The latest news from the world of facilities managementRents in London’s West End have fallen by more than a third in the last year as the financial crisis takes its toll on the hedge fund industry which played such a big role in pushing prices high.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/west-end-rents-fall-by-a-third-in-a-year/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:52:47 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 16:50:21 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 16:52:46 GMT65861A Skanska-John Laing consortium has been awarded preferred bidder status on a PFI project to improve the street lighting network for Surrey County Council.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/surrey-council-awards-street-lighting-contract/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:46:32 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 15:11:38 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 16:46:31 GMT65826A new standard from the BSI could help organisations save energy and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/energy-efficiency-gets-bsi-standard/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:43:29 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 15:36:38 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 15:43:28 GMT65839A strong order book of £12.8b has helped Balfour Beatty Group maintain trading in line with expectations, according to a trading update. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/balfour-order-book-remains-strong/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:22 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 09:57:05 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:21 GMT65588A public smoking ban has come into force in Greece Europe’s biggest smoking nation makes an effort to cut back on its tobacco use.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/big-smoking-greece-imposes-smoking-ban/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:51:32 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 10:08:32 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 10:51:32 GMT65602Healthcare-associated infections are costing the health service £1bn every year according to the chief nursing officer of the Department of Health (DoH).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/annual-cost-of-superbugs-is-1bn/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:48:05 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 10:45:21 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 10:48:02 GMT65656A report written by a commission chaired by Cherie Blair urges the government to shrink the prison estate by closing prisons.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/blair-report-prisons-should-be-closed/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:45:11 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:28:51 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 10:45:10 GMT64266The incoming carbon reduction programme will be “eye-wateringly painful” for companies who don’t plan for it now, warned the head of the Sustainable Development Commission.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/carbon-reduction-will-bring-tears-to-the-eyes/Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:02 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 10:12:48 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 10:24:01 GMT65610London mayor Boris Johnson has taken to task media tycoon Rupert Murdoch over his not-so-green plans for “Fortress Wapping” HQ in the capital’s docklands.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/boris-raps-ruperts-knuckles-over-green-issues/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:04:42 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 11:39:12 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 11:04:41 GMT64177The European Commission stepped up its efforts to restrict smoking in its 25 member states by adopting a Council Recommendation calling on all member states to legislate to outlaw smoking in enclosed public spaces by 2012. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eu-declares-war-on-public-smoking/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:31 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 12:33:50 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 11:00:30 GMT64182Public sector spending cuts and late payments in the Middle East could still derail the FM sector in spite of its strong performance hitherto.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-analysis/spending-cuts-pose-recovery-risk/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:29 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:53:33 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:54:28 GMT64227Balfour Beatty has announced the amalgamation of its two mechanical and electrical engineering businesses to form a single £600m operating company.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/balfour-beatty-merges-me-businesses/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:28:05 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:25:37 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:28:04 GMT64223The government has announced plans to overhaul the system of funding for social housing which will see local authorities given the freedom to hold onto the proceeds of council house sales.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/councils-to-get-bigger-role-in-social-housing/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:12:15 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 09:32:52 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:12:14 GMT64215The International Facility Management Association (Ifma) has announced the make-up of its executive committee and board of directors for the coming year.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/new-ifma-line-up-revealed/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:53:14 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:11 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 09:53:13 GMT64218On the same day as Lord Mandelson confirmed that the Royal Mail would stay in public hands postal workers announced a week of industrial action in London.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/angry-postal-workers-plan-3-day-strike/Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:11:00 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2009 16:30:48 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 09:12:12 GMT64790A revolution in work culture which is already gathering speed will render the physical space within which firms operate relatively insignificant, according to the latest futurological research. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/physical-workspace-may-cease-to-matter/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:29 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 14:41:37 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:28 GMT64192FMs are fighting today’s war against recession and cutbacks with yesterday’s weapons, according to Professor If Price of the FM Graduate Centre, Sheffield Hallam University.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/beware-old-weapons-for-todays-battles/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:14:10 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 13:08:27 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 13:14:08 GMT64188Low-carbon buildings can improve staff motivation, according to research from the Carbon Trust Scotland.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/high-motivation-is-low-carbon-spinoff/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:12:25 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 15:55:46 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 12:12:23 GMT64135Como, the fit-out contracting arm of Mace Group, has secured its first commission in Birmingham, a 120,000 sq ft project for new client KPMG.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/como-fit-for-birmingham-work/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:08:53 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 12:05:19 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 12:08:52 GMT64180After a real-terms funding cut of close to 70 per cent in the last two decades Royal Property Services does not have enough money to remove asbestos from Buckingham Palace or to fix the leaky roof.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/no-money-for-essential-palace-maintenance/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:19 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 10:44:42 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:18 GMT64173Sodexo, the Paris-based caterer to managed FM services provider, has seen third quarter revenue rise by 11 per cent to €3.77bn.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/sodexo-revenue-jumps-11-per-cent/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:52:59 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 10:27:44 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 10:52:58 GMT64170A government think tank is to launch an investigation of the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) sector as more information is sought about the exceptional speed of its growth. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/new-study-into-booming-vans-sector-announced/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:05:07 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 15:45:02 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 10:05:05 GMT64133John Laing Integrated Services has picked up the FM work on a major 25-year fire stations private finance initiative project in the north east.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/john-laing-nets-fire-station-fm-deal/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:52:59 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 09:44:17 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 09:52:57 GMT64168The CBI has criticised both government and business for their failure to work more strenuously to tackle climate change.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/cbi-calls-for-urgent-climate-change-action/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:41:22 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 09:37:17 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 09:41:21 GMT64167Carillion has closed the deal to sell its external IT business to Capita and confirms the sale generated £36 million as anticipated in that announcement on 9 June. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/carillion-completes-sale-of-it-business/Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:48 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 09:20:41 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 09:23:47 GMT64166Carillion Business Services, an FM and consultancy firm, has reorganised two of its business units. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/carillion-reorganises-fm-units/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:59 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 08:56:41 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:58 GMT64066Refurbishment and repair of 200,000 social houses is in doubt if Whitehall forces councils to steeply increase their current house-building programme.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/social-housing-repairs-under-threat/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:28 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:17:48 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:27 GMT64078Best practice guides for local authorities to manage their £250 billion worth of assets have been published by RICS, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/rics-launches-asset-management-guides/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:36:07 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 09:23:04 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:35:59 GMT64070Sodexo has secured a global catering contract with air carrier Virgin Atlantic which will see it working across three continents.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/sodexo-flies-away-with-virgin-deal/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:19:16 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 09:31:01 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:19:14 GMT64071The government has awarded Serco Group preferred bidder status on the contracts to design, build, finance and run two of its new generation of prisons.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/serco-makes-off-with-600m-dual-prison-deal/Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:18:26 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:15:08 GMTTue, 30 Jun 2009 10:18:25 GMT64077Serco Group has signed a contract with the Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship to transform its immigration detention centres across the country.