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• New procurement paths unlock public sector deals for Scottish SMEs

  22-05-2025 14:45 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA), Scotland’s largest free-to-join procurement organisation, has introduced two Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) designed to make it easier for businesses to compete for public sector work across Scotland.
  Scottish SMEs can now apply for the Repairs and Maintenance Works DPS and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technology DPS, each offering valuable opportunities in their respective sectors.
  The Repairs & Maintenance DPS ensures that public buil
  
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• Safety-first culture: Encouraging behavioural safety in the workplace

  22-05-2025 13:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Compliance based safety is a priority for FMs, but behavioural safety can also be used to help reduce workplace incidents and create a safer working environment. How can facilities managers with health and safety responsibilities encourage employees to take personal responsibility for workplace safety, and promote a safety-first culture?
  THE HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANT’S VIEWPHIL PINNINGTON,HEAD OF AUDIT AND CONSULTANCY, BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL
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• University TFM contract win for OCS

  22-05-2025 12:19 via fmj.co.uk
  
  OCS has expanded its presence in the higher education sector having secured a new total facilities management (TFM) contract with the University of Sunderland in London.
  The initial three-year contract, which has the option to extend for two additional years, went live on 28 April 2025.
  Located near Canary Wharf, the University of Sunderland in London is a rapidly growing institution that serves a diverse, international student body of 6,000. Designed to reflect a modern and professional learnin
  
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• RICS Annual Review 2024 reveals a year of ‘significant progress’

  22-05-2025 11:58 via fmj.co.uk
  
  The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) 2024 Annual Review showcases a year of significant progress in modernising the profession, expanding membership, and leading on global sustainability standards.
  In a landmark year, RICS membership in the UK surpassed 100,000 for the first time, with over 7,600 new global enrolments, the highest since 2017.
  To add to this, 76 per cent of industry professionals showed confidence in the professionalism and expertise of RICS members.
  Member satisfa
  
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• Central London office market shows resilience amid slowdown

  22-05-2025 11:08 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Despite a slowdown in leasing volumes, the Central London office market is showing signs of quiet resilience and evolving demand, according to tenant-only real estate advisor, Devono.
  Devono’s newly released Q1 2025 Central London Office Market Snapshot reveals that while total office leasing dropped 31 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 2.9 million sq ft, activity remains above pre-pandemic norms, with deal volumes still 12 per cent above the long-term quarterly average. The report point
  
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• New whitepaper to help secure healthcare estates is published

  22-05-2025 10:37 via fmj.co.uk
  
  A new whitepaper entitled Securing Healthcare Estates, offers vital guidance to healthcare facilities managers on safeguarding people, premises, and sensitive assets across NHS and private healthcare environments.
  Published by security and access provider, Abloy UK, the whitepaper outlines the increasing threats faced by healthcare estates – from theft and vandalism to unauthorised access and cyberattacks – and how innovative electromechanical access control systems can help mitigate
  
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• Veolia bags recycling and waste collections contract with East and North Herts Councils

  22-05-2025 10:06 via fmj.co.uk
  
  Resource management business, Veolia, has commenced recycling and waste collections and street cleansing services for residents across East and North Hertfordshire, as part of a new £108 million, eight-year contract.
  Increasing recycling will be a key priority, as well as delivering more sustainable services to support East and North Hertfordshire Councils’ ambitions to become carbon neutral by 2030.
  Recycling capacity will be increased through the introduction of a separate bin dedi
  
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• CIBSE Measuring Performance Conference: Turning Data into Action

  22-05-2025 09:33 via fmj.co.uk
  
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  The built environment continues to face unprecedented challenges in meeting sustainability targets while delivering exceptional building performance. As the industry navigates the complex landscape of Net Zero commitments and technological innovation, the need for evidence-based approaches has never been more critical.
  CIBSE’s upcoming Measuring Performance Conference brings together industry leaders, policymakers,
  
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• Sodexo selected as strategic supplier to the NHS under new national SSRM programme

  22-05-2025 09:30 via cleaningmag.com
  
  Sodexo Health & Care has been appointed as one of only 15 strategic suppliers to the NHS, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and wider health organisations, as part of the newly launched National Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SSRM) programme.
  
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• Cleaning routines in outer space

  22-05-2025 01:00
  ECJ’s Lotte Printz talks to Danish astrophysicist and podcast host Tina Ibsen on how to clean a space station.If you ever had the thought that cleaning while in a weightless state, free from handling heavy cleaning trolleys or other physical strain, would be bliss, you might think again. There’s absolutely nothing to envy astronauts when it comes to cleaning in outer space, and being weightless probably does considerably more harm to the body than any cleaning job on Earth. And so do
  
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