The UK’s asbestos safety regulations and preventative measures remain weaker than in other countries with less of an asbestos problem, according to a report by risk management firm Lucion Services. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/uk-must-bring-its-asbestos-safety-rules-into-line-with-rest-of-europe/ News from FM World
Month: September 2018
Government must 'do the right thing' with universal food waste collections
The chief executive of the UK’s Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) is calling on the government to commit to universal separate food waste collections in England in its forthcoming Resources & Waste Strategy. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/government-must-do-the-right-thing-with-universal-food-waste-collections/ News from FM World
A third of UK workers would take 20% pay cut to work a four-day week
According to a global survey, nearly half (45 per cent) of full-time workers say it should take less than five hours each day to do their job if they worked uninterrupted, while three out of four employees (72 per cent) would work four days or…
Duke of Cambridge launches new well-being gateway
This week Heads Together, a campaign to fight the stigma surrounding mental illness, and mental health charity Mind launched #MentalHealthAtWork a new online gateway to resources and information developed to help workplaces improve staff well-being. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/duke-of-cambridge-launches-new-well-being-gateway/ News from FM World
Spectrum presents the art of cleaning at V&A Dundee
Spectrum Service Solutions, a Scottish company specialising in contract cleaning and FM, has won the cleaning deal at the V&A’s new state-of-the-art Dundee museum, which opens this weekend. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/spectrum-presents-the-art-of-cleaning-at-va-dundee/ News from FM World
Element wins Magnox asbestos monitoring and consultancy deal
Element Materials Technology (Element) has secured a contract with Magnox to provide asbestos monitoring and consultancy services. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/element-wins-magnox-asbestos-monitoring-and-consultancy-deal/ News from FM World
LTS Catering dishes up at schools in neighbouring counties
LTS Catering has been appointed by eight schools in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire and Leicester City as their school food provider. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/lts-catering-dishes-up-at-schools-in-neighbouring-counties/ News from FM World
Mitie Security retains transport deals worth £12m a year
Mitie’s security business has been awarded two contract extensions for travel clients Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Eurostar together worth £12 million a year. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/mitie-security-retains-transport-deals-worth-12m-a-year/ News from FM World
Atalian Servest wins £21m-plus of new business in first half of 2018
Atalian Servest’s specialist catering division secured more than £21million of new business in the nine-month period running up to the end of its financial year in June. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/atalian-servest-wins-21m-plus-of-new-business-in-first-half-of-2018/ News from FM World
Incentive FM wins three-year deal at three Shrewsbury retail centres
Facilities management company Incentive FM has been awarded a three-year contract by managing agent Montagu Evans to provide a TFM solution at three shopping centres in Shrewsbury. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/incentive-fm-wins-three-year-deal-at-three-shrewsbury-retail-centres/ News from FM World