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• Blue Apple merges with CH&CO

  01-08-2023 14:41 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Workplace caterer, Blue Apple, is to join forces with independent caterer and Royal Warrant holder, CH&CO.
  The merger expands CH&CO’s workplace portfolio, strengthening its positioning in the marketplace. Blue Apple joins CH&CO alongside its existing workplace businesses Gather & Gather and Vacherin.Blue Apple operates across the South East, home counties, Midlands and South West at 58 workplace locations, with a turnover of £14 million and employing nearly 300 p
  
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• New MD at 4 Site Security Services

  01-08-2023 14:10 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Ashley Kirk, former Group Commercial Director of AM Services Group/Pinnacle Group has been named as the new Managing Director of 4 Site Security Services.
  A key aim for Kirk in his new role will be to support the continued growth of the security company, which already has an established stronghold in Yorkshire, by driving further geographical expansion across the North of the UK.
  Cousins Paul Walton, the company’s previous Managing Director, and Director Gerald Taylor founded the business
  
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• DMA Group appointed for Port of Dover project

  01-08-2023 11:44 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Port of Dover Flickr image CC credit: Martin Elsey
  Kent-based property service specialist, DMA Group, has been awarded a major fire compliance project worth in excess of £2 million at the Port of Dover.
  The project will see DMA Group undertaking repairs and improvements as part of the Ports duties to maintain fire precautions within approximately 65 buildings across the Port, managed and delivered by the resident onsite team.
  This project is part of the multi-year, Port-wide mechanica
  
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• Robertson wins £13.5m NHS contract

  01-08-2023 10:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Robertson Facilities Management (RFM) has been appointed for the delivery of hard services at the University Hospital of North Durham, which runs until March 2028.
  Following a competitive tender, RFM concluded contract documents and subsequently replaced the previous services provider. The team will provide a range of estate services for the 450-bed acute hospital.
  Consort, who are the PFI partner of the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, selected RFM following a re-tender proces
  
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• Data centre builds are suffering ongoing project disruptions

  01-08-2023 10:27 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new Europe-wide report has found external site disruptions and inflationary pressures are causing delays to the construction of new data centres and preventing such projects from adopting greener practices.
  This comes from the second half of a two-part report series from Aggreko, titled Uptime on the Line, which explores the challenges affecting data centre construction projects, such as skills and equipment shortages, the viability of renewable alternatives and power procurement.
  The report h
  
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• The death of hot desking? Employers encouraged to rethink office spaces

  01-08-2023 10:15 via cleaningmag.com
  
  The younger members of Britain’s workforce could be putting an end to the buzzy 2010s corporate trend of hot desking, as new data reveals that more than 71% of white collar UK employees are working from an assigned desk in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Occupational Safety and Health organisations form historic alliance

  01-08-2023 09:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Nine of the UK’s most prominent Safety & Health organisations have united to form the Occupational Safety and Health Stakeholder Alliance. It will create a platform to offer a unified 360-degree perspective on critical Safety & Health issues for the first time.
  The nine organisations are as follows:British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
  British Safety Council
  British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF)
  Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
  I
  
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• Workwear Uniform Group launches with multi-million investment programme to deliver best in market customer service

  01-08-2023 09:31 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Two of the leading names in technical workwear and corporate uniforms have come together in a major new Group to deliver an ambitious strategic growth plan.
  Direct Corporate Clothing Plc and Incorporatewear Ltd are now trading names of Workwear Uniform Group Ltd (WWUGL). They will continue to operate as their own brands and service their respective clients, but with significant investment in physical infrastructure and new systems, will work even closer together to offer best-in-industry, top-to
  
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• ISS appoints Kasper Fangel as new Group CEO

  01-08-2023 01:00
  ISS, the international workplace experience and facility management company based in Denmark, has appointed Kasper Fangel as its new group CEO with effect from September 1.This follows the resignation of Jacob Aarup-Andersen in March. Fangel is currently group chief financial officer.Commenting on the appointment, chair of the ISS board of directors, Niels Smedegaard said: "We are delighted to welcome Kasper to the role of our new group CEO. His focus will be to continue the execution of the One
  
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