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• Sodexo secures place on CCS Healthcare framework

  22-04-2024 14:20 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sodexo Health & Care has landed a place on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) RM6331 Healthcare Soft Facilities Management Services framework.
  The appointment is for a period of three years with an option to extend for an additional year.
  This national framework is available to all UK public sector bodies to easily access services from a range of suppliers who have already gone through a procurement process to assess the quality and price of services. The RM6331 framework has been sp
  
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• IWFM partners with Equans to empower WFM to lead on sustainability

  22-04-2024 13:42 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) has joined forces with Equans to help drive sustainability across organisations.
  The workplace and facilities management (WFM) profession is uniquely placed to lead on sustainability, and net zero plans in particular, because it is the only function that brings together the needs of the landlord, the end-user and the supply chain. Both the IWFM and Equans share a mission to change the perception of this lynchpin role in driving sustain
  
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• The evolving landscape of legislation and regulations impacting FM

  22-04-2024 12:19 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The last few years have seen notable changes in legislation and regulations within the FM space such as the Fire Safety Act 2021, The Building Safety Act 2022 and the Fire Safety Regulations (England) 2022, to name a few. These changes in the industry have forced a shift in priorities and duties within the built environment. Which areas do you think will be particularly impactful for those working in FM?
  INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATION’S VIEWPAUL BULLARD,PRODUCT DI
  
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• Mitie reaches 5,000 EV milestone

  22-04-2024 11:56 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Mitie has marked a milestone in its decarbonisation journey having welcomed its 5,000 electric vehicle (EV) to its fleet.
  Two-thirds (66 per cent) of the company’s fleet is now electric, ramping up Mitie’s pursuit of creating a zero-emission fleet by the end of 2025.
  The latest vehicle, a Volkswagen ID Buzz, was unveiled at Mitie’s headquarters at The Shard in London, and will be used by its National Maintenance Network team, playing a crucial role for mobile engineers carrying
  
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• ISS extends FM partnership with East Cheshire NHS Trust

  22-04-2024 11:05 via fmj.co.uk
  
  ISS has extended its facilities management contract with East Cheshire NHS Trust (ECT) for five more years, with a lifetime value of £33 million and a two-year option to extend.
  The partnership, which already spans more than two decades, will see more than 200 ISS team members providing a wide range of soft FM services across the Trust’s four sites.
  With shared values and shared investment, this partnership is an example of ISS’s collaborative approach to support the Trust to
  
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• Building control system business secures funding for MBO

  22-04-2024 10:31 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Birmingham-based business Robell Control Systems, which specialises in the design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of automated heating, ventilation, environmental and air-conditioning control systems in a range of commercial buildings has secured the future of more than 40 jobs after completing a management buyout (MBO).
  The MBO was supported by a six-figure equity investment from business investment specialist UKSE and will secure the long-term future of the company.
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• CCS appoints new chief executive

  22-04-2024 09:53 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Sam Ulyatt has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) when Simon Tse retires in the summer. The appointment follows an external competition that launched at the beginning of this year.
  Ulyatt will be known to many at CCS from her prior time as Commercial Director for Buildings, before she left to join Home Office as Chief Commercial Officer in July 2020. During her time at the Home Office, she has led on the many commercial and operational challenges
  
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• Experts estimate the true cost of the NHS’s laundry losses

  22-04-2024 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  New research claims to reveal how much the NHS is losing as a result of textile and laundry wastage.
  
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• Europe tackles talent challenges

  22-04-2024 01:00
  Europe’s got talent, and has the plaudits to prove it. But the region will need to up its game still further if it is to remain a global skills magnate at a time of fast-paced demographic change, writes Hartley Milner.THE SWISS have found themselves the butt of more than their fair share of lampooning around national stereotypes down the years, much of it of eye-rolling banality.In the film The Third Man, for instance, Orson Welles’ character Harry Lime says: “In Switzerland, t
  
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