded a two-year contract extension to provide total facilities management services to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) sites in London and Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes.
  The new deal extends Mitie’s long-standing 15-year relationship with the department
 and will commence on 1 December 2023.
  Mitie will provide planned and reactive maintenance, cleaning, reception, helpdesk, porterage, waste management, gr
  
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• Orega expands in the City

  26-06-2023 10:46 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Flexible workspace provider, Orega, is expanding in the City of London to offer new high spec flexible workspace at 70 Mark Lane, EC3.
  The launch of the new space follows the completion of a new Management Agreement with a corporate occupier client of Allsops, and is the sixth flexible workspace that Orega has launched in London and the second in the City.
  The 27,832 sq ft flexible workspace is currently being newly refurbished to provide around 520 workstations on the 1st and 2nd floors of the
  
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• Pioneering fire protection training venture has VR technology at its heart

  26-06-2023 10:24 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new venture focusing on passive fire protection and health and safety training in the property and construction sector has been launched in the north west with virtual reality (VR) at its heart, in what is thought to be the “first of its kind” in the UK.
  Jason McKnight and Joseph Dillon have set up trainingEXP as a sister company to their construction and project management business RECOM Solutions, which is based in Salford Quays.
  The duo have invested a six-figure sum in the vent
  
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• 2N takes best-selling intercom TO THE NEXT LEVEL

  26-06-2023 09:58 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The innovative enhancements of the 2N® IP Verso 2.0 include a full HD wide-angle camera and adaptive Face ZoomingA QR code reader has also been incorporated, an access option which is being requested more and more frequently as a result of e-commerce growth and flexible workingThe new enhancements are a response to feedback from 2N’s customers worldwide
  2N, the global market leader in internet-enabled intercoms and access control systems, has upgraded the functionality of its
  
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• Sodexo extends partnership with Queen’s Hospital, Romford

  26-06-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Sodexo has had its catering, retail and soft services FM contract at Queen’s Hospital, Romford extended for a further five years.
  
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• Brexit blamed as Cork’s street cleaning machines grind to a halt

  26-06-2023 01:00
  Post-Brexit customs issues have been blamed for the fact that the entire street cleaning machine fleet for the city of Cork is currently out of action.All three of Cork's mechanical street cleaning machines have developed faults and are off the road - one of them having been grounded for nearly four months. The council is awaiting spare parts from the UK to repair them.Council leaders claim new UK customs systems following Brexit are resulting in spare repair parts being held up. President of th
  
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