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• Carlisle bolsters senior security team

  03-11-2023 12:58 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Carlisle Support Services has strengthened its security operations by appointing Stephen Grainger as Senior Security Advisor.
  Grainger brings a wealth of experience to the business having operated in strategic positions of authority and operations within policing in London, the finance sector, local authorities and within the sporting and events industry at international levels.
  His extensive background encompasses diverse leadership roles, including serving as the Operational Commander at
  
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• Compass retains Gold Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme status

  03-11-2023 12:43 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Compass Group UK & Ireland has secured Gold Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme status following its recent revalidation, carried out by the Defence Relationship Management Team.
  The Gold commendation reflects the work the organisation does to support veterans, reservists, cadets and military families in its business.
  Compass signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2016, securing gold in 2018. The award is reviewed every five years, to ensure companies are meeting the commitments they made
  
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• New waste management framework launched to support NHS net zero efforts

  03-11-2023 12:23 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Corporate services provider, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has launched its inaugural ‘Sustainable Healthcare Recycling & Waste Management’ framework agreement designed to help the NHS achieve its ambition of reaching net zero carbon by 2040.
  The framework agreement has been developed in collaboration with Barts Health NHS Trust, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and suppliers of pioneer
  
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• Tayside Tidy Green Clean franchise launches

  03-11-2023 12:14 via chtmag.com
  
  Scott Melville
  Tidy Green Clean Tayside has formally launched under the Regional Directorship of Scott Melville, already a familiar face for customers of Tidy Green Clean in Aberdeen North, where he supports Igors Krumins and Glasgow & West where he is one of the co-owners.
  The new franchise is establishing a new base in Dundee, where the business has already been operating for some years out of Tidy Green Clean HQ. Tidy Green Clean is the leading environmentally friendly commercial cleaning
  
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• Bennett Hay secures Gherkin deal

  03-11-2023 11:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The boutique hospitality operator has been awarded a three-year contract to supply reception services at The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe.
  Designed by Foster + Partners, the building is one of the most recognisable silhouettes in 21st century architecture. The Gherkin, London’s pioneering ecological tall building, embodies sustainability, wellbeing, and innovation.
  As the home of many high-profile organisations, The Gherkin chose Bennett Hay to manage its reception services due to the company
  
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• Bennet Hay secures Gherkin deal

  03-11-2023 11:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The boutique hospitality operator has been awarded a three-year contract to supply reception services at The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe.
  Designed by Foster + Partners, the building is one of the most recognisable silhouettes in 21st century architecture. The Gherkin, London’s pioneering ecological tall building, embodies sustainability, wellbeing, and innovation.
  As the home of many high-profile organisations, The Gherkin chose Bennett Hay to manage its reception services due to the company
  
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• Your Workplace. Inspired.

  03-11-2023 10:51 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Today’s Facilities Manager faces complex challenges in delivering workplaces that function effectively in the current business climate.
  With companies increasingly looking to return teams to the office, there are many questions around how best to provide a welcoming and productive working environment. Combine this with the need to “rightsize” operations whilst meeting sustainability goals and the daily balancing act can become very complicated. Throw in a relocation or design a
  
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• Partnership brings autonomous window cleaning robots to London

  03-11-2023 10:35 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Skyline Robotics has announced a partnership with Principle Cleaning Services that will bring the window cleaning Ozmo robot to the London skyline.
  
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• Concrete scandal exposes true value of building maintenance

  03-11-2023 10:26 via fmj.co.uk
  
  At a time when building maintenance budgets are under intense pressure, facilities managers could do worse than refer clients to the ongoing scandal over reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
  Hundreds of schools have had to close buildings and thousands of children have had their education disrupted. The crisis has spread to hospitals, prisons, and social housing with many facing expensive rebuilding programmes.
  However, when the National Audit Office (NAO) warned some months ago that 7
  
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• Kärcher UK: Proud supporters of and suppliers to the cleaning industry

  03-11-2023 09:46 via fmj.co.uk
  
  As specialists in providing cleaning solutions for professionals across a variety of industries, we are extremely proud to be Gold Sponsors of the Professional Golden Service Awards 2024.
  James Gordon, Kärcher Marketing Director had this to say: “We are extremely excited to be a gold sponsor of the Golden Service awards in 2024. Cleaning operatives are the heartbeat of our industry and an often unheralded workforce. We are proud to celebrate all award nominations and winners, indeed a
  
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• CCF supports supply chain competence with ASFP passive fire experience

  03-11-2023 09:32 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Leading insulation, drywall, and ceiling products distributor CCF, supported by ROCKWOOL and Promat, is providing a series of ASFP passive fire protection product training sessions for its customers at CCF branches across the UK.
  The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) mobile classroom is scheduled to visit five CCF branches in Harmondsworth, South Ruislip, Cardiff, Exeter and Southampton this autumn. With three sessions planned at each branch, CCF is aiming to bring this training
  
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• BCO unveils winners of the NextGen Awards 2023

  03-11-2023 09:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The brightest young professionals in the UK’s commercial property sector and their best achievements have been recognised at the British Council for Offices’ (BCO) NextGen Awards ceremony.
  The NextGen Awards is a key feature in the BCO’s NextGen programme, which offers commercial property professionals under the age of 35 a platform to exchange ideas and knowledge. With over 1,200 members – representing a quarter of the BCO’s overall membership – the NextGen p
  
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• Increase in Irish households ‘using the toilet as a bin’

  03-11-2023 01:00
  People in Ireland are being urged to "think before they flush" following a survey on people's waste disposal habits.A recent study revealed that an increasing number of people were flushing wet wipes, cotton buds and other unsuitable sanitary items down the toilet despite a sharp drop in the practice five years ago.Uisce Éireann and Clean Coasts are behind the "Think Before You Flush" campaign which is also being backed by swimming and outdoor advocates."In 2018 our research showed that 3
  
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