Month: October 2018

Unhappy workers are asking employers to create office breakout spaces so they can eat lunch away from their desks, according to new research. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/workers-lose-appetite-over-inadequate-lunch-areas/ News from FM World

The National Living Wage will increase by 4.9 per cent from £7.83 an hour to £8.21 from April 2019, Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced in the Budget yesterday. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/budget-receives-tepid-reviews/ News from FM World

Vertas Group has awarded Imtech Inviron a £30 million mechanical, engineering and electrical (ME&E) contract for work across its client base, which includes the Suffolk County Council estate. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/imtech-inviron-secures-30m-mee-contract-with-vertas/ News from FM World

ISS Healthcare has been awarded a contract to provide retail and patient catering for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/iss-wins-catering-deal-with-kent-and-medway-nhs-trust/ News from FM World

Despite General Data Packet Regulation (GDPR) legislation having come into effect over four months ago, the majority of UK businesses in the trades sector are now risking penalties by failing to adhere to some of the rules, according to a survey. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/businesses-in-trades-sector-risk-penalties-for-gdpr-breaches/ News from FM…

Construction and facilities management business Polyteck Group has won a new mechanical and engineering contract at the Royal Exchange in the City of London. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/polyteck-secures-prestigious-royal-exchange-contract/ News from FM World

Open-plan studies place too much emphasis on collaboration and do not focus enough on the real cause of worker inefficiency noise, according to the latest data from Unispace. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/noise-in-open-plan-offices-is-the-real-enemy-of-productivity/ News from FM World

Problems with the education estate across the country are fewer since the 1990s, but there is still dilapidated infrastructure in many schools that is not fit for purpose, former minister David Laws told the Education Estates conference in Manchester last week. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/uks-schools-estate-not-fit-for-purpose-in-a-modern-economy/ News from FM…

Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds, will be banned in the EU under plans adopted on Wednesday. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/single-use-plastic-items-to-be-banned-from-eu-market-from-2021/ News from FM World

Facilities operator ABM has been selected by Ryanair to enhance its managed ground handling staffing solution at London Stansted Airport from 1 February next year. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/abm-lands-at-stansted-airport-for-ryanair-deal/ News from FM World