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• Businesses and homes missing out on full energy generation potential due to dirty solar panels

  24-08-2023 14:06 via chtmag.com
  
  Thousands of businesses and homes could be left out of pocket this summer according to experts from Rentokil Specialist Hygiene. The organisation, which has launched a new solar panel cleaning service to boost the efficiency of domestic and commercial electricity generation, warns that dirty solar panels will see businesses and homes potentially miss out on the equivalent of up to seven hours of sunshine a day.
  With more than 14 hours of daylight due to fall on the UK’s 14.6GW of residenti
  
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• Research findings ask is working from home harming our health?

  24-08-2023 13:33
  
  According to new research from global food services firm, Compass Group and global market intelligence agency Mintel, UK employees who work from home are more likely to eat indulgent foods, snack between meals, and work longer hours than their workplace-based colleagues.
  Analysing insights from 35,000 workers across 26 countries, Compass Group’s Global Eating at Work Survey 2023 found that the vast majority of workers in the UK recognise the productivity, health and wellbeing benefits
  
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• Training Terrace

  24-08-2023 11:48
  
  Training provider Develop gives FMJ a full update on its newest addition, a fully to-scale artificial street designed to replicate real-life work scenarios for delegates undertaking training and assessment
  Training is only as good as its ability to be applied. As a training provider responsible for training the staff behind some of this country’s most vital infrastructure, from the gas networks that fuel our homes, to the roads we travel on, we aim to lead the way in providing innovative a
  
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• Amey supports 10,000 Black Interns Programme

  24-08-2023 11:29
  
  Amey has partnered with the 10,000 Black Interns programme, a scheme aimed at fostering diversity and providing valuable opportunities for aspiring professionals from black backgrounds.
  This summer, Amey will welcome 12 individuals on paid work placements, selected through the rigorous process of the 10,000 Black Interns programme, to experience first-hand the dynamic and vibrant environment within the company. The interns will work across various departments, including Engineering, Consulting,
  
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• Delphis Eco announces partnership with FusionFSM

  24-08-2023 10:50 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Delphis Eco has announced a collaborative partnership with FusionFSM, a specialist provider of sales support and insights for the UK foodservice sector.
  
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• Security expert warns of ‘unknown vulnerabilities’ exposed by ChatGPT 

  24-08-2023 10:40
  
  A Chartered Security Professional (CsyP) is warning of the dangers of ChatGPT, and the vulnerabilities it might expose to an organisation’s security that have not yet been considered.  
  He also warns against the dangers of impersonation, and how potentially sensitive data could find itself in the wrong hands and compromise personal and organisational security. 
  Brendan McGarrity, Director of Evolution Risk & Design, and a Fellow of The Secur
  
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• Edison Group acquires Cabin Scotland

  24-08-2023 10:05
  
  Ayrshire-headquartered construction, property and investment business, Edison Group, which has been acquiring companies in the construction sector throughout the UK over the last year, has added Linlithgow-based Cabin Scotland Limited to its portfolio of companies in an all-cash transaction.
  Edison Group employs over 100 people and is set to see turnover on a rolling 12-month basis hit £50 million by December 2023. The firm recently opened its new head office in High Street, Irvine.
  Commen
  
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• AHU Evaporative Cooling CPD

  24-08-2023 09:34
  
  Condair is pleased to offer a CIBSE-approved CPD seminar on ‘Using humidifiers for evaporative cooling in AHUs’. The 45-minute presentation includes training on the psychrometrics of evaporative cooling, a review of the three main AHU strategies (direct, indirect and exhaust-air indirect), analysis of three real-life case studies that employed these cooling strategies, and a comparison of the latest adiabatic humidifiers.Dave Marshall-George, UK Sales Director, comments: “A sin
  
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• Europe’s demographic conundrum

  24-08-2023 01:00
  A demographic time bomb is ticking down across Europe. Longer life expectancy and falling birth rates are projected to cause widespread labour shortages in the not too distant future, with dire outcomes for the region’s economies, reports Hartley Milner.THRUST DEFIANTLY skywards, a protester’s placard evokes a bloody episode from France’s past. It depicts President Emmanuel Macron as the French monarch Louis XVI with the slogan “Devrions-nous lui couper la tête? Oui
  
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