Organisations are turning to experimental ‘pilot working labs’ to monitor working patterns of their employees before making changes to the actual office, according to data from Freespace, which reveals that global office occupancy rates decreased in June compared to May ...

Novus Property Solutions has been awarded a £44 million maintenance contract with Home Group in Scotland to carry out a range of planned and reactive maintenance works on approximately 4,000 properties across Scotland over a period of six years, with ...

Working from home during the pandemic has led to increased levels of loneliness and mental distress, according to new research by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen). The biggest increases in mental distress and loneliness compared with pre-pandemic levels ...

AM Services Group has been awarded the contract to deliver security services at The Merrion Centre, 123 Albion Street and three residential schemes in Leeds owned by property investment and car parking operator Town Centre Securities PLC (TCS). Over three ...

The TUC has written to ministers to raise urgent concerns about the government’s back-to-work safety plans. The union fears that new guidance – which is due to be published before restrictions are lifted on 19 July – will be “vague” ...

Mitie’s new Social Value report outlines excellent progress across all areas of Mitie’s ESG strategy, with the facilities management company on track to reach zero operational emissions by 2025, 25 years ahead of the UK Government’s target. As well as ...

The installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations is the latest new service to be launched by facilities maintenance company, Commercial Maintenance Services UK Ltd (CMS). With businesses planning to invest an estimated £15.8 billion in fleet electrification over the ...

Arcus FM has been awarded the ‘Carbon Footprint Standard – CO2e Reduced’ status for the entire organisation following a recent audit. Last year the company achieved the ‘Carbon Footprint Standard – CO2e Assessed’ status and says its is “delighted to have moved ...

Kimberly-Clark Professional has launched the prestigious Golden Service Awards 2022, the leading cleaning and FM industry awards event, with a save the date for Thursday 26 May 2022, to be held at the InterContinental London Park Lane. Launched more than ...

Margot Slattery, ISS Group Head Of Diversity & Inclusion has been appointed Global Ambassador for Diversity & Inclusion, 2021 by the All Ireland Business Foundation (AIBF), an accreditation body, tasked with enterprise development and the promotion of ‘Best-in-Class’ for business ...