Cleaning Industry news

• Research confirms link between office transformation and workplace satisfaction

  16-08-2023 13:13 via fmj.co.uk
  
  New research has found that companies that have made a change to their offices and way of working since the pandemic have a 17 per cent higher satisfaction score among employees than those that haven’t.
  The report titled ‘Great Adaptations – 2023 Workplace Futures Survey’ is the fourth edition of international design practice Hassell’s annual Workplace Futures Survey, which this year interviewed 3,500 office workers across Australia, China, including Hong Kong, Sing
  
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• Highly charged

  16-08-2023 11:34 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Electrifying the fleet is high on the agenda for most FMs. But what do you do if your sites can’t support the new charging infrastructure needed? Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, explains some of the options available
  Facilities managers are increasingly expected to be experts in new areas. First it was fleet management, now it is energy management – and these two spheres converge in electric vehicles (EVs).
  The first phase of EV adoption was relatively straightforward as m
  
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• Pagabo names suppliers for new £545m M&E framework

  16-08-2023 11:20 via fmj.co.uk
  
  National framework provider Pagabo has announced the 47 suppliers appointed to its brand-new £545 million Mechanical & Electrical Solutions Framework.
  The framework, which will run for a total of four years, has been designed as a solutions-based offering to complement Pagabo’s wider suite of frameworks.
  The framework is split into three lots, with eight core and four reserve suppliers per lot, per region.Lot 1 – Mechanical Works
  Lot 2 – Electrical Works
  Lot 3 –
  
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• Gold RoSPA Health and Safety award for Salisbury

  16-08-2023 10:55 via fmj.co.uk
  
  For the third consecutive year, Salisbury Group has secured a Gold Award from RoSPA – the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
  Now into its 67th year, the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards is an internationally-recognised process for demonstrating continuous improvement in health and safety management techniques. The awards committee looks at entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.
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• Mitie scores contract extension with Arsenal FC

  16-08-2023 10:23 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Flickr image CC credit Michael Gaylard
  Arsenal Football Club has renewed its security vetting contract with Mitie for a further five years.
  The contract extension will see Mitie continue to provide essential vetting services include background checks, criminal records checks and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
  As one of the world’s biggest football institutions, Arsenal places a strong emphasis on employee security and safety and requires stringent background checks on current
  
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• SBFM launches Evolve - helping disadvantaged people into sustainable employment

  16-08-2023 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  SBFM, the privately owned soft facilities management company, has launched Evolve, an initiative dedicated to providing sustainable employment opportunities and support for people from disadvantaged groups, and raising individuals above the poverty line.
  
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• Building Skills Partnership - helping California’s most vulnerable frontline workers

  16-08-2023 01:00
  Luis Sandoval is executive director of the Building Skills Partnership in California, USA. She tells us about the organisation’s work in helping improve the lives of property service employees in low-wage industries.In the face of continual social inequality, stagnating wages, and an economic recovery from a global pandemic, many workers in America are finding it difficult to get ahead. Building Skills Partnership; a nonprofit organisation serving thousands of workers from low-wage industr
  
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