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Enva to acquire fridge and electrical appliance recycling facility in Scotland

Recycling and resource recovery firm, Enva, has signed terms with Shore Recycling to acquire the company’s electrical waste recycling plant in Perth, Scotland. The £10 million investment will see the facility, which was damaged by a fire earlier this year, ...

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Delivering quality floorcare at the UK’s first energy-efficient Passivhaus leisure centre

Exeter’s £44m energy-efficient St Sidwell’s Point is the UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre, designed to use up to 70 per cent less energy than a conventional pool and leisure centre. The centre features: a main swimming pool and learners pool ...

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Research confirms link between office transformation and workplace satisfaction

New research has found that companies that have made a change to their offices and way of working since the pandemic have a 17 per cent higher satisfaction score among employees than those that haven’t. The report titled ‘Great Adaptations ...

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Highly charged

Electrifying the fleet is high on the agenda for most FMs. But what do you do if your sites can’t support the new charging infrastructure needed? Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy, explains some of the options available Facilities managers ...

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Pagabo names suppliers for new £545m M&E framework

National framework provider Pagabo has announced the 47 suppliers appointed to its brand-new £545 million Mechanical & Electrical Solutions Framework. The framework, which will run for a total of four years, has been designed as a solutions-based offering to complement ...

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Gold RoSPA Health and Safety award for Salisbury

For the third consecutive year, Salisbury Group has secured a Gold Award from RoSPA – the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Now into its 67th year, the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards is an internationally-recognised process for demonstrating ...

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Mitie scores contract extension with Arsenal FC

Arsenal Football Club has renewed its security vetting contract with Mitie for a further five years. The contract extension will see Mitie continue to provide essential vetting services include background checks, criminal records checks and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) ...

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Director hire at Bidvest Noonan

Bidvest Noonan, a provider of facilities services across the UK and Ireland has appointed Nick Platt, a senior executive with more than 17 years of leadership experience in the industry as Director of Sales for Great Britain. He also joins ...

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MAG Laundry Equipment sustainability strategy to reach net zero by 2040

One of the leading suppliers of commercial laundry solutions, MAG Laundry Equipment, has committed to reaching net zero by 2040, a decade ahead of the UK Government’s target. Dedicated to responsible energy and water consumption, MAG has restructured its operations ...

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Riding the heatwave

It is not only buildings that require air conditioning; other spaces must also be cooled. One example is underground trains and the facilities within which they operate. Anthony O’Connor, factory manager at LH-plc, explains Many people point to 1976 as ...

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