Businesses will be urged to tackle in-work sickness and stop people falling out the workforce, following the appointment of Dame Carol Black as the Government’s new Occupational Health Tsar. Dame Carol, who has decades of experience in medicine and policy ...

South Cambridgeshire District Council’s four-day week trial has seen £434,000 less spent on agency staff covering hard to fill roles, according to a new report. This has been achieved by filling 10 permanent roles that the Council previously struggled to ...

Global datacentre and critical environment specialist, Keysource, has secured a three-year contract with His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) to play a vital role in the successful operation of its Online System for Central Accounting and Reporting version 2(OSCAR II), a cross-government ...

Planning permission to develop a new cutting-edge headquarters for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) at the University of Reading has been granted after Wokingham Borough Council approved the development at its February 2024 Planning Committee. The new ...

Leading construction industry and built environment experts from 11 organisations are calling on political party leaders to make manifesto commitments for embodied carbon regulation in the UK. UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), Institution of ...

The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) is calling on the government to address the many urgent issues in the repairs and maintenance sector (R&M). BCIS is forecasting R&M output will fall seven per cent in 2024 before recovering in 2025 ...

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has extended Pat Ritchie’s tenure as chair for a second term. Remaining in the role until 2027, Ritchie will continue to work closely with the wider board and executive team to support the GPA’s mission ...

​Sodexo UK & Ireland has successfully extended six government and police services contracts worth a combined value of some £34 million. Continuing its long-standing partnership with Transport for London, Sodexo’s 100-strong team will continue to provide catering services for employees ...

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has appointed Mark Bourgeois as its interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), taking over from Steven Boyd, who is stepping down from the CEO role this month. Bourgeois will join the GPA towards the end of ...

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has submitted a planning application to Wokingham Borough Council for a European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) at the University of Reading. If successful, the new-state of-the-art headquarters will create the largest cluster of weather and ...