Month: September 2019

Catering group CH&CO has seen a 19 per cent increase to £286 million in its annual turnover, according to its accounts for the financial year ending 31 December 2018. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/chco-reports-19-leap-in-turnover/ News from FM World

Wates Living Space has extended its contract to deliver housing repairs and maintenance across Birmingham on behalf of the city’s council. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/wates-extends-repairs-deal-with-birmingham-city-council/ News from FM World

Sarah Albon, the new chief executive of Britain’s workplace health and safety regulator, took up her new post this week. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/new-ceo-of-health-and-safety-regulator-takes-up-post/ News from FM World

Chancellor Sajid Javid has allocated £24 million additional funding for the Building Safety Programme in the government’s Spending Review. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/24m-allotted-to-building-safety-in-spending-review-not-enough/ News from FM World

One out of 10 workers cries every week in their job, according to a survey by jobs website monster.com. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/difficult-clients-cause-workers-to-cry-on-the-job/ News from FM World

The most popular spot for co-working in London is King’s Cross, according to a study by website Startups. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/kings-cross-is-best-co-working-area-in-london/ News from FM World

Only one in three workers say the temperature in their office is conducive to helping them do their best work, according to a report. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/most-employees-not-comfortable-with-office-temperature/ News from FM World

The Building Services Engineering Association (BESA) says it is starting to devise the first British Standard for healthy buildings. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/besa-to-devise-healthy-buildings-standard/ News from FM World

Commercial property experts at Savoystewart.co.uk have analysed Google search trends as well as Instagram tags in order to rank the most internet-famous office buildings in five capital cities around the world. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/london-buildings-most-instagrammed-on-internet/ News from FM World

Workers are taking an average of four ‘mental health days’ a year but lying about it to their boss for fear of being judged, demoted or sacked. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/watchdog-finds-shortcomings-with-fm-works-at-pentonville-prison/ News from FM World