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/serco-in-australia-detention-centre-deal/Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:45:30 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2009 08:42:26 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2009 11:45:29 GMT63984Hochtief PPP Solutions (UK) has achieved, together with a partner, financial close for the Wigan Life Centre public-private partnership (PPP) projecthttp://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/hochtieff-reaches-financial-close-in-wigan/Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:43:50 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2009 09:23:56 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2009 11:43:49 GMT63985Hot and getting hotter is the forecast as the Met Office issues a level-two health warning for this week.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/level-two-heat-warning-only-the-beginning/Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:21:04 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2009 10:12:42 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2009 10:21:03 GMT63992After nine years as chairman, Jonathon Porritt, the controversial head of the Sustainable Development Commission, is to leave next month.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/porritt-leaves-sustainable-development-commission/Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:33:30 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 16:16:45 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2009 09:33:29 GMT63930Faceo has won a contract with Schneider Electric for total FM at its 11 sites in the UK. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/faceo-wins-contract-with-schneider-electric/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:00:02 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 16:58:22 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT63945Businesses are using more flexi-working, extended shut-downs and extra holidays to beat the recession, according to a new report. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/flexi-working-on-the-rise-says-cbi/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:26:33 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:09:53 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 11:26:32 GMT63879The tallest building in the western Hemisphere is set for a five-year sustainability revamp to cut electricity consumption by 80 per cent.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/chicagos-icon-to-get-a-green-facelift/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:21:10 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 16:51:12 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:21:09 GMT63856HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited (HICL) has bought a 30 per cent interest in the Renfrewshire Schools project from a subsidiary of Carillion for £6.8 million.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/hicl-acquires-stake-in-scottish-pfi-schools/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:51:19 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 09:49:46 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 09:51:18 GMT63876Newham Council has delivered the second half of the “split financial close” on its Building Schools for the Future project.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/schools-pfi-reaches-split-financial-close/Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:47:31 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 16:05:07 GMTFri, 26 Jun 2009 09:47:30 GMT63846The government has announced plans for an additional 25GW of offshore wind farms in addition to the 8GW of new generating capacity already planned.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/government-launches-ambitious-wind-farm-plan/Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:02:03 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 17:00:38 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 17:02:02 GMT63860A row has blown up in the building services sector about the training of air conditioning assessors.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/air-conditioning-inspection-regime-in-disarray/Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:42:26 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 10:48:44 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 11:42:24 GMT63759Mouchel is to train FMs in the Metropolitan Police Service in environmental issues as part of a contract to raise awareness of the subject.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/metropolitan-police-service-on-green-alert/Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:00:33 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 10:09:29 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 11:00:32 GMT63756More than half of all businesses are unaware of the penalties which they could face under the corporate manslaughter and homicide act which came into force last year, according to newly published research.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/manslaughter-rules-widely-misunderstood/Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:57:16 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 09:32:23 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 10:57:15 GMT63755The number of people killed at work in Britain has fallen to a record low according to new figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fatal-workplace-injuries-fall-to-record-low/Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:30:45 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 09:28:53 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 09:30:44 GMT63753While the amount of business travel taking place falls away because of recession belt-tightening, the Prince of Wales's travel bill has mushroomed, rising by more than £500,000 last year.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/firms-cuts-back-but-princes-travel-spend-soars/Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:02:27 GMTWed, 24 Jun 2009 10:34:01 GMTWed, 24 Jun 2009 11:02:22 GMT63690A Christian hospital worker has left her job following a row about the health and safety risk posed by the crucifix necklace she wore to work.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/hospital-worker-quits-over-infection-risk-crucifix/Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:51:37 GMTWed, 24 Jun 2009 10:50:50 GMTWed, 24 Jun 2009 10:51:37 GMT63691Property firm Land Securities is to voluntarily get an energy measurement Display Energy Certificate for some of its buildings ahead of the carbon-trading deadline.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/land-securities-looks-at-decs/Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:43:00 GMTWed, 24 Jun 2009 15:35:45 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2009 10:44:05 GMT63728Irish-based FM business Resource has won security and cleaning contracts worth £1.4m for shopping centres across the north and south of the island.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/resource-wins-irish-contracts/Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:21:05 GMTWed, 24 Jun 2009 09:16:07 GMTWed, 24 Jun 2009 09:21:04 GMT63673Support services firm Veris has reported full-year losses of more than €6m after incurring considerable losses through the operation and sale of its moving and storage division.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/veris-drops-6m-as-figures-are-hit-by-disposal/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:59:58 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:58:37 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:59:57 GMT63658An £11 million leisure building at the University of Central Lancashire is going ahead after property consultant Drivers Jonas was appointed as project manager.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/preston-set-for-university-leisure-centre/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:56:15 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:50:40 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:56:14 GMT63657Glasgow City council has appointed City Legacy to build the £245 million athletes' village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/glasgow-moves-on-games-village/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:34:18 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:31:07 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:34:17 GMT63655In the last decade the number of heritage buildings judged to be at risk by English Heritage has fallen by more than a third thanks to the hard work of the people responsible for their upkeep.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fms-do-good-job-of-preserving-nations-heritage/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:31:09 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:28:55 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:31:08 GMT63653Interserve has landed a national cleaning contract with retailer Argos which will see it supporting 745 stores across the UK.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/interserve-cleans-up-with-argos/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:01:31 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:27:26 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 11:01:30 GMT63613The first case of corporate manslaughter under the new legislative framework will commence today at Bristol Crown Court.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/first-corporate-manslaughter-case-hits-court/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:49:37 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:49:00 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:49:36 GMT63618ESS Support Services Worldwide has retained two of its major contracts in the defence sector worth £3.7m annually.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/ess-secures-defence-contract-renewals/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:45:24 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:43:31 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:45:23 GMT63617Final details of the handover of the Athletics Village after the 2012 Games and Paralympic Games have been ironed out, the Olympic Delivery Authority announced.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/triathlon-set-to-buy-olympic-village-homes/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:43:38 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:35:07 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 10:43:36 GMT63615FMs, building managers and local authorities can now log onto a new energy conservation advice website from the European Union.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eu-launches-energy-conservation-website/Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:43:03 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 09:34:04 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 09:43:02 GMT63608British companies are squandering £10m every day through inefficient use of water, according to the government green business charity.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/business-pours-10m-down-the-drain-every-day/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:35:25 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 16:12:58 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 16:35:24 GMT63585A lack of basic vehicle maintenance knowledge among fleet drivers was responsible for 13,500 days of unnecessary downtime in 2008 according to the RAC.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/poor-fleet-upkeep-knowledge-costs-business/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:50:18 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 15:47:56 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 15:50:17 GMT63583Gordon Brown has rejected a petition from the property industry calling on the government to reverse the changes to the rules on empty property rate relief which it introduced a year ago.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/pm-turns-down-business-plea-over-rates-relief/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:08:19 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:42:39 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 11:08:18 GMT63552FMs need more hard data about building performance to boost energy efficiencies in the face of climate change, delegates to EuroFM heard.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/hard-data-needed-to-boost-building-efficiency/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:52:20 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:48:45 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:52:19 GMT63553Amsterdam's project manager for municipal buildings, Ronald van Warmerdam, welcomed almost 500 delegates to EFMC 2009http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/event-reports/efmc-2009-creativity-and-adaptability/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:36:03 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:23:02 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:36:02 GMT63550The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is seeking ten firms to use their new young-driver training programme starting next month.