Month: September 2018

The UK street lighting market has seen steady growth in recent years, driven by substantial LED replacement programmes run by local authorities over the past five years or so, according to a report by AMA Research. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/uk-street-lighting-market-set-for-17-value-growth-by-2022/ News from FM World

Firms must better prioritise the health and well being of their staff because the average number of days lost to ill health per employee is 5.2 days, according to survey analysis by the CBI, in partnership with Bupa and HCA Healthcare. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/71-of-firms-admit-failure-to-act-on-preventing-sickness-absence/ News from FM…

The Royal College of Music has awarded a three-year contract underground storage company DeepStore to house its library’s collection of music archives. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/deepstore-is-on-song-for-royal-college-of-music-archives/ News from FM World

Making sure value is embedded into the creation of a building from the design stage is crucial to lengthen the quality of its running life, according to Ann Bentley, from property and construction consultancy Rider Levitt Becknell. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/users-and-managers-must-be-involved-in-a-building-from-design-stages-says-bentley/ News from FM World

About 20 trades people die in the UK each week from work-related asbestos exposure far more than those who die from accidents at work, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/work-related-asbestos-exposure-still-kills-20-people-a-week-warns-iosh/ News from FM World

FM company Kingdom has acquired Entire Facility Management Services Limited. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/kingdom-purchases-north-west-based-entire-fm/ News from FM World

Specialist Window Cleaning (SWC), part of Incentive FM Group, has been awarded a two-year contract extension with restaurant chain Pizza Express. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/pizza-express-renews-deal-with-swc-for-third-time/ News from FM World

A study shows that commuters use free Wi-Fi provision on their journey to and from work to ‘catch up’ with work emails, paving the way for the commute to be counted as work. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/commutes-should-be-counted-as-work-time-says-study/ News from FM World

The UK’s first aerial window cleaning training academy has been launched at Her Majesty’s Prison & Young Offender Institution Isis to tackle the continuing UK skills shortage and help to reduce reoffending. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/first-uk-cleaning-training-academy-starts-up-at-hm-prison-isis/ News from FM World

Bespak, a manufacturer of complex medical devices, has extended its contract with the Cordant Group to include cleaning and security services. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/bespak-extends-its-partnership-with-the-cordant-group/ News from FM World