Global engineering and service solutions provider G3 Systems has completed its first field service visit to British International Helicopters (BIH) at Mount Pleasant Airfield in the Falkland Islands. The purpose of the visit was to provide condition assessment surveys and servicing of essential Ground Support Equipment (GSE) for two Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopters based…
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As it marks “Veganuary” 2022, Sodexo is reporting increasing sales of vegan and vegetarian menu options at corporate foodservice locations in the UK. Food sales data from the global foodservice provider shows that, by the end of 2021, vegan and vegetarian meal options made up 13 per cent of all meal sales at offices and…
A new partnership between UK loyalty app Embargo and eco-beauty brand Faith In Nature will incentivise purchases of refillable products. App users buying qualifying products at participating outlets will be rewarded with loyalty points which can later be traded for free product refills. According to the company’s literature, Faith In Nature currently saves…
The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has rebranded to reflect an expanding remit as its members increasingly collaborate on other issues its expanded remit and ongoing collaborative vision for the future. The unique alliance of trade associations and professional bodies has been rebranded as the Construction Industry Collective Voice (CICV), putting more emphasis on its…
United Kingdom-based vertical storage lifts supplier Randex has introduced ERP integration with Compact-branded vertical lifts for popular enterprise systems from IBM, SAP, JDA, Red Prairie and Blue Yonder. Manufactured in Sweden by Weland Solutions and distributed exclusively in the UK by Randex, Compact vertical storage lifts save up to 90 per cent of floor space…
Press Release: Siemens: Trends in energy and infrastructure for 2022 London, 11 January 2022 Siemens: Trends in energy and infrastructure for 2022 The impact of the pandemic to fade as we refocus on the road to net zero and the climate emergency Siemens’ energy and smart infrastructure experts share their views on the…
Switch from gas to lithium-ion powered forklifts brings productivity benefits for Whitworths Dried fruit, home baking and snack products company, Whitworths, has replaced the gas-powered counterbalance trucks in operation at its Northamptonshire production and storage facility with lithium-ion machines from the Toyota range. In all Toyota has supplied Whitworths with 27 new three- and four-wheel…
Saurabh Saxena, founder of Buy To Let and AI property evaluation platform houzen, explains how artificial intelligence is delivering better value from EPCs in the UK. 2022 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) in the United Kingdom. Originally a requirement of European Union Directive 2002/91/EC and enshrined in UK…
The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) has announced the finalists for the Kimberly-Clark Professional™ Golden Service Awards 2022. Dubbed the ‘Oscars’ of the cleaning industry by their organisers, the awards recognise “excellence, performance and commitment” within cleaning and facilities management. An independent panel of judges from BICSc has shortlisted 59 finalists from 24 companies,…
13.12.2021, 18:17 Cushman & Wakefield Relocates San Diego Office Cushman & Wakefield has moved its San Diego regional headquarters office to One Paseo, a brand new Class A mixed-use commercial and residential development within California’s prestigious Del Mar community. The global real estate major now occupies cutting-edge office space totalling 22,000 square feet on the…
13.12.2021, 15:50 STULZ Builds on Benelux Presence STULZ has supported its expansion across the Benelux region with the opening of a sustainable new regional corporate headquarters building in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. Located a stone’s throw from Schiphol Airport, the new STULZ Groep BV headquarters building was completed in 10 months, and features climate-neutral intelligent infrastructure…
Oliver Cripps, Sustainability Manager for Herman Miller, explains why upcycling ocean-bound plastics for use in offices is a logical extension of product life cycle planning. COP26 has now been and gone, but the focus by companies to consider sustainability as a fundamental aspect of the way they do business remains critical in the path to…
02.12.2021, 19:18 Tackling Climate Change: Why Electric Boilers are in Vogue Again Robert Presser, vice-president of Montreal-based Acme Engineering Products, explains why electric stream and hot water boilers are the logical choice in the race to achieve net zero The threat of global warming and government-level commitments to the Paris Accord on Climate Change are…
02.12.2021, 18:40 What Are Commercial Heat Pumps and Why are they so Popular? The extraordinary impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on commercial energy bills is the latest in a series of price increases that have doubled costs for businesses over the past decade and driven renewed interest in energy saving measures including commercial heat pumps.…
01.12.2021, 14:54 Securing Cement Production Sustainably Adding an element of sustainability to security provision at several mining and cement production sites in Uganda is reaping dividends for Lafarge Building Solutions. For 20 years, G4S has secured Hima Cement mines and a cement plant operated by Lafarge in Uganda as part of a vast and complex…