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/firms-sought-to-test-drive-training-course/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:18:40 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 15:33:25 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:18:39 GMT63479FMs must raise their game to cut carbon emissions in light of new climate change predictions from the Met Office, a property group has urged. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fms-must-improve-in-face-of-climate-threat/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:14:57 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 16:56:34 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:14:56 GMT63492The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said that in spite of a shaky start, the government should keep faith with secondary school renewal through the Building Schools for the Future programme.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/cbi-keep-faith-with-schools-pfi-programme/Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:12:47 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:07:11 GMTMon, 22 Jun 2009 10:12:45 GMT63546A lack of separate toilet facilities for young male and female school students in Ghana is the main reason for absenteeism among girls http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/girls-skip-school-over-lack-of-toilets/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:11 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 16:31:30 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:10 GMT63487West Yorkshire Police have revived a Tardis-style police box in the village of Almondbury so that officers can spend more time away from headquarters. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/yorkshire-police-think-outside-the-box/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:42:18 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 15:39:22 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 15:42:17 GMT63480Men are twenty times more likely than women to be killed in workplace accidents according to the latest figures from the Institution of Occupational Health and Safety (Iosh). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/men-20-times-more-likely-to-die-at-work/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:14:17 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 15:11:24 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 15:14:11 GMT63477After last week’s Tube strike businesses face yet another day of disruption from industrial action as Royal Mail workers strike in protest over modernisation plans. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/royal-mail-workers-hold-two-day-walk-out/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:12:08 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 10:43:32 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 12:12:07 GMT63433The Office of the Mayor of London and London Underground have angrily rebutted claims from the RMT union that they are responsible for Tube cleaners who are being paid less than the London Living Wage. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/mayors-office-disputes-low-pay-claims/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:37:09 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 10:04:53 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 10:37:08 GMT63425Eurest Services’ work with Shell International has won top award at the third annual conference for the FM sector across Europe, EFMC2009, in Amsterdam. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eurest-and-shell-partnership-wins-euro-award/Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:14:20 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 10:11:35 GMTFri, 19 Jun 2009 10:14:20 GMT63427One German company has opened a new frontier for vending machines by pioneering the sale of gold. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/theres-gold-in-them-thar-vending-machines/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:01:41 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 16:59:50 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 17:01:39 GMT63411SGP Property and Facilities Management has been awarded a contract with London’s first purpose-built polyclinic in Loxford, under the jurisdiction of NHS Redbridge.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/sgp-lands-polyclinic-contract/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:50:23 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 16:48:19 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 16:50:22 GMT63410Business services and consulting company Mouchel Group has downgraded its expectations for the rest of the year following a deteriorating in its performance in the last three months.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/mouchel-revises-expectations-downward/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:47:25 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 15:40:19 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 16:47:24 GMT63391Strathclyde University’s plan to move to a single campus has suffered a set-back after it put a major sports facility on hold. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/strathclyde-puts-college-sports-hall-on-hold/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:17:50 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 15:12:17 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 15:17:48 GMT63388Trinidad and Tobago is to make good-practice FM a priority to end its “sick buildings” problem, a government minister has said.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/trinidad-to-give-fm-a-priority-nationwide/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:03:42 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 09:53:12 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 11:03:41 GMT63340Councils in England have been attacked over the management of their property portfolios in a damning report from independent watchdog the Audit Commission. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/watchdog-slams-councils-on-asset-management/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:12 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:34:20 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:42:10 GMT63343Office occupiers are enjoying some of the most competitive rental incentives for 10 years, a new report indicates. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/rent-free-periods-on-the-increase/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:40:17 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:00:54 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:40:16 GMT63315Four people are in hospital with serious injuries after a van owned by Reading Borough Council ploughed into a crowd of people waiting at a bus stop. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/seven-injured-as-council-van-hits-bus-stop/Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:11:06 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 09:31:19 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:11:05 GMT63339Lancashire-based AM Support Services has acquired feminine washroom specialists Pristine Washrooms.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/am-support-services-acquires-pristine/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:37:44 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:36:05 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:37:43 GMT63320Commercial rental values fell for the thirteenth consecutive month according to the latest monthly property index from property research firm IPD. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/rental-values-slide-continues-into-second-year/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:31:19 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:29:53 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:31:18 GMT63318The scandal of MPs abusing their second home allowances could be solved by housing them in London's Olympic Village after the Games have finished.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/turn-olympic-village-into-politician-village/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:11:43 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 14:09:33 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:11:42 GMT63308One hundred and fifty of people were evacuated from their homes as firefighters set up a 400m exclusion around a chemical fire at Leominster in Herefordshire.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/chemical-explosion-sparks-public-evacuation/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:06:38 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:04:23 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 16:06:37 GMT63316A worker at the Oxford Street branch of Topshop and a Sandhurst military instructor are the latest to catch swine flu, according to media reports.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/retail-worker-in-latest-swine-flu-scare/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:59:30 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2009 16:32:05 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 10:59:29 GMT63243A successful year at design and engineering consultancy WS Atkins was marred by a poor-performing asset management divisionhttp://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/atkins-asset-management-performs-poorly/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:57:52 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 10:42:22 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 10:57:51 GMT63292The government’s outsourcing programme faces yet another threat after one of Britain’s biggest trade unions said that it would withhold election funding to Labour MPs who support the controversial policy.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/union-declares-war-on-public-sector-outsourcing/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:45:00 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 15:24:00 GMTThu, 18 Jun 2009 10:45:54 GMT63312Responsibility for delivering the government’s £15bn capital school building and refurbishment programme is to be handed over to quango, Partnership for Schools (PfS).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/quango-to-take-on-all-capital-school-building/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:43:24 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 10:39:53 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 10:43:23 GMT63291Reliance Facilities Management has been awarded a two-year contract extension by the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/police-continue-with-reliance-partnership/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:33:59 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 10:32:33 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 10:33:58 GMT63287The British Council for Offices (BCO) has announced an affiliation with the US-based commercial real estate trade association Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bco-to-work-with-us-real-estate-association/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:52:06 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:47:48 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:52:05 GMT63278Eden Foodservice has retained its flagship schools contract with Kent County Council.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/eden-holds-onto-coveted-180-school-contract/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:42:14 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:40:12 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:42:13 GMT63276The CBI has joined those businesses voicing concern over hefty pension costs that are stopping private firms from bidding for public sector contacts.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/cbi-warns-over-pensions-burdencbi-warns-over-pensions-burden/Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:21:48 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:19:15 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2009 09:21:47 GMT63273Wine warehouse company Majestic Wine has seen its profits fall by more than half as previously free-spending corporate customers try to beat the recession by adopting a more puritan attitude to drink. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/corporate-wine-drinking-choked-off-by-recession/Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:29:23 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 16:41:34 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2009 10:29:22 GMT63159Landlords and developers group British Property Federation has launched a guide to the Carbon Reduction Commitment, the mandatory cap-and-trade scheme starting in April.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/carbon-reduction-commitment-guide-launched/Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:23:54 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2009 10:20:56 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2009 10:23:53 GMT63210Retail landlords, desperate to get empty units off their hands, are resorting to giving them away for nothing.