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• Tivoli lands UK-wide Whitbread deal

  24-10-2023 13:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Tivoli Group has commenced operations for a new three-year landscaping contract with Whitbread Plc.
  The deal will see Tivoli teams deliver planned grounds maintenance services at 120 Whitbread sites across Scotland and the North of England, and support with reactive works at over 500 sites across the Midlands, London, South East of England, and Wales.
  Whitbread is a leading hospitality company, owning Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre and Beefeater. For the planned grounds maintenance at Premier Inn si
  
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• Atlas takes new deal with Great Scotland Yard Hotel

  24-10-2023 13:14 via chtmag.com
  
  FM services provider, Atlas, has been appointed to deliver the overnight front of house cleaning service at the historic Great Scotland Yard Hotel in Westminster, London.
  The contract was awarded following a competitive tender process and commenced in September 2023. It also includes periodic cleaning to the marble floors and carpets.
  Part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, the hotel prioritises ‘safety first, wellbeing always’, with rigorous safety and cleanliness protocols.
  Maria
  
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• KWB Corporate Cleaning awarded two ISO accreditations

  24-10-2023 13:04 via chtmag.com
  
  Birmingham’s KWB Corporate Cleaning is celebrating after receiving two International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) awards for their environmental performance and health and safety management, to sit alongside their ISO 9001 quality management award.
  Following intensive external assessment, the city centre-based firm has become one of just a few UK cleaning firms to hold the ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 9001 accreditations.
  ISO 14001 shows that KWB Corporate Cleaning suitably meas
  
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• Charity partnership sets sights on delivering 170,000 breakfasts for hungry children

  24-10-2023 12:47 via chtmag.com
  
  A charity partnership between esteemed children’s charity, Magic Breakfast, and sustainable cosmetics supplier, Soap₂o, is set to provide 170,000 essential school breakfasts to children living in food insecurity nationwide.
  The partnership comes after figures from the Food Foundation highlight a 1.4 million rise in the number of children living in food-insecurity across the UK since last April. September figures released from Kantar show that despite a recent drop in supermarket infl
  
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• Servo secures Conrad Energy deal

  24-10-2023 11:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Servo Group has signed a five-year framework contract with independent power producer, Conrad Energy, to install and upgrade CCTV and access control, and to take over the maintenance and monitoring of all its sites around the UK.The new contract includes Conrad Energy’s flexible generation, battery energy storage and solar sites, along with its grid stabilisation projects.
  Servo will be using state of the art analytical cameras and devices to upgrade all Conrad Energy’s sites to a co
  
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• Green skills

  24-10-2023 11:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Why facilities management needs to lead the charge in upskilling the nation ahead of 2050 says Alexandra Gates, Managing Director of Expedient Training
  The UK is headed for a roadblock. According to the 2023 Progress Report issued by the Climate Change Committee, “the UK is failing to make progress on the net zero transition on nearly every measure”. Hands up who is not surprised?We are facing two rather pressing problems. One is the potential overheating of the planet to catastrophi
  
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• ASFP Passive Fire Protection Awards finalists 2023

  24-10-2023 10:41 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has unveiled the shortlist for its 2023 Passive Fire Protection Awards, with the winners due to be announced on 23 November at the Association’s Awards Dinner at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in London.
  Each award recognises excellence within the passive fire protection industry, at company and individual level. Shortlisted companies for each award include:ASFP Installation of the Year :Firesafe Installations: for its £11m fire protect
  
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• Atlas wins new deal at Great Scotland Yard Hotel

  24-10-2023 10:03 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Following a competitive tender process, Atlas has secured the contract for the delivery of overnight front of house cleaning services at the historic Great Scotland Yard Hotel in Westminster, London.
  The contract, which commenced last month also includes periodic cleaning to the marble floors and carpets.
  Part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, the hotel prioritises ‘safety first, wellbeing always’, with rigorous safety and cleanliness protocols.
  Maria Neacsu, Housekeeping Manager,
  
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• FM provider Pareto wins hard services contract with the Office for Students

  24-10-2023 09:30 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Facilities services provider, Pareto has won a long-term contract with the Office for Students. The contract will see Pareto deliver all associated hard services, compliance and helpdesk to three locations in Bristol. The Office for Students is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Education, acting as the regulator and competition authority for the higher education sector in England.
  Ian Wiggans, Chief Commercial Officer, Pareto said: “We are delighted to have partnered wit
  
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• Kier strengthens its construction division with two key senior appointments

  24-10-2023 08:30 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Kier has appointed David Rowsell as managing director of Kier Construction London and Cheryl Parsons as regional director for Kier Construction Southern as the Group’s Construction business creates two new and distinct business units. Rowsell joins Kier from Morgan Sindall, where he was the Northern Home Counties area director. He brings 25 years of construction experience to Kier and has overseen a wide range of private and public sector projects in the capital, including developer led co
  
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• New antimicrobial coating could revolutionise cleaning methods

  24-10-2023 01:00
  A surface coating said to provide long-lasting germ-free protection has been developed in Canada.Made from a combination of ionic fluids and copper nanoparticles, the compound could be used on high-touch surfaces such as door knobs and hand rails, say its inventors.Researchers from the University of Windsor in Ontario claim the germ-free protection provided by the coating could last far longer than conventional bleach-based cleaning."The problem with conventional sanitisation techniques is that
  
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