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Designing in acoustics

Whether ceilings or walls, acoustics are a key factor in the design and management of offices to ensure a happy and productive workforce Acoustics are an element of a workplace that can’t be seen but if overlooked can detrimentally impact ...

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Zero Waste Week: BaxterStorey supports households struggling with food costs

Independent hospitality provider, BaxterStorey, has taken substantial strides in its commitment to prevent food going to waste by saving the equivalent of almost 6,500 meals this year, feeding the equivalent of 800 households. In the UK where seven per cent ...

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Report provides insights to sustainable procurement practices

A new report offering insights into the current state of sustainable procurement adoption and maturity across various industries in the UK has been released by Action Sustainability. In recent years, substantial progress has been made in the field of supply ...

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Bidvest Noonan appoints MD for its transport business

Bidvest Noonan has appointed Keith Middleton as Managing Director of its rapidly growing transport sector business. Serving airports, ports, bus operators, and rail operators throughout the UK and Ireland, the company’s work positively impacts over 1.5 billion passenger journeys annually. ...

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GPA awards new FM delivery contracts

Following a robust and comprehensive procurement process via the Crown Commercial Services Facilities Management Marketplace framework (RM 3830), the Government Property Agency (GPA) has appointed several new facilities management contracts as part of its UK-wide workplace services transformation programme. A ...

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Surrey hospital receives first NHS Exemplar status for portering services

Royal Surrey County Hospital and its partner Medirest, the healthcare arm of Compass Group UK & Ireland have been awarded the first NHS Exemplar status for outstanding portering services, which has only been recently introduced to the portfolio of Exemplar ...

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Snickers Workwear trousers – working as hard as you do!

Hi-tech fabrics, functionality and fit are the hallmarks of this market-leading working clothes range. For discerning professional tradesmen and women, trousers that deliver maximum functionality, comfort, protection and mobility are key factors in their brand choices. That’s why the sustainable, ...

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IoH publishes EDI essential glossary for hospitality industry

The Institute of Hospitality (IoH), supported by the Savoy Educational Trust, has published a free, bite-sized diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) glossary of essential terms to assist the hospitality industry in understanding and embracing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). ...

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ISS forms new leadership team

ISS has announced changes to its Executive Group Management (EGM) team. The leading workplace experience and facility management company says its strategic direction is unchanged, with the ambition to establish ISS as the global leader in Integrated Facility Services. It ...

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HSE workplace fatality statistics: Have we reached a dangerous safety plateau?

HSE’s fatal injury statistics for 2022 to 2023 suggest that workplaces are no safer than in 2016, says Nick Wilson, Director of Health and Safety at WorkNest According to the most recent data from the HSE a total of 135 ...

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