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/landlord-opts-for-dragons-den-giveaway/Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:18:56 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 14:56:35 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2009 10:18:55 GMT63085Fleet buyers of vans can find help in cutting their emissions with a new van CO2 database.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/white-van-man-goes-green/Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:53:57 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2009 09:44:22 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2009 09:53:55 GMT63206The costs associated with public pension liabilities may be putting some service providers off entering the sector.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-analysis/public-sector-pension-costs-threaten-outsourcing/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:56:02 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 16:54:45 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 16:56:01 GMT63172Roger Bright, chief executive of the Crown Estate, has been included in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, alongside household names like Christopher Lee and Nick Faldo.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/crown-estate-boss-honoured-in-birthday-list/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:28:44 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 16:26:34 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 16:28:43 GMT63144The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has clashed with the chief executive of Partnership for Schools over the effectiveness of the government’s Building Schools for the Future Programme.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/schools-pfi-controversy-flares-up/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:54:24 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 15:43:06 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:54:24 GMT62813Mitie has been pointed to provide catering, front-of-house and cleaning services to the re-opened Irish Club in London’s Blackfriars area.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/mitie-caters-for-the-irish/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:51:21 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:47:25 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:51:19 GMT62926The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is spearheading a new government drive to sharpen up energy procurement in the public sector.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/public-sector-smart-energy-crusade-launched/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:22:21 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:17:25 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:22:20 GMT62905Taylor Woodrow Facilities Management has been awarded a three-year contract for integrated FM services to the Welsh Assembly Government at its new site in Aberystwyth.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/taylor-woodrow-in-welsh-fm-contract/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:04:14 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:01:28 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 10:04:13 GMT62897Commercial kitchens can make big improvements on energy efficiency if they do the right things. That is according to a new publication from the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (Cibse).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/cibse-offers-energy-efficiency-tips-to-caterers/Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:33:37 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 09:30:50 GMTMon, 15 Jun 2009 09:33:36 GMT62879Incentive FM has claimed the contract to support insurer Fortis Life UK’s new corporate HQ in Reigate, Surrey.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/insurer-fortis-life-chooses-incentive-fm/Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:49:34 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 15:48:16 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 15:49:33 GMT62815FM business Romec has extended its sole supply agreement with tool and equipment hire company HSS Hire for an additional two years.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/hss-hire-holds-on-to-supplier-role-with-romec/Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:01 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 13:29:28 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 13:32:00 GMT62790The NHS has made impressive progress on tackling MRSA and C.difficile, but the focus on meeting those targets may have contributed to an increase in other infections, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/mrsa-focus-may-be-letting-other-superbugs-in/Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:08:35 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 10:50:39 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 11:08:34 GMT62760Boris Johnson has launched a major initiative to convert London’s food waste into eco-fuel to help the city cut landfill rates and carbon emissions. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/mayor-invites-business-to-join-recycling-pact/Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:49:44 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 10:48:31 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 10:49:43 GMT62759The full ministerial team at the enlarged Department for Business Innovation and Skills (Dbis) is now in place and the division of responsibilities has been released.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/mandelson-puts-finishing-touches-to-dbis/Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:43:35 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 09:41:57 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 09:43:34 GMT62739America’s captured wild horses don’t have as much floor-space down on the ranch as they used to, thanks to the current economic crisis.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/horses-face-a-shrinking-hoof-print/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:18:23 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 16:09:08 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 16:18:23 GMT62702Powerminster Gleeson Services will provide residents at Brunswick Gardens Retirement Village in Sheffield a complete FM service.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/powerminster-wins-retirement-village-fm-deal/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:36:50 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 15:32:46 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 15:36:49 GMT62693Mobile device maker Nokia has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle to manage its Asia Pacific property including for FM services.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/nokia-calls-up-jones-lang-lasalle/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:31:57 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 11:02:40 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 12:31:56 GMT62647Following the publication of a report from the NHS Confederation warning of a £15bn shortfall in NHS funding, FM staff in the sector are bracing themselves for swingeing cuts.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/health-funding-crisis-likely-to-hit-fm-services/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:10:03 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 09:23:45 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 11:10:02 GMT62637Eight companies offering facilities management services have been included in Business in the Community’s seventh Corporate Responsibility (CR) Index, making FM one of the most heavily represented sectors.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/1-in-12-firms-on-best-csr-list-from-fm-sector/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:05:57 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 10:26:38 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 11:05:56 GMT62642CLM Fleet Management has secured four major new contracts to supply, manage and maintain vehicle fleets.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/fleet-outsourcing-firm-claims-clutch-of-contracts/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:49:28 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 10:47:39 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 10:49:27 GMT62645Local hospital refurbishments are in jeopardy because the government intends to withhold £500 million in funding from the NHS, according to The Times.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/nhs-building-refurbishments-in-doubt/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:45:39 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 10:42:25 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 10:45:38 GMT62643ISS Caterhouse has been awarded a seven-year contract with the London Borough of Redbridge to provide meals to 51 primary and special schools.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/iss-caterhouse-in-redbridge-schools-deal/Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:14:57 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 10:13:14 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2009 10:14:56 GMT62638Mandatory implementation of recommended energy efficiency upgrades is not the way to go, according to two-thirds of our FM 100 Poll.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-100-poll-no-to-forced-epc-upgrades/Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:44 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 14:36:16 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:43 GMT62620FMs are key for Britain to attain a low-carbon economy, according to the newly appointed minister for the revamped Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/minister-cites-fm-as-key-to-cutting-carbon/Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:03:22 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 11:00:40 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 11:03:21 GMT62595Owners of Cornwall’s eco-tourist attraction the Eden Project aim to develop a geothermal electricity generation system on site by 2012. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eden-project-eyes-hot-rocks-thermal-power/Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:57:43 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 10:53:36 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 10:57:42 GMT62593The average workspace per person in North America has increased by 40 square feet since 2007, with most of the change explained by recent surge in unemployment. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/recession-gives-workers-extra-elbow-room/Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:52:51 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 09:40:26 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 10:52:49 GMT62583A one-time tea boy and mailroom worker has been sworn in as Mayor of Bath, 57 years after he got his first job with the council.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/former-tea-boy-sworn-in-as-city-mayor/Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:13:02 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 17:49:48 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 10:13:01 GMT62566Businesses were counting the cost of staff absence and lateness as a Tube strike sent London’s transport network into meltdown.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/travel-chaos-in-london-as-tube-strike-begins/Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:07:00 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 16:42:58 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2009 11:02:14 GMT62538The government looks likely to row back on its commitment to immediate part-privatisation of the Royal Mail as the prime minister makes another desperate attempt to shore up his support amongst Labour backbenchers.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ministers-hint-that-royal-mail-plans-will-be-axed/Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:55:50 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:27:51 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 17:55:49 GMT62468Energy supplier Centrica is acquiring Energy and Building Management Solutions Limited though its wholly-owned subsidiary, British Gas Energy Services.