Month: July 2018

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has called for extension of the combustible cladding ban and action to tackle conflicts of interest in construction industry, in a report into building regulations and fire safety published today. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/government-cladding-ban-must-apply-to-existing-buildings-too-says-housing-committee/ News from FM World

The current generation of young people entering the workforce often called Generation Z are more environmentally conscious than the millennials who preceded them, according to a survey commissioned by the City of London Corporation. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/young-employees-expect-bosses-to-tackle-single-use-plastics/ News from FM World

In our August edition, FM World is reporting on the campaign to reduce single-use plastics in the workplace – and we want to know what facilities managers are doing. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/call-for-comment-on-single-use-plastics/ News from FM World

Salisbury Group has announced that it has been appointed to the UK government’s new RM3830 Facilities Management (FM) Marketplace Framework Contract. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/salisbury-selected-for-12bn-framework/ News from FM World

Catering company Sodexo has won a 10-year, £6 million-a-year deal to supply catering and hospitality services to Coventry University. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/sodexo-wins-10-year-catering-contract-with-coventry-university/ News from FM World

Global real estate adviser CBRE has been appointed by LKK Health Products Group (LKKHPG) to provide property management services at 20 Fenchurch Street, nicknamed the ‘Walkie-Talkie’. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/cbre-chosen-to-manage-services-at-walkie-talkie-building/ News from FM World

Norse Commercial Services has been awarded a contract worth £270,000 to clean at Walderslade Girls’ School in Chatham, Kent. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/norse-awarded-school-cleaning-deal-in-kent/ News from FM World

OCS has extended its contract to deliver manned guarding and emergency helipad response services at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool a contract it is has held since 2011. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/ocs-renews-contract-with-alder-hey-childrens-hospital/ News from FM World

International research group Cochrane has reviewed 34 studies on workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work covering a total of 3,397 participants, all from high-income countries. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/sit-stand-and-standing-desks-do-not-reduce-sitting-significantly/ News from FM World

Offices could be making employees ill, according to a report on workplace well-being presented by the British Council for Offices (BCO). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/bco-study-says-offices-could-be-harming-workers-well-being/ News from FM World