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Facilities management firm Macro announces a rebrand

The 22-year-old facilities management and workplace solutions company has announced a rebrand, including a new identity, purpose statement, and values. The rebrand arrives at a key strategic moment for the 800+-person global business: Following a management buy-out from construction services ...

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New HubStar technology aims to make it easier for companies to attract hybrid workers back into the office

As the tug-of-war between employers and employees over returning to the office continues in the post-COVID workplace, HubStar – a leader in hybrid workplace solutions – is introducing a new workplace experience tool designed to help organisations that are struggling to persuade ...

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Lean warehousing: maximising the 5S approach

Scott Saunders, Technical Service Manager at Watco, discusses how facilities managers can maximise the 5S approach within their sites to help streamline facility processes, as well as create a safer working environment. Ever-increasing workloads and time-pressures are posing huge challenges ...

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Zentia introduces Aruba Triangle and new colours in the Aruba family range, elevating design possibilities

Zentia, a leading manufacturer of innovative ceiling solutions, is delighted to announce two exciting product updates. The highly anticipated Aruba Triangle range takes it debut, and 35 new colours are introduced to the existing Aruba family. Zentia has introduced its ...

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Johnson Controls acquires workplace management software provider FM:Systems

Johnson Controls, a global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has acquired FM:Systems, a leading digital workplace management and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider for facilities and real estate professionals. The acquisition adds complementary cloud-based software as a ...

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CBRE crowns the winners of its UK Innovation Challenge

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)has unveiled the winners of its annual UK Supplier Innovation Challenge. With innovation being core to CBRE GWS’s mission to create the facilities management solutions of tomorrow, the company’s supplier partners were challenged to demonstrate innovative ...

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Why is hybrid working becoming more desirable?

After the lockdown had finished more companies decided to keep flexible working and allowed employees to work from home some days during the week. This has resulted in hybrid working rising from 13% in early February 2022 to 24% in ...

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Condeco and iOffice + SpaceIQ announce merger

Software investment firm, Thoma Bravo, has announced the merger of Condeco, a global provider of workspace scheduling software, and iOffice + SpaceIQ, a global workplace and asset management company, to create Eptura. According to Thoma Bravo the strategic combination creates ...

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A safe, secure and compliant workplace 2022

Providing a safe, secure and compliant workplace is a key goal for many facilities managers today, coping with multiple regulations, strict data protection rules and new hybrid working practices is a challenge that can’t be ignored. But how do you ...

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Coworking Spaces

Office fit-out specialist PSG Global has produced a guide to the coworking phenomenon and why more corporates than ever are requesting coworking spaces. Marina Vassilopoulos reports. Coworking spaces are a relatively new phenomenon, with the first coworking space built in ...

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