Thousands of severely disabled people who need specialised public facilities will benefit from over 500 new Changing Places toilets in England. The Chancellor confirmed in his Spring Statement over £23.5 million has been allocated to 191 councils across England to ...

The Supply Chain Sustainability School has joined forces with major construction clients and contractors, to develop and launch the Fairness, Inclusion & Respect Growth Assessment. This freely available web-based tool has been specifically designed for the construction industry and allows ...

Jessica McGoverne, Director of Policy and Corporate Affairs, Sedex the membership organisation that provides advice for companies on managing and improving working conditions in global supply chains, explains how businesses can operate ethically and source responsibly With the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The support services group to the social housing and care sectors has recently appointed a new Employee Director, Jay Whistler. Mears is one of the few PLC companies in the UK that has a dedicated employee director, and has gone ...

Sodexo has received a Silver Employer award from Stonewall, the world’s second-largest LGBT+ charity, for its commitment and efforts in being an LGBT+ inclusive employer The award comes as part of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index and Bring Yourself to Work ...

Hybrid working that enables people to work from anywhere can help attract a more diverse workforce with different perspectives, says Lee Daniels, Head of Workforce EMEA and Workplace UK at JLL With the rise in hybrid working, it’s not just ...

Mitie has been recognised as one of the UK’s Top Employers for the fourth year running by the Top Employers Institute. The Top Employers Institute programme certifies organisations based on the participation and results of its HR Best Practices Survey. ...

A two-year equality fund has been launched to make Scottish workplaces, including those in the facilities management sector, more inclusive and diverse. The Scottish Government-funded initiative, with £800,000 available in its first year, aims to address longstanding barriers in the ...

The cleaning and soft services provider has become a member of Inclusive Companies, a premier network of organisations leading in equality, diversity and inclusion. Kingdom Cleaning, which employs over 2,000 people across the UK, joins Inclusive Companies to foster its ...

Sodexo’s Aoife Wycherley and Deirdre Saunders have been recognised as role models in the third Women to Watch & Role Models for Inclusion in Hospitality, Travel & Leisure (HTL) Index 2021. Produced by WiHTL in partnership with the MBS Group, ...