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• Adler & Allan acquires pollution remediation experts 

  01-11-2024 15:26 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Environmental services business, Adler & Allan, has acquired pollution remediation specialist MEL Environmental Solutions Ltd, in a move which will further enhance the company’s contaminated land and groundwater remediation proposition.
  MEL has been at the forefront of developing and implementing sustainable soil and groundwater remediation solutions in the insurance-led contaminated land market. The business has a successful record in delivering market leading services across th
  
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• CIBSE President discusses the future of building services engineering in podcast interview

  01-11-2024 14:01 via fmj.co.uk
  
  CIBSE’s President, Fiona Cousins, appeared on the podcast ‘Behind the Built Environment’ hosted by BESA’s CEO, David Frise, where she shared insights into her engineering journey and highlighted the critical need for broader problem definitions in building services that extend beyond mere cost and efficiency.
  Cousins emphasised the importance of incorporating carbon reduction, biodiversity and social value into the core of building services engineering. She noted how evol
  
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• Executive team appointments at United Living Group

  01-11-2024 11:11 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The provider of infrastructure, affordable housing, property services, and telecoms, has announced two appointments to its Executive team.
  Luke Anderson has been appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer of United Living Group. Anderson was previously Operations Director of United Living Connected (formerly GBC), which the Group acquired in 2021, and became Managing Director in 2023. He played a pivotal role in integrating GBC into the United Living Group, and the subsequent growth of the
  
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• Embedding maintenance best practice into cleaning machine design

  01-11-2024 10:09 via chtmag.com
  
  It’s no secret that routine maintenance is essential to maximise cleaning equipment performance. Yet, with many cleaning staff facing high workloads, daily maintenance habits can sometimes fall by the wayside.As the sector continues to battle productivity challenges, rising employee and material costs, alongside increasing sustainability pressures, ensuring maintenance best practice to reduce cleaning machine downtime and extend operating lifespans has never been more important.Ian Buckle,
  
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• Hyde acquires Pinnacle 

  01-11-2024 09:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Housing association, The Hyde Group, has acquired national provider of housing and community-facing neighbourhood services, Pinnacle Group and its subsidiaries for an undisclosed sum.
  The acquisition, says Hyde is a fundamental enabler of its strategy to transform itself into a leading national housing and property services management organisation. Hyde’s charitable and social purpose is unchanged, and all the surplus Hyde generates will be reinvested in the communities it serves.
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• TfL opens bidding to install and operate solar farms for the Tube network

  01-11-2024 09:17 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) is seeking a delivery partner to work collaboratively to develop purpose-built solar farms to connect to the London Underground network, with opportunities for a broader connection to TfL’s estate.
  Bidders are invited to participate in a competitive tender, which is now open.
  Following the conclusion of this tender, the appointed delivery partner will design and deliver proposals for solar developments that could bring up to 64 megawatts (MW) of electricity to th
  
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• Sodexo to deliver catering services for prestigious Sevenoaks School

  01-11-2024 09:04 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Independents by Sodexo has been appointed by Sevenoaks School, one of the oldest schools in the UK, to deliver the catering services at the co-educational day and boarding school.
  The new seven-year contract, which commenced in mid-August enabling Sodexo to prepare ahead of the new academic year, includes the daily delivery of breakfast, lunch and supper service for the 1,200 students and approximately 500 staff all of which are provided in the school’s dining hall and cafe.
  With 76 nation
  
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• UK commercial property market continues to exhibit a relatively underwhelming performance

  01-11-2024 08:57 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The commercial property market in the UK is still seeing an underwhelming market backdrop, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Commercial Property Monitor Q3 2024.
  Some of the positivity seen in the last quarter has been maintained, with another small increase in occupier demand and 44 per cent of respondents citing the early stages of an upturn, but there is yet to be any marked improvements in sentiment.
  Occupier demand saw a net balance of +5 per cent in Q3, wi
  
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• CHSA fact sheet provides information on new sustainability legislation

  01-11-2024 08:00 via cleaningmag.com
  
  New EU legislation – the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the EU Green Claims Directive – is to tighten sustainability reporting and combat greenwashing. The purpose of the legislation is to enhance transparency, accountability and sustainability in business practices.
  
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