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/british-gas-picks-up-energy-management-firm/Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:49:44 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:47:57 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:49:43 GMT62471Capita Group is acquiring Carillion IT Services (CITS) for £36 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/capita-to-acquire-carillion-it-services/Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:44:47 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:27:14 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:44:46 GMT62467The Private Finance Initiative is a “busted flush” and the government should face facts and abolish it, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/britains-doctors-time-to-scrap-pfi/Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:41:44 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:34:05 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:41:43 GMT62469Mushrooming pension liabilities are deterring outsourcing firms from bidding for public sector contracts, according to a report in the Financial Times.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/pension-costs-force-outsourcers-into-rethink/Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:11:21 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:06:14 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 10:11:20 GMT62463Retailer M&S has cut its total CO2 emissions by 18 per cent but increased its trading space by 10 per cent, its latest figures show.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ms-notes-progress-on-responsibility-plan/Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:32:08 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 15:35:35 GMTTue, 09 Jun 2009 09:32:07 GMT62384Relocations and recycling firm ROC has won a contract from chartered surveyors and property consultants Gerald Eve for its archiving and recycling. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/roc-on-solid-ground-with-gerald-eve/Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:35:30 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 12:32:11 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 12:35:29 GMT62286Power stations are wasting away enough energy that if captured by district heating systems it could supply a quarter of the nation’s businesses and homes.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/civil-engineers-call-for-district-heating/Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:40:55 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:32:27 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:40:54 GMT62223Mace Macro has earned a two and-a-half year extension of its FM contract with brewer SAB Miller. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/brewer-extends-mace-macro-deal-until-2011/Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:10:06 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 09:34:24 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:10:05 GMT62185The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has issued a contract notice for the landscaping work in the southern part of the Olympic Park. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/new-olympic-landscaping-contract-tender/Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:09:23 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:07:17 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 10:09:22 GMT62201Keith Shivers has been appointed managing director of Sheffield-based FM provider Powerminster Gleeson Services.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/shivers-appointed-head-of-powerminstershivers-appointed-head-of-powerminster/Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:54:12 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 09:52:10 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 09:54:11 GMT62191Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded Serco Group a £140m contract to provide support services at two of its hospitals. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/serco-scoops-140m-hospitals-contract/Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:17:06 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 09:14:09 GMTMon, 08 Jun 2009 09:17:05 GMT62182This is the final chance for readers to fill out the FM World readership survey and win £250.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-world-readership-survey-last-chance/Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:58:00 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 11:50:19 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 15:49:28 GMT61932Bad light stops play is history from today when Lord’s switches on its permanent floodlights at the start of the World Twenty20 cricket series.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/good-light-keeps-play-going/Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:46:00 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 11:17:58 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 11:47:06 GMT61925Jones Lang LaSalle has asked some employees within its English business to take a voluntary base-salary cut. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/pay-cuts-requested-at-jones-lang-lasallepay-cuts-requested-at-jones-lang-lasalle/Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:00:47 GMTFri, 05 Jun 2009 09:57:44 GMTFri, 05 Jun 2009 10:00:42 GMT62027Oil titan Shell has been stung with a record fine for failing to adequately protect its employees against the dangers of workplace fire.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/shell-fined-300000-for-endangering-staff/Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:18:00 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 09:52:11 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 17:17:59 GMT61910Australian soldiers in Afghanistan are fighting to keep down Dutch grub and want more barbie tucker served up.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/dutch-food-tuckers-out-aussie-soldiers/Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:01:51 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 16:57:07 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 17:01:48 GMT62006Managed offices provider MWB Business Exchange have picked up 15 business centres from the administrator to MLS Business Centres. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/mwb-office-provider-takes-over-mls-centres/Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:54:34 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 10:21:37 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 15:54:33 GMT61918One in three commercial tenants is dissatisfied with what they get for their money and this proportion is on the rise.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/more-and-more-tenants-unhappy-on-value/Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:35:58 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 14:33:30 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 14:35:57 GMT61955Recessionary times make people, from the man on the street to top business executives, fearful – and rightly so.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-analysis/fortune-may-favour-the-brave-but-few-will-dare-their-way-out-of-trouble/Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:29:00 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 11:29:04 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 11:30:41 GMT61656There is still time to fill in the readership survey to give FM World, the fortnightly magazine for the BIFM, your views of the magazine that was launched more than five years ago.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-world-readership-survey-ends-tomorrow/Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:14:00 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 15:27:28 GMTThu, 04 Jun 2009 15:58:02 GMT61783As London appoints a legacy chief for best use of the 2012 Olympics buildings, the rowing facilities of the Atlanta Games desperately needs an FM.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/atlanta-olympics-rowing-legacy-slips-away/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:31:00 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 15:49:13 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 16:30:59 GMT61869There is evidence that cash-strapped building owners are looking to gain access to alternative revenue streams – renting out their car park places separately, for example.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/slump-forces-firms-to-rent-out-parking-spaces/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:03:40 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 15:02:32 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 15:03:39 GMT61860The owners of the Westfield shopping centre in London have slashed service charges by 7 per cent following a review into the way the centre is run six months after its grand opening. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/prestigious-london-shopping-centre-trims-charges/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:07:01 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:26:12 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 11:07:00 GMT61829The government’s health and safety agency is putting employers on the spot by challenging them to take a pledge on worker safety as recession cuts threaten to put staff in danger. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/hse-dares-firms-to-take-the-pledge-on-hs/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:53:07 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:49:33 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:53:06 GMT61833London’s Camden Council has shortlisted BAM PPP UK and Bouygues PEC to form the Local Education Partnership for their Building Schools for the Future programme. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/camden-shortlists-two-for-schools-partnership/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:47:50 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 09:27:48 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:47:49 GMT61823Brayborne Cleaning Services has been awarded an extension of its contract with insurer Unum Provident. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/brayborne-earns-extension-with-big-insurer/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:47:11 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:46:27 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:47:11 GMT61832Owners of hotels, bed-and-breakfasts and other lodgings in the US could be sleeping better at nights knowing that an official bed-bug inspector will come calling.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/us-government-bites-back-on-bed-bugs/Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:42:41 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:37:27 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:42:40 GMT61831Maintenance of the Occupied Royal Palaces is out of control and will cost £32 million to put it right, according to the Public Accounts Committee. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/pac-get-a-grip-on-palace-maintenance/Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:48:56 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 10:11:24 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 10:48:55 GMT61743Sodexo Prestige has taken on the contract to run the catering facilities at Newcastle’s Hancock Museum. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/flagship-northern-museum-chooses-sodexo/Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:38:30 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 10:16:43 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 10:38:29 GMT61744The advice from office and meteorological experts to office managers trying to look after a wilting workforce during the heatwave is to get the simple things right. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/heatwave-advice-open-windows-turn-off-lights/Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:11:40 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 10:09:20 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 10:11:39 GMT61742Emcor Group has picked up a three-year extension of its FM management contract with London’s Natural History Museum and expanded its responsibilities. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/emcor-expands-museum-contract/Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:33:52 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 09:30:06 GMTTue, 02 Jun 2009 09:33:51 GMT61739Turner FM has been appointed as the preferred bidder to deliver infrastructure services to six Royal Air Force bases.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/turner-fights-off-competition-to-take-raf-deal/Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:22:00 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 14:50:51 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 16:21:59 GMT61692Carillion’s FM division has more than halved its supplier numbers as part of a major procurement shake-up.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/carillion-cuts-thousands-of-suppliers-loose/Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:39:26 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 15:36:55 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 15:39:25 GMT61702New Zealand FMs have set up an official facilities management association after two years of informal meetings. