Year: 2018

Jet Aire Services, the Leeds-based drainage and civil engineering company, has appointed Jon Holman as compliance manager to oversee environmental, safety and quality standards at projects across the UK. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/jet-aire-services-appoints-compliance-manager/ News from FM World

More than half of UK employees would turn down job opportunities because of inadequate facilities, according to research by appliance manufacturer Miele. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/dirty-office-kitchens-cause-workplace-rifts-and-disruption/ News from FM World

Interserve has announced the merging of two divisions as one of its managing directors leaves the company. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/interserve-announces-divisions-merger/ News from FM World

Two important barriers to work for those in their 50s and early-to-mid-60s is health and caring issues, reveals research from the Office for National Statistics. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/caring-duties-and-ill-health-bar-older-people-from-full-time-work/ News from FM World

The size of central government’s estate has reduced by at least 156,000 square metres the size of 13 Trafalgar Squares, according to its State of the Estate report. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/government-further-reduces-size-of-its-estate-in-2017-18/ News from FM World

Services company Sodexo has been awarded the five-year grounds maintenance contract with Surrey Heath Borough Council (SHBC). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/sodexo-strikes-parks-maintenance-deal-with-surrey/ News from FM World

BSRIA has launched a new document to raise awareness and provide guidance to building owners. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/bsria-launches-building-services-analytics-guidance/ News from FM World

Sixty-two per cent of office workers check out who has checked into an office before them because organisations are inadvertently breaking GDPR regulations, shows research by software company Proxyclick. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/gdpr-law-is-being-breached-by-company-reception-desks/ News from FM World

Kudos has been enlisted as the new catering partner at the Floral Pavilion Theatre in Merseyside. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/kudos-secures-catering-partnership-with-merseyside-theatre/ News from FM World

James Brokenshire, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has announced that the government is implementing all recommendations in the Hackitt Review. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/government-pledges-to-take-forward-hackitt-recommendations/ News from FM World