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• The Momentum Group becomes B Corp™ Certified

  21-11-2024 16:15 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Leading Northwest property services company, The Momentum Group, is celebrating achieving coveted B Corporation (B Corp) Certification, joining a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact.
  Administered by B Lab and measuring five impact areas, B Corp assesses Governance, Workers, Community, Environment and Customers, with The Momentum Group scoring particularly highly in the Community category. The company was also noted for its ‘D
  
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• Mitie announces positive interim results and cost implications of national insurance rise

  21-11-2024 14:30 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Mitie has announced positive Interim Results for the six months to 30 September 2024 for both strategic progress and financial performance. Revenues are up 14 per cent to £2,430m, operating profit up 14 per cent to £101m and the company has made record contract wins and renewals. However, the services provider anticipates increased costs from April 2025 due to the changes in employers’ National Insurance, announced in the recent budget.
  Phil Bentley, Group Chief Executive confi
  
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• Kier appointed by Cambridgeshire County Council to provide facilities management services across corporate estate

  21-11-2024 13:51 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Kier has been appointed by Cambridgeshire County Council to provide building, mechanical and electrical maintenance services to its portfolio of 160 corporate buildings across its county-wide estate.
  The contract, which runs to 2027 with the option of two one-year extensions to 2029, includes preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance, minor project works, and servicing and testing of equipment at corporate properties across Cambridgeshire, alongside provision of 24/7 help desk services
  
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• Qualification and learning pathways for next Gen FM leaders and professionals

  21-11-2024 11:23 via fmj.co.uk
  
  With the number of universities offering postgraduate degree level qualifications having shrunk over the last decade, what more can the sector do to support and encourage the next generation of FM leaders? What opportunities are available for FMs to increase their learning and gain meaningful qualifications?
  THE L&D EXPERT’S VIEWDAVID SHARP,CEO, INTERNATIONAL WORKPLACEThe qualifications landscape in the UK has experienced rapid and disruptive change. The previous government announced p
  
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• Sodexo achieves highest level NHS Evergreen Supplier status

  21-11-2024 10:43 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Sodexo has achieved the highest level status on the NHS’s Evergreen Sustainable Supplier Assessment maturity matrix. The NHS Evergreen framework is a pivotal initiative aimed at promoting sustainability and ethical practices among suppliers to the NHS. It aligns suppliers with the NHS's ambitious goal of achieving net zero by 2045, focusing on carbon reduction, social value creation, and ethical sourcing.
  
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• NHSPS announces plans for transformative Whitechapel Life Sciences District

  21-11-2024 10:12 via fmj.co.uk
  
  NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has received a resolution to grant from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for the Whitechapel Road Life Sciences project, which aims to revitalise a series of outdated buildings and empty sites in the area near the Royal London Hospital into a thriving life sciences district.
  The development will include five new and repurposed buildings, ranging from three to 13 stories. Allies and Morrison have designed three of these buildings, with Gibson Thornley respons
  
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• New EU Act aims to keep AI safe

  21-11-2024 01:00
  The world’s first major Act to regulate artificial intelligence passed into law across the European Union in August. It aims to ensure the technology is safe and respects the bloc’s “fundamental rights and values”. Hartley Milner explores how the legislation will impact businesses.“AS THE MEMORY of past misfortunes pressed upon me, I began to reflect upon their cause … the monster whom I had created, the miserable daemon whom I had sent abroad into the world.
  
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