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/new-zealand-fm-association-set-up/Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:06:52 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 11:01:06 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 11:06:51 GMT61648The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is failing in its duty to protect shiftworkers from the harmful effects of irregular and night-working, according to a Scottish academic specialising in workplace health.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/shiftworker-zombies-ignored-by-hs-agency/Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:57:05 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 09:17:17 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 10:57:04 GMT61633Prime rents in London will fall by a quarter this year, faster than anywhere else in Western Europe, if the latest forecasts prove correct. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/city-and-west-end-rents-to-plummet-in-2009/Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:46:40 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 10:42:45 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 10:46:39 GMT61645The Healthcare Facilities Consortium has launched an online TV channel to promote best practice in facilities management. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/healthcare-fm-sector-gets-online-tv-channel/Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:26:43 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 10:22:00 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 10:26:42 GMT61641Interserve and consortium partner O'Hare & McGovern have reached financial close on two PPP schools contracts, together worth £80 million in construction and FM.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/interserve-in-northern-ireland-financial-close/Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:45:38 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 09:42:24 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 09:45:37 GMT61635Charlton House has won the race to become Ladbrokes' catering partner.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/going-is-good-for-charlton-house/Fri, 29 May 2009 18:05:00 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 14:42:06 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 10:05:34 GMT61564Fashion designer Sir Paul Smith has proposed a novel solution to London’s littering problem – bunny-rabbit bins with ears that light up when rubbish is deposited.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bunny-bins-to-throw-light-on-murky-issue/Fri, 29 May 2009 16:32:27 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 16:28:58 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 16:32:26 GMT61577Legacy development of the 2012 London Olympic site and buildings will be directed by an American who oversaw major US inner-city regeneration projects.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/olympics-2012-legacy-chief-appointed/Fri, 29 May 2009 11:13:43 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 11:07:30 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 11:13:42 GMT61547FMs have absolutely no qualms about their business expenses being open to scrutiny by their colleagues, according FM World’s latest survey.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-100-poll-happy-to-open-up-expenses/Fri, 29 May 2009 10:55:30 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 14:56:44 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 10:55:29 GMT61491A third of nurses responsible for decontaminating equipment in hospitals have had no formal training in how to do it in spite of the continuing prevalence of superbugs in our hospitals.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/nursing-body-slams-infection-prevention-regime/Fri, 29 May 2009 10:53:32 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 09:33:28 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 10:53:31 GMT61530An inspection at a prison in West Yorkshire has revealed that the practice of smuggling in drugs via the mail is widespread.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/prisoners-use-the-post-to-smuggle-in-drugs/Fri, 29 May 2009 10:36:03 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 10:31:23 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 10:36:02 GMT61541Energy Performance Certificates should be overhauled or scrapped, in the opinion of one prominent EPC assessor.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/assessor-energy-certificates-a-waste-of-money/Fri, 29 May 2009 10:04:06 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 10:00:56 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 10:04:05 GMT61538Reliance Facilities Management has been awarded a maintenance contract with Harlow Council.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/harlow-council-switches-over-to-reliance-fm/Fri, 29 May 2009 09:12:53 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 09:10:44 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 09:12:52 GMT61528Nearly two-thirds of businesses in a major survey were found to offer some sort of flexible working.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/uk-bends-over-backwards-for-flexi-working/Thu, 28 May 2009 10:59:34 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 10:55:01 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 10:59:33 GMT61468The French government will move forward with a ban on mobile phones in primary schools following the publication of a review into the associated health risks.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/radiation-fears-prompt-primary-school-mobile-ban/Thu, 28 May 2009 10:57:40 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 15:37:18 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 10:57:38 GMT61411The government is offering all facilities workers in the public sector free training worth up to £2,000.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/government-offers-2000-of-training-to-fm-staff/Thu, 28 May 2009 10:37:47 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 10:19:22 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 10:37:46 GMT61457Macro has been selected by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) to provide FM at its new corporate headquarters located in Angel, London.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/macro-wins-contract-with-rail-safety-group/Thu, 28 May 2009 10:34:31 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 09:35:03 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 10:34:28 GMT61453Chartwells has secured the contract to deliver catering services at two new PFI schools in Derbyshire, starting next autumn.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/chartwells-lands-catering-deal-in-pfi-schools/Thu, 28 May 2009 10:14:53 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 10:13:05 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 10:14:52 GMT61456Atkins has seen the scope of its contracts with the Home Office and Metropolitan Police broadened.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/atkins-extends-deals-with-home-office-and-met/Thu, 28 May 2009 09:23:00 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 09:21:15 GMTThu, 28 May 2009 09:22:58 GMT61448Amey has reached an agreement with the Department of Transport (DT) on a £25m contract to deliver total FM services at its Whitehall HQ. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/department-of-transport-brings-amey-aboard/Wed, 27 May 2009 16:20:20 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 16:18:13 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 16:20:19 GMT61416There is still time to fill in the readership survey to give FM World, the fortnightly magazine for the BIFM, your views of the magazine that was launched more than five years ago.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/readership-survey-tell-us-what-you-think/Wed, 27 May 2009 11:32:28 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 11:31:42 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 11:32:27 GMT61364The economic crisis has pushed banks’ take-up of office space in the first quarter of 2009 down by 80 per cent.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/banks-back-off-from-office-take-up/Wed, 27 May 2009 10:58:11 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 10:33:27 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 10:58:11 GMT61351The head of the government agency which delivers the PFI programme for secondary schools believes it has turned the corner following problems securing bank finance earlier this year.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/schools-pfi-programme-returns-to-health/Wed, 27 May 2009 10:36:51 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 10:34:07 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 10:36:50 GMT61352Companies are restricting the overseas travel of their staff and asking them to trade-down to cheaper seats as the recession puts them under pressure to cut costs.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/business-travel-falls-as-companies-tighten-belts/Wed, 27 May 2009 10:33:35 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 10:29:00 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 10:33:34 GMT61349Britain’s pubs are now closing almost ten times faster than in 2006 and nearly twenty times faster than in 2005, according to new research.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/pub-owners-calling-time-on-their-business/Tue, 26 May 2009 16:37:17 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 16:32:34 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 16:37:16 GMT61331The Obama Adminstration is to launch a global drive to improve energy efficiency as the US struggles to make up for lost time in the struggle against climate change.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/obama-administration-we-need-better-buildings/Tue, 26 May 2009 16:18:17 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 16:16:01 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 16:18:16 GMT61324China will ban all smoking in hospitals and medical facilities from 2011 as its Health Ministry moves to force the country to face up to its smoking addiction.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/china-moves-to-snub-out-smoking-in-hospitals/Tue, 26 May 2009 15:31:34 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 15:28:42 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 15:31:33 GMT61319Two firms with FM divisions have placed among the top 20 in this year’s Sunday Times Best Green Companies List.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-firms-near-top-of-times-green-business-list/Tue, 26 May 2009 14:19:41 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 10:39:46 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 14:19:40 GMT61255Promanex Total FM has secured a contract to deliver the FM services at five nuclear power stations at various different stages in the decommissioning process.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/nuclear-contract-award-for-promanex-fm/Tue, 26 May 2009 09:37:33 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 09:35:32 GMTTue, 26 May 2009 09:37:32 GMT61249Britain’s manufacturing sector has the ability to pull the UK economy out of the current recession even though there is no end in sight.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/manufacturing-is-the-key-to-economic-recovery/Fri, 22 May 2009 17:23:05 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 10:34:09 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 17:23:04 GMT61141Progress and growth need innovation. But an unfortunate bedfellow of innovation is risk, of which many organisations are especially fearful during a recession.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/event-reports/british-council-for-offices-risk-vs-innovation/Fri, 22 May 2009 17:17:46 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 17:00:54 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 17:17:45 GMT61199The Olympic Development Authority has issued a contract notice to establish a framework for work on lightweight event structures, accommodation and event solutions. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/new-olympic-contract-opened-to-tender/Fri, 22 May 2009 17:00:29 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 16:58:51 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 17:00:28 GMT61196The chairman of the security industry watchdog has called on private sector firms to work with it to raise standards in the industry.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/sia-calls-on-industry-to-help-it-raise-standards/Fri, 22 May 2009 16:58:17 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 14:51:24 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 16:58:16 GMT61162Waste management business Shanks Group has brought forward a £70 million discounted rights issue in an effort to shore up its worsening debt position.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/waste-company-launches-70m-rights-issue/Fri, 22 May 2009 15:55:36 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 15:50:26 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 15:55:35 GMT61172There is still time to fill in the readership survey to give FM World, the fortnightly magazine for the BIFM, your views of the magazine that was launched more than five years ago.