05.10.2021, 15:35 Tackling UK Staff Shortages with Employee Benefits, Not Visas Following the announcement that the UK government will not be extending temporary visas outside the HGV transportation and poultry sectors, David McCormack, CEO of HIVE360, considers alternatives for employers experiencing recruitment shortages. For employers in the retail sector the way to tackle the skills…
Home Office
Mitie has been awarded a contract under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) framework to provide manned guarding and mobile patrol services at 27 Home Office sites. The manned guarding service will operate on an intelligence-led model, driven by Mitie’s Global Security Operation Centre (GSOC), based in Northampton. The real-time information generated by the GSOC will…
25.11.2019, 11:11 Verifying Employees’ Right to Work UK commercial contract cleaner Ecocleen will be using the uAuthenticate mobile application from uComply for employee identity document authentication across its network of franchises. The uAuthenticate mobile application validates a wide range of identity documentation including passports, visas, ID cards, driving licences, biometric cards and work…
16.10.2019, 11:27 Celebrating the Contribution of Cleaning Operatives OCS Group UK staff have joined colleagues in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to celebrate the outstanding contribution of cleaning operatives on Thank Your Cleaner Day™ for a second successive year. Originating in New Zealand in 2015 and now in its fifth year, Thank Your Cleaner…
27.06.2019, 15:55 Why UK Care Homes Present Fire Risks Karen Trigg, business development manager at Allegion UK, discusses the importance of addressing fire safety in buildings that house elderly residents. Fire safety is often a topic that is taken seriously by those involved in both the construction and day-to-day running of resident-occupied care homes.…
27.06.2019, 15:55 Why UK Care Homes Present Fire Risks Karen Trigg, business development manager at Allegion UK, discusses the importance of addressing fire safety in buildings that house elderly residents. Fire safety is often a topic that is taken seriously by those involved in both the construction and day-to-day running of resident-occupied care homes.…
30.04.2019, 21:35 Trade Body Warns on Handling of Gas Cylinders National trade body, the British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA), is raising awareness of procedures for handling returned gas cylinders following a reported surge in metal theft. Doug Thornton, BCGA chief executive, has called for vigilance in the processing and return of cylinders, and says: “Gas…