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SPIE UK Named to CCS Security Services Framework
Imtech Group business SPIE UK has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Security Services framework. CCS supports UK public sector organisations in achieving maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services. In 2021/22, the organisation helped the public sector to achieve commercial benefits equal to £2.8 billion – supporting world-class…
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New BaxterStorey Store Powered by Amazon ‘Just Walk Out’ Technology
European caterer BaxterStorey is opening a micro supermarket that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to create a checkout-free experience at Amazon’s London headquarters in Shoreditch – the first time the technology is being used by a hospitality business in the UK. The opening of the BaxterStorey-operated shop, called Social Bee, on the 21 March, will mark the debut of Amazon’s Just…
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Webinar: How to Reduce Water Consumption in Your Organisation
Washroom systems and solutions supplier Ecoprod will host a webinar on water conservation in commercial premises on 26 April at 10:00am British Summer Time (BST). Water scarcity is a pressing issue organisations can no longer afford to ignore. With water in short supply across the world, all organisations need to think about how they can…
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Design Plus Powered by ISH Innovation Award for Compact “Apartment” Heat Pump
Qvantum Energi AB, the Swedish company behind an under-the-sink heat pump for apartments on district heating networks, has received a Design Plus powered by ISH award from a panel of judges including the German Design Council. The awards celebrate “future-proof” products that exhibit an optimum combination of sustainability, aesthetic appeal, and functionality, and are considered one of the…
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Culinary Talent on Show in Glasgow
Compass Scotland is celebrating the success of its chefs and apprentices at the ScotHot 2023 Culinary Championships. The Culinary Championships which took place at the SEC in Glasgow comprised 14 entries in various categories from nine competing chefs, who come from Compass Scotland’s partner brands ESS Energy and Restaurant Associates, as well as students from…
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Property Maintenance App on UK Fundraising Mission
UK private investors can now target the property maintenance market through an intuitive digital platform called EVO which connects social housing landlords, tenants and tradespeople. The EVO application provides a more efficient way to maintain and responsively repair property by providing a fully managed solution so that both landlord and tenant don’t have the hassle of sorting, while unlike other providers, all builders are…
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Redefining Best Workplace Interiors Practices
The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has updated its Client Guide to Office Fit-Out and Refurbishment to reflect best workplace practices post-pandemic, the most recent advances in sustainability, and changes to UK law introduce by the Building Safety Act 2022 for landlords of higher-risk buildings. First published in 2017, the updated guide is aimed at…
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Specs Key to Water System Retrofits
A manufacturer of polymer pipework is highlighting materials specification in the retrofit process as research indicates 20 per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions come from the quarter of the country’s homes and third of its commercial properties built before 1919. Commissioned by the National Trust, Historic England and a number of other leading property…
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‘Lunch at Work’ Podcast
BM has launched ‘Lunch at Work’, a podcast providing practical advice for businesses to improve their workplace environments. Aiming to showcase innovative and creative solutions for workplace challenges, such as improving employee satisfaction, boosting productivity, and reducing costs, the first episode of the podcast has gone live today with one episode initially being published every month. The long-format interviews which will also…
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Rural Rough Sleeping in United Kingdom Fuelled by Cost of Living
The countryside is battling a ‘hidden homelessness’ crisis driven by soaring housing costs and a gaping shortfall in central UK government funding for local authorities, according to a report by academics at the University of Kent and the University of Southampton. The true scale of the crisis is likely to be far higher than official…
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Planon Enhances Hybrid Working Experience
The newly upgraded Planon Workplace App helps users of the integrated workplace management system (IWMS) developer’s solutions by providing a mobile-first, personalised connection between people, workplaces, services and facilities. Its personalised user interface improves the hybrid working experience by equipping users to: Locate and book their ideal desk, meeting room and other facilities Visually identify…
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Aston University Partners with Bruntwood to Develop Birmingham Knowledge Quarter
A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Aston University and property developer Bruntwood SciTech will support the university’s 2030 Strategy growth plan for the Birmingham Knowledge Quarter. Leaders from Aston University and Bruntwood SciTech, a Joint Venture partnership between Bruntwood and Legal & General, formalised the MoU on Wednesday 15 March during the international property…
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Rentokil Initial Announces Non-Exec Appointment
Rentokil Initial has appointed Sally Johnson to its Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 April 2023. Johnson brings substantial commercial and strategic finance experience from her extensive executive career to the post. She is the Chief Financial Officer of the FTSE 100 company, Pearson plc, which is also listed on the New York…
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Dover District Council Reduces Carbon Emissions
Dover has recorded a 7.5 per cent decrease in carbon emissions under a new environmental services contract with Veolia. The global environmental services contractor’s commitment to supporting Dover District Council to achieve its objective of Carbon Net Zero by 2030 has made a positive start, with the carbon footprint of electricity, gas and fuel consumed…
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Savills Preliminary FY22 Results
Savills plc today announces its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2022. Key financial highlights Group revenue up 7% to £2.3bn (2021: £2.15bn) Underlying* profit before tax decreased 18% to £164.6m (2021: £200.3m) Reported profit before tax decreased 16% to £153.9m (2021: £183.1m) Underlying basic EPS down 19% to 94.9p (2021: 116.5p); reported basic…
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Reactions to UK Spring Budget