30.11.2021, 11:22 Veolia Accelerates UK Hydrogen From Water Programme Veolia is advancing a programme to develop hydrogen gas supply infrastructure and decarbonise energy supply. Believed to be the first application of its type in the UK, the company’s latest development is now managing projects which incorporate electrolyser technology to derive hydrogen from water, and…
26.11.2021, 13:31 A Practical Guide to Fire Doors With poor specification, installation and maintenance of fire doorsets often resulting in devastating consequences, David Hindle, Head of Door Closer Sales at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, provides advice to facilities managers on fire safety system selection. Fire safety is paramount and a consideration…
25.11.2021, 18:24 New Institutional Investor Support for Mindspace Mindspace, the global flex office provider, has secured US $72 million of funding in its latest round. The investment is intended to support the continuation of the company’s growth and its further expansion in Europe, the United States and Israel. The round was led by Harel Insurance…
23.11.2021, 15:31 Protecting Frontline Key Worker Teams from Abuse Veolia is taking a stand following a 118 per cent rise in incidents of reported abuse against key workers by members of the UK public over the last 12 months. In response to a doubling of incidents, Veolia has launched StreetKind, a new campaign thanking…
23.11.2021, 13:09 Launch of Remote CRA Service Schneider Electric has launched a remote cyber risk assessment (CRA) service to allow its customers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to identify gaps and key risk areas that need remediation. The new service provides recommendations and a roadmap for achieving corporate cybersecurity objectives, with…
22.11.2021, 17:49 Ventilating Life Science Labs Yields Energy Dividend New data from Aircuity suggests life sciences clients of its smart building platform are achieving record energy savings and environmental quality metrics in critical laboratory spaces. According to the company’s analysis, more than 50 life sciences organizations operating the Aircuity platform are now saving 158,353,872 pounds…
18.11.2021, 12:53 BSI Certifies COP26 as a Sustainable Event The planning and delivery of this year’s COP26 event in Glasgow has been certified against the ISO 20121: Sustainable Events Management standard, following an audit by BSI. The sustainability team at BSI undertook the audit, working with event organizers to independently assess activities, products and…
16.11.2021, 03:08 Festive Sandwich Launch to Support Charity Proceeds from a new range of festive sandwiches from Westbury Street Holdings business, BaxterStorey, are being directed towards supporting UK charity, the Beyond Food Foundation (BFF). 10 per cent of all proceeds from sales of ‘Festive Turkey’ and ‘Cheeseboard Bloomer’ sandwiches will be donated to BFF’s Travel…
16.11.2021, 01:50 Portable Air Purifier Range Launches at ISSA Show North America The Pyure Company has announced a new line of advanced portable air purification products at the ISSA Show in Las Vegas. Targeted at the janitorial and sanitization (Jan-San) industry, the new portable range is designed to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) and…
15.11.2021, 23:45 Safety in Manual Handling Handling and transporting supplies and equipment is a daily requirement for most facilities but one that needs to be managed in accordance with current health and safety guidelines. Facilities managers need to be aware of multiple health and safety regulations relating to the manual handling and transportation of packages and machinery…
15.11.2021, 10:07 Takeaways from COP26 for Smaller UK Contractors The Contractor Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS) comments on how COP26 and legislation announced by the UK government in anticipation of the agreement will impact on SMEs operating in the construction sector. There is a lot of good work already underway to tackle climate change…
12.11.2021, 16:25 Kier Re-Affirms 100 Per Cent EV Commitment at COP26 In celebration of Transport Day at COP26, the UK’s Kier Group has become one of seven organisations to commit to the Climate Group EV100 initiative to electrify fleets of over 250,000 vehicles by 2030. EV100 is an initiative to bring together forward-looking companies committed…
G4S is providing an intelligent and unobtrusive integrated security solution at the popular Emelda Sun Club resort on the Turkish Riviera. In 2020, the company began working with the Emelda Sun Club, an expansive holiday resort complex in Antalya City. Popular with both Turkish and European sun-seekers, Emelda is a large and open-plan holiday destination,…
12.11.2021, 15:07 Top House-Buying Questions Answered Buying your first house is an exciting process. You get to choose a community to settle into, find design inspiration, and organise your belongings ready for moving day. But with the excitement also comes a lot of questions. After all, buying a house is a big leap forward in…
12.11.2021, 11:17 Reimagining Fashion Retailing MODIVO is using Philips displays to create a new ‘phygital’ shopping experience combining elements of physical and online shopping for visitors to its new stock-free store in Warsaw’s Galeria Mlociny shopping mall. PPDS, the global licensee of the Philips Professional Displays brand, supplied 110 advanced 4K Philips X-Line videowall displays…
11.11.2021, 18:32 COP26, Climate Change and the Built Environment As the COP26 conference addresses carbon emissions from buildings for the first time, Jamie Cameron, Director of Digital Solutions at Johnson Controls UK&I, explains why driving down emissions across the built environment is critical to reversing climate change. In a session dedicated to the built environment,…