DATES FOR THE
FM DIARY
30 JULY 2019
Property Management Club
Browns, Old Jewry, London
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11-12 SEPTEMBER 2019
RWM Exhibition
NEC, Birmingham
www.rwmexhibition.com
16-17 SEPTEMBER 2019
IOSH 2019
ICC Birmingham
www.ioshconference.com
17-19 SEPTEMBER 2019
FM Expo
Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE
www.fm-expo.com
08-10 OCTOBER 2019
UK Construction Week 2019
NEC, Birmingham
www.ukconstructionweek.com
16-18 OCTOBER 2019
World Workplace 2019 Conference
Phoenix Convention Center, Arizona, USA
www.worldworkplace.ifma.org
11-15 NOVEMBER 2019
Workplace Week London
www.workplaceweek.com/uk/
london-2019
13-14 NOVEMBER 2019
LuxLive 2019
ExCeL, London
https://luxlive.co.uk/
26-27 NOVEMBER 2019
CIBSE Build2Perform Live 2019
Olympia, London
www.build2perform.co.uk
27-28 NOVEMBER 2019
EMEX: Energy Management Exhibition
ExCeL, London
www.emexlondon.com
19-21 MAY 2020
Facilities Show 2019
ExCeL, London
www.facilitiesshow.com
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editor Sarah O’Beirne at sarah.obeirne@kpmmedia.co.uk
Sodexo served
£100m hospitality
and catering deal
Sodexo has secured a 15-year
contract, worth in excess of over
£100 million with Yorkshire County
Cricket Club (YCCC) and Leeds
Cricket, Football and Athletics
(LCF&A).
The contract will see Sodexo
build on its eight-year partnership
with YCCC and LCF&A to provide
hospitality and public catering
services at the Emerald Headingley
Stadium- home of Yorkshire Cricket
and Leeds Rhinos.
A full-time team of 14 and more
than 1,000 temporary staff will
provide catering and hospitality
services for all matches at the
stadium including Super League,
this summer’s Ashes series, the
ICC Cricket World Cup and the new
competition “The Hundred” from
2020.
Anabas in x+why win
Boutique FM provider, Anabas
has won a new three-year total
facilities management contract
with x+why, the UK’s fi rst fl exible
co-working space. Anabas provides
FM support at the serviced offi ces in
Whitechapel, London.
Anabas secured the contract based
on its customer-focused approach
along with its extensive experience
in providing FM services to
corporate offi ce occupiers.
ENGIE acquires EV
charging business
Energy and services group, ENGIE,
has acquired ChargePoint Services
Ltd (CPS), a UK provider of
integrated EV charging solutions,
and owner and operator of the
nationwide pay-as-you-go EV
charging network, GeniePoint.
CPS already works with around 30
local authorities on charging point
infrastructure and has also supplied
workplace charging solutions
for blue-chip organisations such
as Microsoft and Siemens. The
acquisition supports ENGIE’s
ambition to be a leader in green
mobility and establishes ENGIE
as a major player in the UK EV
market across public authorities, the
workplace and the home.
SURVEY REVEALS 4 IN
5 FIRMS IN RENTED
PROPERTY STRUGGLE TO
SWITCH TO CLEAN ENERGY
A survey of some of Britain’s biggest building occupiers
has revealed that 80 per cent find it di
icult to engage
landlords in switching to renewable energy. The finding is
part of a report released by edie and Big Clean Switch, in
association with The Climate Group’s RE100 initiative.
The report, titled ‘Going 100%: How landlords hold the
key to corporate renewable energy targets’, surveyed 74
sustainability, energy and environmental managers in May
of this year, including major businesses like PwC, Nando’s
and ITV. Fi y-nine per cent of respondents employ over 1,000
people, over 30 per cent operate more than 100 sites in the UK
and 43 per cent consume over 1GWh of electricity every year.
Many of the survey respondents have corporate commitments
to moving to 100 per cent renewable energy sources for their
electricity. Three quarters rent some of their properties.
At a time when the UK Parliament has declared a national
climate emergency, 83 per cent of those that rent some of
their sites find it challenging to switch to a renewable energy
provider. Over 80 per cent also find the installation of on-site
renewable energy systems, sub-metering and gaining access to
energy data challenging.
Around a third of the commercial occupiers that responded
to the survey said they had not actively approached landlords
about switching to renewable energy. This may reflect a lack
of awareness about who to ask – 69 per cent said they find it
challenging to know who to speak to about energy issues –
and demonstrates that action is needed on both sides of the
equation.
The report makes three recommendations. First, that tenants
must be much more proactive in communicating their needs to
landlords. Second, landlords and managing agents need to put
in place systems and processes to make it easy for occupiers
to take action on energy. And finally, education is needed to
overcome common misconceptions about cost and demand
for clean energy.
Sixty per cent of survey respondents said they’d commit
to being part of a movement to encourage and inspire more
landlords and managing agents to switch to renewable energy.
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