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/readers-survey-tell-fm-world-what-you-think/Fri, 22 May 2009 15:01:57 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 09:44:20 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 15:01:56 GMT61138The government has announced an extension of funding for the Academies building programme which will see it continue beyond January 2011.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/school-academy-programme-extended/Fri, 22 May 2009 10:50:15 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 15:42:36 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 10:50:14 GMT61114“If there was ever a time when we needed engineering excellence, I suggest this is it,” said John Swaffield, president of Cibse in his opening address to this year’s national conference in London.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/event-reports/cibse-conference-green-froth-blown-away/Fri, 22 May 2009 10:22:16 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2009 13:45:41 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 10:22:15 GMT59745No one should hold their breath waiting for the return of normality, said John Simpson, economics consultant and visiting professor at the University of Ulster.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/event-reports/report-from-bifm-ireland-conference-2009/Fri, 22 May 2009 10:22:01 GMTMon, 23 Feb 2009 12:58:26 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 10:22:00 GMT55166The annual property conference Mipim celebrated its 20th anniversary amid the toughest business climate that the sector has faced in the past 20 years.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/event-reports/report-from-mipim-2009/Fri, 22 May 2009 10:20:37 GMTWed, 18 Mar 2009 15:57:45 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 10:20:36 GMT56896Autograph has picked up a contract to provide catering at the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/autograph-captures-civil-service-deal/Fri, 22 May 2009 10:05:22 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 10:04:02 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 10:05:17 GMT61140Manchester Airport Group has awarded a one-year contract extension worth more than £6 million to Initial Air Services.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/airport-group-keeps-initial-on-for-a-23rd-year/Fri, 22 May 2009 10:01:20 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 14:30:47 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 10:01:16 GMT61105Faceo has signed a contract with energy consultancy firm AEA to deliver FM at three sites in London, Oxford and Glengarnock.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/interserve-consortium-closes-ni-hospitals-pfi/Fri, 22 May 2009 09:25:44 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 09:23:40 GMTFri, 22 May 2009 09:25:43 GMT61136Blackburn Cathedral has demonstrated its “commitment to the stewardship of God’s earth” by reducing its energy consumption by almost 30 per cent.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/georgian-cathedral-goes-green-for-god/Thu, 21 May 2009 13:08:46 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 13:06:44 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 13:08:45 GMT61098More than six months after Mike Wilson was forced to step down as head of the Security Industry Authority, the security watchdog has finally announced a permanent replacement.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/6-months-on-sia-finally-gets-permanent-ceo/Thu, 21 May 2009 11:46:27 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 10:45:09 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 11:46:26 GMT61061Serviced office provider Regus has continued to grow in spite of what it refers to as “tough market conditions.”http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/regus-registers-continued-growth/Thu, 21 May 2009 10:56:30 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 10:55:12 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 10:56:29 GMT61063A company which manufactures metal ornaments has been mistakenly sent classified military information by the Ministry of Defence.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/military-secrets-sent-to-ornament-company/Thu, 21 May 2009 10:47:36 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 09:44:28 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 10:47:35 GMT61051The British Council for Offices has said that it is going to adapt its Specification Guide for a host of new markets around the world, starting with the Middle East.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bco-prepares-to-globalise-specification-guide/Thu, 21 May 2009 10:03:46 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 10:01:30 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 10:03:46 GMT61054Faceo has signed a contract with energy consultancy firm AEA to deliver FM at three sites in London, Oxford and Glengarnock.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/faceo-clinches-tri-site-total-fm-deal/Thu, 21 May 2009 09:42:11 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 09:41:12 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 09:42:10 GMT61050Brayborne Cleaning Services has won a five-year contract with a secondary school in Hampshire.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/brayborne-wins-mountbatten-school-contract/Wed, 20 May 2009 15:11:22 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 15:09:57 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 15:11:21 GMT60996Former minister Ian McCartney has called for all schools to install sprinkler systems, quoting research that the fires do on average £50,000 damage.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/schools-need-sprinklers-says-mccartney/Wed, 20 May 2009 14:55:40 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 14:52:26 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 14:55:39 GMT60991Facilities management is about moments of truth, according to Trevor Payne, director of estates and facilities at UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/hefma-fm-is-about-moments-of-truth/Wed, 20 May 2009 14:50:55 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 14:48:54 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 14:50:54 GMT60988A new £36 million NHS hospital is empty because the floors are too hot to walk on, writes the Daily Mail. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/new-hospital-too-hot-to-handle/Wed, 20 May 2009 10:35:45 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 10:32:33 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 10:35:44 GMT60966Over a quarter of UK employees are so work obsessed they will take a mobile device such as a laptop to bed. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/britain-a-nation-of-bed-workers/Wed, 20 May 2009 10:26:18 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 09:10:03 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 10:26:18 GMT60958A Lincolnshire council has insisted that the flag will fly at the town hall despite health and safety concerns over raising it.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/flag-to-fly-wave-despite-safety-fears/Wed, 20 May 2009 10:23:07 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 10:20:33 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 10:23:07 GMT60964Contract caterer Chartwells has signed a two-year contract extension with Oxford Brookes University worth £4.5 million annuallyhttp://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/chartwells-extends-oxford-brookes-contract/Wed, 20 May 2009 09:44:10 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 09:41:56 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 09:44:09 GMT60959After 43 years of unpaid service, Wiltshire Council has banned a resident from mowing the grass in front of his house.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/meddling-council-stops-resident-from-gardening/Wed, 20 May 2009 09:43:00 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 16:38:24 GMTThu, 21 May 2009 09:43:55 GMT61006A series of eAuctions has enabled public sector organisations to make big savings on procurement across a range of products and services including furniture, mobile solutions and IT hardware. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eauctions-help-indebted-public-sector-save-cash/Tue, 19 May 2009 16:28:29 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 16:25:13 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 16:28:28 GMT60942An office building in California was evacuated and seven workers sent to hospital after noxious fumes escaped a staff kitchen fridge.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/frightened-workers-flee-fridge-fumes/Tue, 19 May 2009 10:53:50 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:49:24 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:53:49 GMT60902The London Eye is to get a £12.5m revamp as its operating company tries to shrink its carbon footprint, reduce maintenance costs and get it into pristine condition ahead of the Olympics.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/london-eye-to-benefit-from-big-money-refit/Tue, 19 May 2009 10:35:41 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 16:15:50 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:35:40 GMT60861Group Ecovert has set up ETDE Facilities Management Canada in the western province of British Columbia.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/etde-sets-up-shop-in-canada/Tue, 19 May 2009 10:29:07 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:25:39 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:29:06 GMT60900Nearly 80 per cent of organisations have an energy management policy but only half pay their bills on actual readings, according to a survey. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/firms-have-energy-policies-but-estimate-readings/Tue, 19 May 2009 10:26:47 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 09:28:29 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:26:46 GMT60889ESS Support Services Worldwide has garnered a contract with oil and gas company Technip UK to provide FM services on its fleet of ships. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/ess-support-services-to-provide-fleet-fm/Tue, 19 May 2009 10:10:48 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 09:37:33 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:10:47 GMT60891Powerminster Gleeson Services has enhanced its profitability in the opening months of 2009 as parent company Gleeson continues to struggle. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/powerminster-performance-props-up-gleeson/Tue, 19 May 2009 10:10:29 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:05:05 GMTTue, 19 May 2009 10:10:28 GMT60896Pinnacle has won a grounds maintenance contract with Manor of Groves Hotel and Country Club, which will generate £900,000 in revenue across its five-year lifespan. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/pinnacle-finds-the-green-with-groves-deal/Mon, 18 May 2009 16:36:15 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 16:33:59 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 16:36:14 GMT60864Mitie has registered double-digit profits growth as it benefits from a spate of recession outsourcing. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/mitie-profits-from-recession-outsourcing/Mon, 18 May 2009 16:22:18 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 16:20:23 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 16:22:17 GMT60862Instability in the parent companies of FM firms may lead to acquisitions as profitable FM businesses are put into insolvency.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-analysis/sector-instability-invites-mergers/Mon, 18 May 2009 12:33:53 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 12:32:29 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 12:33:52 GMT60840Commercial rents have fallen to their lowest level in 16 years, according to the latest figures from property information business IPD.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/commercial-rents-slump-to-16-year-low/Mon, 18 May 2009 11:12:36 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 10:51:03 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 11:12:35 GMT60827Employees in catering and hospitality are most fearful of raising concerns about health and safety in the current economic climate, according to a new survey.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/employees-fearful-of-raising-safety-issues/Mon, 18 May 2009 11:09:46 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 10:37:27 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 11:09:46 GMT60825London cabbies will be picketing Westminster City Council on Wednesday in protest against parking charges which force them to pay £3 just to go to the toilet.