Elior UK Donates £15,000 To Award Winning Social Enterprise, Change Please, To Fund Trainees
Elior UK has committed to fully fund five trainees – at a total cost of £15,000 - through a training and employment programme provided by Change Please, a social enterprise created to address the growing issue of homelessness and its damaging effect on individuals and society. As well as funding training, Elior UK will work with Change Please to identify potential employment and apprenticeship opportunities throughout its business.
Sodexo Wins 10-year HMP Altcourse Contract
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has awarded Sodexo the £260 million contract to manage HMP Altcourse from 1st June 2023 following a competitive bid.
Living Wall Industry Launches Best Practice Guidance To Allow Architects To Specify With Confidence
● Guidance designed to bring clarity to the latest National Building Regulations
● Update to ‘Approved Document B’ permits Living Walls on any building type except structures over 11m where people sleep
● New industry recommendations to minimise fire risk include type of materials to use, testing procedures to follow and robust irrigation and maintenance procedures
The Living Wall industry has launched a Best Practice Guide for designers, specifiers and architects to provide clarity on the latest National Building Regulations.
Business Moves Group Appoints Karen Adams As Business Development Manager
Business Moves Group (BMG), the office relocation and workplace change management specialists, has appointed Karen Adams as business development manager.
Fire Safety Regulations – Don’t Let Time Run Out
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 (the Regulations) have been introduced as an important step towards implementing the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report. The Regulations are being introduced under Article 24 of the Fire Safety Order and will come into force on 23rd January 2023.
Mitie Unwraps 3,000th Electric Vehicle In Time For Christmas
● The vehicle will be used on Mitie’s Greener Cities service in Dudley, West Midlands
● Landscaping equipment used on the contract is charged by solar panels on the van's roof
Mitie has welcomed the 3,000th electric vehicle (EV) to its fleet which puts it on course to switch its fleet to zero emission vehicles by the end of 2025. Mitie began its EV transition in December 2018, with 42% of Mitie’s UK-wide fleet now electric, following more than 1,000 new electric vehicles joining the fleet during 2022.
ISS Raises Over £40,000 In Movember Fundraiser
A fatal health crisis is currently affecting our fathers, partners, brothers and friends. Yet we rarely talk about it, even as it takes too many from us, too soon.
