Month: August 2018

The government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded ISS a four-year contract with the option to extend to a total of six years. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/iss-takes-a-four-year-fm-contract-with-beis/ News from FM World

AM Services Group has been awarded a contract to provide another two years of security and cleaning services to Johnson Matthey in Clitheroe, Lancashire. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/am-services-group-extends-soft-fm-deal-with-johnson-matthey/ News from FM World

Multinational professional services firm PwC is giving people the opportunity to work for the firm without being tied into a full-time contract and standard working hours. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/pwc-tells-new-staff-they-can-choose-what-hours-to-work/ News from FM World

A study has found that the level of occupational stress workers feel directly correlates to the size of the company they work for. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/workers-at-small-businesses-are-least-likely-to-experience-stress/ News from FM World

Just a third (35 per cent) of young people leaving education in 2018 want to work for an SME (small and medium-sized business), according to a survey by banking institution Santander UK. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/gen-z-and-millennials-are-snubbing-key-job-opportunities-with-smes/ News from FM World

Public service provider Amey has acquired the Ministry of Defences’ (MOD) regional prime and national housing prime contracts. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/amey-acquires-mods-housing-contracts/ News from FM World

Integrated property support services group Central Square Holdings Ltd (CSHL) has acquired facilities management provider Concourse FM. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/central-square-holdings-buys-concourse-fm/ News from FM World

Research shows little evidence that organisations have begun to work through the implications of an ageing workforce, according to a Economic and Social Research Council study. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/retirement-is-a-new-taboo-in-the-workplace/ News from FM World

UK union, Unite, has called for a public inquiry into the collapse of Carillion http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/unite-calls-for-carillion-public-inquiry/ News from FM World

JLL has appointed Guzman de Yarza Blache as head of its workplace strategy business practice in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/jll-appoints-de-yarza-blache-to-lead-workplace-strategy-in-emea/ News from FM World