EMCOR UK’s collaborative practices have been recognised with a ‘Pioneers in Collaboration’ award from the Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW), with the facility services provider additionally being re-elected as a corporate member of the institute’s Advisory Council. Established in 1990, ICW promotes collaborative working as a professional business discipline, assisting organisations in the public and…
Collaboration
ABM UK managing director, John McPherson, explains how collaboration can plug a widely reported technical skills gap in the UK. The events of the past 18 months have changed many things, but one which remains is the acute skills gap which the facilities management industry faces. There is no denying that the sector’s technical workforce…
17.11.2021, 11:24 Helping Reskill the Low Paid in London ABM has pledged £192,000 of unspent Apprenticeship Levy funding as part of a new initiative with the London Progression Collaboration (LPC) to support small and medium sized businesses and social enterprises with low paid workers. LPC, an innovative project that supports Londoners with starting high…
26.10.2021, 17:00 A Radical Collaboration for Regeneration BlueTech Forum, an annual, two-day event focused on water conservation, the circular economy and corporate environmental goals, will return to the Vancouver Convention Centre on 7 June 2022. Hosted by BlueTech Research under the theme, Radical Collaboration for Regeneration, next year’s event will seek to catalyse partnerships that support companies with…
04.03.2021, 13:21 Building Successful Working Relationships in CRE Hannah Koole-Browne, associate director at CRE consultancy Incendium, discusses the growing importance of collaborative approaches in developing corporate real estate strategy. One of the outcomes of the last 12 years is the sea-change we are seeing in the way corporates are approaching their real estate strategy. But…
11.02.2021, 13:20 UK Levy Transfer Scheme Underutilised A recent virtual roundtable attended by several leading organisations concluded the United Kingdom’s hospitality sector should be making better use of the levy transfer scheme for unused apprenticeship to tackle pending post-Covid-19 skills shortages. During the discussion which was organised by Umbrella Training to mark National Apprenticeship Week,…
04.02.2021, 17:39 Supporting Low Paid, Low Skilled Workers Churchill Group has committed £40k from its apprenticeship levy fund to the London Progression Collaboration (LPC) pilot scheme from the Institute for Public Policy Research and Greater London Authority. The initiative is designed to get low paid, low skilled workers into better quality, higher paid roles. LPC’s…
09.12.2020, 13:49 Reimaging Building Management A global digital collaboration between Johnson Controls and Microsoft promises to transform the design, construction and operation of buildings and designed spaces. Integrating Johnson Controls’ OpenBlue Digital Twin platform for site ecosystems, building and device management with the Microsoft Microsoft Azure Digital Twins platform, the collaboration leverages digital twins (replicas…
20.10.2020, 18:30 Combining to Compete Louisa Hosegood, Digital and Strategy Director at Bis Henderson Consulting, explains the competitive advantages collaborative relationships bring to supply chain logistics. Supply chains today are required to deliver ever-better service levels while simultaneously bearing down on cost and meeting aggressive new sustainability agendas. This has to be achieved against a…
10.02.2020, 14:31 Kramer to Unveil Next-gen Wireless Collaboration Solutions at ISE 2020 Kramer Electronics will debut its VIA GO² and VIA Campus² wireless presentation and collaboration solutions at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) from 11-14 February at the RAI Amsterdam. Visitors to the company’s VIP Lounge in Hall 1 VIP Lounge will be given a…
28.01.2020, 16:04 Solving a Common Problem in Collaboration Spaces Kramer Electronics will be debuting its K-SPIDER multi-format plug-and-play adapter solution at ISE 2020 in Amsterdam from 11th to 14th February. K-SPIDER reduces installation times by replacing multiple separate cables, adapters, and dongles with a single multi-head cable. Designed for the needs of AV and…
01.10.2019, 22:06 Collaboration Creates Innovative Recycled Paint A team of chemists at Dulux Trade working in partnership with Veolia have produced a ground-breaking matt emulsion (latex) paint formulated from 35 per cent recycled materials. The new Evolve product line is manufactured from unused white paint from tins at Veolia’s recycling centres to reduce the…
05.06.2019, 23:43 Securing Collaboration at BNL BNP Paribas BNP Paribas subsidiary, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL BNP Paribas), has deployed 100 wireless Mersive Solstice pods at its 75,000 sq. ft., multi-award winning HQ building in Rome, 20 pods at a second site in the city, and 15 in Milan. Italy’s sixth largest bank commissioned IT…
05.06.2019, 23:43 Securing Collaboration at BNL BNP Paribas BNP Paribas subsidiary, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL BNP Paribas), has deployed 100 wireless Mersive Solstice pods at its 75,000 sq. ft., multi-award winning HQ building in Rome, 20 pods at a second site in the city, and 15 in Milan. Italy’s sixth largest bank commissioned IT…
28.05.2019, 15:52 Enhancing Video Collaboration Kramer Electronics has joined the Complimentary Solutions track of the Logitech Collaboration Program (LCP) to leverage both companies’ core conferencing capabilities for users of the [email protected] meeting room solution. Neta Lempert, vice president digital business development for Kramer, says: “It’s an exciting time in the world of Pro AV.…
28.05.2019, 15:52 Enhancing Video Collaboration Kramer Electronics has joined the Complimentary Solutions track of the Logitech Collaboration Program (LCP) to leverage both companies’ core conferencing capabilities for users of the [email protected] meeting room solution. Neta Lempert, vice president digital business development for Kramer, says: “It’s an exciting time in the world of Pro AV.…