UK Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, has received mixed responses from industry leaders and company representatives across the built environment, technology and retail sectors. Responding to the Chancellor’s announcement of new measures to support the retail sector in his “Budget for growth” – including extending the provision of free childcare to the working parents of…
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Maritime Knowledge Hub Approved for £4.5 Billion Wirral Waters Development
Plans for a £25 million maritime centre of excellence focused on innovation, engineering, R&D, entrepreneurship and training at the heart of Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters development in North West England have been approved by Wirral Council. The announcement was made earlier today at MIPIM, the international property event in Cannes, France, by Richard Mawdsley, Peel…
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Best Practice: Supply Chains in UK Public Sector Procurement
Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom’s public sector must prepare to assess supply chains using the Common Assessment Standard (CHAS Elite) or PAS 91 (CHAS Advanced) following the government’s release of Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 03/23 which updates the Selection Questionnaire and replaces PPN 08/16. The changes, which come into effect from 1 April 2023, mean that contractors looking to…
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Planon Acquires Largest IT Property Management Platform in DACH
Planon has acquired Bremen-based control.IT Unternehmensberatung GmbH, and subsidiaries easol GmbH and Synapplix GmbH as it strengthens its cloud-based real estate (RE) asset and portfolio management capabilities. control.IT has supported the real estate sector in Germany for more than 27 years, and has a user base across the DACH region and worldwide. Its SaaS products,…
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Estimated 6,000 Investors and Financial Institutions Meeting at MIPIM
MIPIM 2023, the latest edition of the world’s largest global real estate event, begins today in Cannes with more than 23,000 visitors expected at the French seaside resort for the four-day event, including delegates from over 90 countries and 2,400 exhibiting businesses. As a key global event to source capital for real estate’s core and…
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Tech Integration Facilitates Office Access for iPhone and Apple Watch Users
Smart Spaces has teamed up with HID to introduce an employee badge in Apple Wallet, offering secure and seamless building entry for employees at 22 Bishopsgate in the City of London. By adding their employee badge to Apple Wallet, employees and staff in the building can now safely and easily gain access to offices with…
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RS Group Announces New CEO
RS Group has appointed Simon Pryce as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director with effect from 3rd April. David Egan, Acting CEO, will work alongside Pryce in his role of Chief Financial Officer. Pryce served most recently as CEO of Ultra Electronic Holdings plc for over four years which was acquired by Advent in August…
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Improving the Quality of Tenancies with Customer Surveys
Wiener Wohnen, Europe’s largest municipal property management company, has appointed AktivBo to provide customer surveys and a continuous customer dialogue under a new six-year agreement. The Vienna-based property manager owns and operates over 220,000 homes, requiring a solid understanding of tenants’ needs and how to improve living situations. The collaboration with AktivBo is expected to…
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Serco Launches Middle East Space Division
An international team from Serco presented at the 17th SpaceOps conference in the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre at Dubai World Trade Centre last week, also announcing the launch of a new Space division for the Middle East. The new division will be headed by Amar Vora, who transfers from Serco’s Space division in the…
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New ISS India HQ Using 100 Per Cent Renewable Energy
ISS Facility Services India has relocated its headquarters to a state-of-the-art office building in Mumbai that runs on renewable energy sources and incorporates sustainability practices resulting in zero emissions. The new office building is designed to meet the highest energy efficiency standards and utilises a range of technologies and systems to minimise its environmental impact,…
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Neurodiversity in Business
UK soft services provider Churchill Group have signed the Neurodiversity in Business Charter committing to comprehensive workplace inclusion of neurodiverse employees. The charter is an initiative from Neurodiversity in Business (NiB), an industry forum led by Dan Harris, which draws on the experiences of interdisciplinary professionals and leading companies to share best practices, and improve…
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UK Housebuilder Pledges Support for Women in Property
Property developer Genesis Homes is sponsoring the Cumbria and Lancashire branch of industry group, Women in Property under a year-long partnership. The group aims to create opportunities, expand knowledge and inspire change for women working in the property and construction industry. … the more diversity a business can have in its workforce, the better a…
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50 Years of Investing in People and Technology
Keeping ahead of the competition requires a dedicated team of experts and investment in manufacturing facilities as well as research and development (R&D) – a formula that has enabled Sulzer’s manufacturing site in the country town of Wexford in Ireland’s Southern Region to remain at the forefront of pump technology. After 50 years, the Sulzer…
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PPDS/Philips Appoints Former Planar Marketing Specialist
PPDS continues its recruitment drive with the appointment of experienced AV sales specialist Kristen O’Connor as Sales Operations Manager for North America. Based in Oregon, and with a career entering its twelfth successful year, O’Connor is a respected member of the AV industry and community, having held a series of leadership roles at some of…
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Carbon Footprint Management from TÜV SÜD
TÜV SÜD UK has launched a Carbon Footprint Management service to help organisations reduce carbon emissions and ultimately become carbon neutral. The new service will calculate an organisation’s current carbon footprint, to understand the scale of the challenge and quantify the carbon impact. This can be conducted at an organisation or product level, and include…
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Jardine Motors Cuts Carbon with Circular Waste Oil Management
Jardine Motors is the first UK “top ten” dealership to reduce carbon emissions with Veolia’s fully circular waste oil management platform. The automotive retail group which represents 14 premium and luxury brands including Audi, Mercedes, Ferrari and Porsche, took the decisive step to manage waste oil sustainably by contributing it to the circular economy. Jardine…
