Four Decades of Funky Foliage! Funky Yukka, the pioneers of plantastic workspaces, are celebrating a milestone 40th anniversary this year. What began as a small group with a big dream of bringing nature indoors has blossomed into a thriving company, ...
Read More »Equans extends FM partnership with Manchester City Council
Equans will continue to provide FM services across Manchester City Council’s public buildings estate. The three-year contract extension will see the energy and facilities management specialist providing responsive repairs and planned preventative maintenance to industry standard specifications across the Council’s ...
Read More »Sustainability priorities and challenges in FM
The FM industry is evolving quicker than ever before, and so are the demands of the customers it serves. To help shed light on some of the trends that are shaping the sector, Biological Preparations, a leading UK biotech company, ...
Read More »Putting people first
With hybrid working patterns now firmly embedded into the workplace culture, front of house increasingly uses digital solutions to help meet fluctuating demands, but can this still provide a human touch in the guest experience? Sara Bean reports Four years ...
Read More »Buyer found for Sheffield’s IPM Group
More than 3,000 jobs have been saved at multi-service security, facilities management and stadium management organisation, Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) Group, after it was bought out of administration. Joint Administrators, Danielle Shore and Ryan Holdsworth from the Sheffield office of ...
Read More »Group head of ESG appointment at ISS
Signe Adamsen has been appointed to the newly created position of Group Head of Environmental, Social, and Governance at workplace experience and facility management company, ISS. The role reflects ISS’s commitment to advancing its ambitious ESG agenda for both customers ...
Read More »Acquisition sees idverde expand its green services portfolio
Green services provider, idverde, has acquired Acorn Environmental Management Group, specialists in arboriculture and landscape management services in the Midlands. This strategic move bolsters idverde’s capabilities and enhances its service offerings, marking a significant milestone in its growth trajectory. Headquartered in ...
Read More »SimonsVoss introduces new AX2Go Mobile Key for smartphone-based access control
Mobile. Easy. Secure. It’s with these three promises that SimonsVoss has launched its most recent innovation – the AX2Go mobile key – which is able to open its range of digital locking components with a smartphone. With the launch of the ...
Read More »Time to take action
UKREiiF, the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum that took place in Leeds in May, focussed on how RE can develop stronger, more sustainable communities. Magenta Associates Deputy MD Shahlia Nelson-Rogers offers a summary of the event Now in ...
Read More »CIBSE launches ‘Building Performance Reimagined’ project
CIBSE has launched a ‘groundbreaking’ initiative titled ‘Building Performance Reimagined’, a visionary project aimed at transforming the landscape of building engineering and sustainability. Commissioned by CIBSE and researched by Arup, the project diverges from conventional engineering paradigms. Rather than focusing solely ...
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