The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has re-awarded Landmarc the £560 million contract to manage the UK Defence Training Estate. Landmarc provides facilities management, rural estate management and operational services across the 156,000 hectares that make up the estate on which thousands of Armed Forces personnel live, work and train. The company has also pledged to continue…
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A £500,000 donation from Compass Group will support delivery of hospitality and professional services apprenticeships by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Made via the Apprenticeship Levy Fund, the funding will help people gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to enter and progress within the hospitality sector and give West Midlands businesses access to…
British commercial cleaning company Cleanology has announced its third annual fundraising event in support of grassroots charity The Hygiene Bank which is dedicated to redressing the ‘injustices’ associated with hygiene poverty. Two previous editions of the event have raised approximately £40,000. The 2023 fundraiser will take place on Tuesday, 3rd October in The Balcony Room…
Compass Group has launched a career hub for people who are struggling to gain employment. The Social Partner Hub will support candidates from a range of backgrounds who are facing barriers to entry into the job market, including ex-offenders, care leavers, long term unemployed and people with disabilities. The platform is being launched as part of…
Sulzer is engaging with local communities across EMEA to drive positive change We all try to support our local community on a personal level and at Sulzer we encourage all of our staff to flag initiatives that will benefit from our help. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a self-regulating business model where companies are more…
Corps Security presented a significant contribution to Combat Stress, a prominent charity focused on veterans’ mental health, during a fundraising dinner held in London. The donation came as a result of the Tour De Corps team’s remarkable achievement in raising over £11,000 for the charity. The team accomplished this impressive feat by embarking on a…
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure will be supporting walkers during SSAFA, the UK Armed Forces charity’s 13 Bridges Challenge on Armed Forces Day, 24th June. Held annually on the last Sunday in June Armed Forces Day provides an opportunity for the public to demonstrate their support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces…
‘Corps Security has announced that it will be hosting a vital mental health event, Mental Health – Security’s Invisible Enemy, in May during Mental Health Awareness Month. The event will aim to break the stigma around mental wellbeing in the security sector and bring together senior managers and leaders to discuss ideas, share experiences and…
For a second consecutive year, “environmentally-friendly” commercial cleaning franchise Tidy Green Clean is sponsoring the videography at charity event RunBalmoral, which will be held on The Balmoral Estate over the weekend of April 22-23. The event hosts more than 5,000 entrants who compete and participate in a whole weekend of different runs and trails. The…
Jo Jackson, a senior health and safety manager with Compass Group and chair of the annual Relay For Life community festival in York, has been named a Cancer Research UK Honorary Fellow. Jo began raising money for the charity following the death of her friend, Larna Cooper at the age of 34. She says: “The…
A special event on 20th March celebrated US $15 million of donations to good causes by Boston Billiard Club & Casino, the Nashua-based venue owned by Delaware North which has operated as a charitable gaming venue under New Hampshire law since 2016.As a charitable gaming venue, the casino contributes a substantial proportion of daily proceeds…
Since announcing a charity partnership in February 2021, staff at Royal BAM Group business BAM Construct UK have raised over £145,000 for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Money from fundraising events that include wrapping Christmas presents for shoppers at the Atria shopping centre in Watford, will support vital BHF research into heart and circulatory diseases…
Securitas UK has released a charity single to support the homeless following the success of its ‘Ascending’ charity single last year which raised over £15,000. Keen to support anyone who might have felt overlooked previously, the new song is called ‘See A Different World’ and focuses on the importance of acceptance and understanding. With the…
Elior has hosted a charity dinner at The Lloyd’s building with food prepared by renowned female chefs to support the work of UK charity, The Alzheimer’s Society. The contract caterer has pledged to raise £100,000 for The Alzheimer’s Society by the end of 2024 under a partnership, with the charity dinner raising £13,000. The event…
Bidvest Noonan has signed the Menopause Workplace Pledge developed by the charity Wellbeing of Women and launched a new menopause support tool kit for employees across the group. Menopause can be a challenging time. Women usually experience menopause between the ages of 45 and 55, with the average age being 51, and symptoms can last…