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73% Believe Adopting A More Sustainable Way Of Eating Is Now Urgent

An office worker with a selection of food and snacks next to her workstation Sodexo UK and Ireland has today unveiled the UK results of its first annual Sustainable Food Barometer, with data taken from international research conducted with Harris Interactive.

The study, which surveyed more than a thousand UK consumers, identifies the change levers and barriers to accelerate change towards more sustainable diets.


Top Tips For Reducing Building Maintenance Costs

A building worker on a construction site Paul Bullard, Product Director at SFG20, shares his insights on how facility management teams can reduce their building maintenance costs.

33% of building maintenance professionals have stated that defending maintenance budget cuts was their biggest challenge. The result was understandable given the backdrop of sustained and extreme inflationary pressure affecting energy, labour and parts prices.


New Year Boost For Heat Network Training

Two heating engineers consulting a design plan The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has launched an industry‑wide training scheme for heat network engineers backed by government funding.


ASFP Releases New And Updated Technical Publications

ASFP Technical Guidance Documents The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) published several documents in 2023, these included new and updated Advisory Notes (ANs) and Technical Guidance Documents (TGDs). Two new ANs were published and another four updated.

AN 32 covers the Association’s position on the use of BS 476‑based fire resistance testing on Eurocode designed structures. This new AN considers the relationship between design codes, test methods and the building regulations.


BESA Appoints First Head Of Business Development

Simon Lunt, new head of business development at BESA The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has appointed Simon Lunt as its first head of business development as part of a wider strategic review.

Lunt brings extensive and varied experience to this new role having started his career in the chemical industry in Scandinavia with Forchem Oy before moving into the health & safety sector covering the UK construction, manufacturing, and facilities management sectors at Arco.


Sales Of Vegan And Vegetarian Meals Continue To Grow

Three vegetarian meals Marking Veganuary 2024, Sodexo has announced another year‑on‑year increase in the consumption of meat‑free meals.

Analysis of over 2.7 million meals sold across 285 of its UK and Ireland client sites in 2023* reveals that 11% were vegan or vegetarian. This represents an incremental increase on the 10% reported in the previous year.


Manchester Cleaning Show: Explore Groundbreaking Innovations, Connect With Fresh Suppliers And Much More...

The Manchester Cleaning Show 2024 logo 80+ Top Brands,
1000s Of Innovative Products

Find the solutions to be more efficient, effective, and competitive

The UK's premier cleaning and hygiene event for the North of England and Scotland is just two months away, taking place 13th‑14th March 2024!

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