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Change architects

CJ Green, Co-Founder of BraveGoose and Co-Creator of CleverGoose HR Advice Technology, on why FMs are the architects of workplace change The disciplines of human resources and facilities management are increasingly becoming blurred in organisations, primarily because we are now ...

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Spencer Rock joins VPS Group

The property and people security specialists, VPS Group, has appointed Spencer Rock as its Managing Director for UK and Ireland. With 15 years’ experience at facilities management giant, Mitie, Rock moved from being Commercial Director there in 2019 to become ...

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Peak expands into new HQ and launches Digital Academy

Peak Technology Solutions, part of national asset engineering firm, Edwin James Group, is moving to new headquarters to support its growth. The move comes as the automation specialist celebrates a number of major framework renewals and contract wins across utilities, ...

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CBRE acquires AI/ML data-driven technology firm

CBRE Group has acquired E2C Technology, an Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (AI/ML) data-driven technology company. The move will enable CBRE to enhance and further differentiate its facilities management service offering and unlock significant value for clients through cost efficient operational ...

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Kier Places appointed to YORbuild3 Minor Works framework

Kier Places has been appointed to the £600 million YORbuild3 Minor Works framework. The housing maintenance and facilities management business has secured places on all five sub-regional frameworks for Lot 2, which covers new build and refurbishment projects valued between ...

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Businesses may be overlooking a vital revenue stream by neglecting the potential of materials recycling

Blog by Jack Yarrow from waste management experts Grundon It’s good to see facilities managers thinking differently about waste in recent years. Items once thrown out with barely a second thought are today increasingly seen as a valuable commodity that ...

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Expansive FM appointed by Queensway to support Starbucks and KFC brands across Europe

Queensway has appointed Expansive FM as its CAFM partner to help power the growth of its Starbucks and KFC franchises in the UK, Austria and Slovakia. Queensway is a hospitality group managing major hotel, coffee house and restaurant brands across ...

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Serco Leisure extends deal in Shropshire

Shropshire Council has awarded Serco Leisure and its operating partner in the region, Shropshire Community Leisure Trust a five-year contract extension to continue operating Market Drayton Swimming Pool, Oswestry Leisure Centre, Shrewsbury Sports Village and The Quarry Swimming & Fitness Centre. ...

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It’s no longer mobile or radio – you can have the benefits of both says CSE Chatterbox

Technology evolves so quickly and there may be a consensus that radio is has had its day but there is still a place for two-way radio systems and teaming radio and mobile technology to give you the most comprehensive communications ...

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BESA raises critical fire damper safety issue

An urgent warning has been issued by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) about a potential fire safety weakness in a large number of building ventilation systems. The UK’s leading trade organisation for building engineering services contractors has issued an ...

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