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• Kingdom Services Group completes MC Personnel acquisition

  08-11-2024 14:14 via chtmag.com
  
  Kingdom Services Group has successfully acquired MC Personnel Ltd.
  Established in 1998, MC Personnel has over 400 staff which it places into the Industrial, Food, Production, Manufacturing, Hospitality, and Driving sectors throughout Kent, South East London and Essex.
  The acquired business will be rebranded as Kingdom People to align with the existing brands within the Kingdom Group.
  Mike Rogers, COO of Kingdom People and his Senior Leadership Team (SLT) will welcome the MC Person
  
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• Regenex revives 83% of Devon and Cornwall’s dirtiest linen for top dry cleaning client

  08-11-2024 13:04 via chtmag.com
  
  Textile scientists at Regenex are celebrating some of their best-ever specialist cleaning success rates on a consignment of 11.5 tonnes of hospitality linen from Downtons Dry Cleaning, Laundry and Linen Hire.
  The high-end customer tried the patented stain removal process on heavily stained bedding, towels and tableware that would otherwise have been condemned and sent to rag.
  Business owner Mark Downton was delighted to welcome back 83 per cent of his linen, after it was revived to its original
  
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• Flexible arrangements

  08-11-2024 12:40 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A survey by Indeed Flex found a third of UK businesses find themselves short-staffed at least once a week due to worker illness. FMJ brought together Indeed Flex, client side FMs and a legal expert to discuss the challenges of recruiting and deploying frontline staff PARTICIPANTS• Sara Bean, Editor, FMJ
  • Michael Farrier, Solutions Director, Indeed Flex
  • Nick Clement, Business Development Director, Indeed Flex
  • Jenni Gallop, Director of Estates & Facilities /H&S Pr
  
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• CIBSE to engage with climate leaders at COP29 with focus on passive cooling

  08-11-2024 12:19 via fmj.co.uk
  
  CIBSE has announced its participation in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11-22 November 2024.
  CIBSE’s Technical Director, Dr. Anastasia Mylona, will join the high-profile event ‘Sustainable Cooling in a Warming World’ at the Blue Zone UK Pavilion on 16 November. This event, facilitated by the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net
  
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• Richard Lek takes the helm at Johnson Controls’ Building Solutions EMEALA business

  08-11-2024 11:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Johnson Controls, a global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has appointed Richard Lek as Vice President and President, Building Solutions Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America (EMEALA).
  Lek succeeds Marc Vandiepenbeeck who continues to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Johnson Controls.
  In this role Lek will serve as a member of the Executive Committee and lead the execution of the company’s go-to-market strategy in EMEALA, using
  
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• This winter tipped to be the biggest yet for heat pumps in commercial premises

  08-11-2024 11:20 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Experts are predicting this could be the biggest winter yet for the installation of heat pumps in commercial premises.
  Heat pumps have been at the forefront of the government’s campaign for the decarbonisation of UK homes, including a £7,500 grant on offer to homeowners in England and Wales as part of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, but the need for decarbonisation in business premises, including the use of heat pumps, has generated less noise.
  Now, however, as increasing number of b
  
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• Babcock awards milestone UK submarine recycling contract to KDC Veolia

  08-11-2024 10:48 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Babcock International Group working with the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE), has reached the next significant milestone to fully dismantle a nuclear-powered submarine, Swiftsure, at its facility in Rosyth.
  As part of the UK’s demonstrator project, the company has awarded the recycling contract to KDC Veolia Decommissioning Services UK Ltd (KDCV).
  Babcock’s approach is a “world first” and will apply a new and innovative methodology which will enable around 90 per cent of
  
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• Atlas creating happiness in the workplace

  08-11-2024 10:18 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Atlas has received record results in its 2024 nationwide survey of its employees, showing best-ever satisfaction and happiness levels.
  The company, whose stated purpose is ‘Creating happiness for ourselves and others’, received responses from 3,000 staff members who live in every part of the UK and work in every service area.
  When designing the survey, the leadership team at Atlas decided to focus on 10 key areas which contribute to employee happiness. These included the individ
  
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• jobmate brings safety support, compliance and training to FORS Conference ’24

  08-11-2024 09:41 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Chris Dalton, jobmate CEO
  jobmate, operational software providers to the transport, construction and service management industries, presented their latest native-cloud solutions at this year’s FORS Conference.
  The 2024 FORS (Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme) Conference was hosted at the ICC in Birmingham on Tuesday, 15th October. Over 4,700 transport companies are accredited by the scheme. It is seen as a major UK event for transport operators who aspire to and achieve best-practice fleet
  
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• Atlas London wins contract with Folk Co-Living

  08-11-2024 08:00 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Atlas London has been appointed by Folk Co-Living at its residential developments in Harrow, Earlsfield and Battersea. The contract includes daily facilities cleaning, post-occupancy apartment cleaning, window cleaning and specialist cleaning of the flooring and furnishings.
  
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• PFS Group acquires Clean Solutions Group Belgium

  08-11-2024 01:00
  PFS Group - which owns Boma, Greenspeed, Bielen Produkten and Metech Machines - has now acquired Clean Solutions Group Belgium (formerly known as Seifar), a producer of cleaning products for the institutional market.Clean Solutions Group (CSG), a Dutch multi-site company, acquired Seifar four years ago. PFS GROUP is now giving the company back its original name.Luc Bresseleers, CEO of PFS Group explains: "We have had the ambition to invest in our own production facility for some time now. With S
  
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