Month: July 2019

Homes for Students, the national student accommodation manager, has been awarded a 355-bed, three-year deal by London & Scottish Investments for Crown House in Sheffield. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/homes-for-students-wins-3-year-deal/ News from FM World

Interserve Group, the international support services, construction and equipment group, has announced that Alan Lovell will take over as chairman from 15 July. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/interserve-group-announces-alan-lovell-as-new-chairman/ News from FM World

Our selection of the other workplace and facilities management announcements made this week. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/the-friday-catch-up-12-07-2019/ News from FM World

Independents by Sodexo has been awarded a five-year contract to manage catering and cleaning services at The King’s School, Worcester. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/independents-by-sodexo-wins-425m-deal-at-worcester-school/ News from FM World

The Trades Union Congress is putting pressure on the government to take action on the ethnicity pay gap. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/government-must-take-bold-action-on-ethnicity-pay-gap/ News from FM World

Sodexo Energy & Resources has been awarded three FM contracts worth a combined £6.5 million a year. The clients are Total E&P UK, Doosan Babcock, and a major player in the energy market. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/sodexo-energy-resources-secures-three-deals-worth-65m-a-year/ News from FM World

The MacsMAD programme is run by community interest group Miss Macaroon, which manufactures and supplies Macaroons in Birmingham. The programme provides training to help young unemployed people. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/business-analysis/macaroons-that-make-a-difference-macsmad/ News from FM World

Peter Bennett has been awarded an OBE for his work in preventing falls from height in workplaces. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/bennett-awarded-obe-for-his-contribution-to-height-safety-work/ News from FM World

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company (WOS) for its estates, facilities and clinical engineering services to be entirely owned by the trust. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/bradford-nhs-trust-forms-subsidiary-company-to-run-estates/ News from FM World

Calls to remove asbestos from schools are ‘understandable’ but ‘not practical’, according to a health and safety adviser. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/removing-asbestos-from-schools-is-not-practical/ News from FM World