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/angry-cabbies-to-picket-council/Mon, 18 May 2009 11:05:28 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 10:56:06 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 11:05:27 GMT60828Macro has extended its relationship with global investment management firm Invesco to provide services to its European portfolio. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/macro-extends-its-relationship-with-invesco/Mon, 18 May 2009 09:45:32 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 09:42:01 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 09:45:30 GMT60821Commuting by car costs Britain £10bn each year on fuel alone, according to new research.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/smarter-travel-could-cut-10bn-commuting-bill/Mon, 18 May 2009 09:35:56 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 09:31:26 GMTMon, 18 May 2009 09:35:56 GMT60819Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council have appointed Morrison as preferred bidder for major social housing maintenance work.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/morrison-strengthens-cambridgeshire-work/Fri, 15 May 2009 13:50:07 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 13:47:15 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 13:50:00 GMT60726Cabe, the government’s watchdog on the built environment, is to be given the authority to stop badly designed schools.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/school-designs-face-assessment-examination/Fri, 15 May 2009 11:38:01 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 11:35:24 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 11:38:00 GMT60712The UK city with the lowest annual costs for running a workstation in an office building is Preston at £4,775, according to new research.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/preston-tops-rankings-for-lowest-office-costs/Fri, 15 May 2009 11:11:49 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 10:13:06 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 11:11:48 GMT60699More of today’s cash-strapped organisations are turning to video-conferencing to save time and money, according to the latest FM 100 Poll.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-100-poll-video-conferencing-increases/Fri, 15 May 2009 10:55:58 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 16:32:16 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 10:55:57 GMT60671The government has announced that it will fund 3,000 new apprenticeships in the private sector – but none of the sixteen companies named are in the FM sector.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/3000-new-apprentices-but-none-with-fm-firms/Fri, 15 May 2009 10:54:37 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 10:48:23 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 10:54:37 GMT60704Following the Telegraph’s publication of David Willetts’ £125 expenses claim for workmen to replace 25 lightbulbs in his second home, a sustainable energy company has come forward with a generous offer to help him keep his expenses claims down in the future.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/expenses-mp-is-offered-free-green-lightbulbs/Fri, 15 May 2009 10:41:34 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 10:37:08 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 10:41:32 GMT60703Bristol City Council has moved to extend its existing catering contract with Eden Foodservice, part of Initial Facilities Services.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/bristol-council-adds-schools-to-eden-catering-deal/Fri, 15 May 2009 10:32:30 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 10:28:14 GMTFri, 15 May 2009 10:32:29 GMT60701Europa has acquired the trade and assets of Work Facilities and Work Services, both part of Work Inc Group which went recently went into administration.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/europa-picks-up-eastlake-businesses/Thu, 14 May 2009 17:17:47 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 17:34:09 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 17:17:45 GMT60619Transform Schools, which manages Balfour Beatty Capital’s schools schemes, has reached financial close for the £200 million Southwark Schools for the Future secondary programme.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/transform-reaches-schools-financial-close/Thu, 14 May 2009 09:45:55 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 09:41:20 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 09:45:54 GMT60633Kier Group's Support Services division has continued to trade strongly, according to an interim management statement.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/kiers-support-services-business-remains-strong/Thu, 14 May 2009 09:43:37 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 09:42:09 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 09:43:36 GMT60634A school building whose ductwork collapsed injuring more than a dozen children, some seriously, is reportedly due to be demolished, according to media reports.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/tragic-school-building-was-set-for-demolition/Wed, 13 May 2009 16:56:26 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 16:53:54 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 16:56:25 GMT60618The government is giving nine of England’s most congested cities the chance to bid to become the country’s first Sustainable Travel City.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/one-city-to-get-special-green-travel-status/Wed, 13 May 2009 16:54:50 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 16:52:35 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 16:54:49 GMT60617Anabas has secured a total facilities management contract with national leisure group LA Fitness.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/anabas-shapes-up-with-la-fitness/Wed, 13 May 2009 15:11:42 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 15:10:06 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 15:11:41 GMT60609FTSE-100 caterer Compass Group continued to perform robustly in the six months up to the end of March in spite of the recessionary climate.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/compass-defies-downturn-to-record-strong-growth/Wed, 13 May 2009 12:25:30 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 10:13:54 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 12:25:29 GMT60567One of the world’s largest wind farms is to be created after three energy firms agreed to invest £2 billion in the Thames estuary project.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/london-offshore-wind-farm-gets-the-green-light/Wed, 13 May 2009 10:44:44 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 17:06:22 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 10:44:43 GMT60534Oxford University’s historic Bodleian library has banned stepladders because of health and safety fears, writes the Daily Mail.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/library-puts-top-shelf-material-out-of-reach/Wed, 13 May 2009 10:32:51 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 10:30:50 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 10:32:50 GMT60572Europa FM is understood to have purchased parts of the Eastlake Group, FM World has learned.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/europa-in-move-to-buy-eastlake-group/Tue, 12 May 2009 16:57:16 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 16:53:55 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 16:57:15 GMT60532Six people were rushed to hospital for treatment after a lift plunged at Tower Bridge yesterday, trapping terrified sightseers inside.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/six-hospitalised-after-tower-bridge-lift-plunge/Tue, 12 May 2009 14:22:37 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 11:54:46 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 14:22:36 GMT60495Serco has made a strong start to the year and is on track to deliver on expectations for 2009, according to its interim management statement.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/serco-on-track-for-a-good-financial-year/Tue, 12 May 2009 12:13:31 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 12:11:48 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 12:13:30 GMT60503Well performing private finance initiative contracts and a good overseas workload are ensuring Interserve has “a year of progress”, according to its interim management statement.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/interserve-profits-from-strong-pfi-weak-pound/Tue, 12 May 2009 12:10:10 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 12:08:12 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 12:10:09 GMT60500The BBC is reporting this morning that four children were seriously hurt and nine others injured when a heating duct collapsed at a Kent college.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/duct-collapse-injures-exam-pupils/Tue, 12 May 2009 12:02:49 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 11:59:10 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 12:02:48 GMT60496The government has announced that the annual increase in the headline minimum wage will be just 7p this year.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/government-restricts-minimum-wage-rise-to-7p/Tue, 12 May 2009 11:53:42 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 11:50:04 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 11:53:41 GMT60494All homes in the UK will have gas and electricity consumption monitored by so-called “smart meters” by 2020, the government has announced.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/householders-get-smart-meters-ahead-of-ukplc/Mon, 11 May 2009 16:43:35 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 16:38:03 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 16:43:34 GMT60474Reliance Facilities Management has secured a deal with Hospira Aseptic Services, a company which supplies hospitals with equipment necessary for the delivery of chemotherapy and intravenous feeding.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/reliance-fm-awarded-hospira-contract/Mon, 11 May 2009 16:40:18 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 16:36:50 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 16:40:17 GMT60473Elected officials in a California county have had their toilet paper perk wiped out, according to media reports.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/rough-times-ahead-for-county-officials/Mon, 11 May 2009 12:51:49 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 12:49:05 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 12:51:49 GMT60455Connaught Environmental has claimed contracts with three local authorities worth in excess of £10m.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/connaught-environmental-shows-spring-growth/Mon, 11 May 2009 12:20:00 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 16:18:01 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 12:20:32 GMT60471The Security Industry Association has started to accept licence applications ahead of the 1 December requirement deadline.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/security-licencing-arrives-in-northern-ireland/Mon, 11 May 2009 10:56:39 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 10:37:30 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 10:56:38 GMT60441More US businesses are focussing on energy efficiency than last year, but fewer are putting their money into energy projects, according to latest research.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/efficiency-interest-up-but-capital-funding-down/Mon, 11 May 2009 10:19:18 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 09:59:14 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 10:19:17 GMT60438A merger has taken place between workplace interiors company MG and Linear Electrical, a firm which delivers M&E and Hvac services.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/workplace-interiors-and-me-firm-merge/Mon, 11 May 2009 09:47:54 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 09:46:36 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 09:47:53 GMT60436The government has gone out to consultation on the agency workers directive that European Union member states have until 2011 to implement. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/consultation-opened-on-eu-agency-worker-rule/Fri, 08 May 2009 16:54:00 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 16:46:34 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 16:53:59 GMT60390There is still time to fill in the readership survey to give FM World, the fortnightly magazine for the BIFM, your views of the magazine that was launched more than five years ago.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/still-time-to-fill-in-fm-world-readership-survey/Fri, 08 May 2009 11:41:07 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 12:46:03 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 11:41:06 GMT60219Reliance Facilities Management has won a four-year integrated services contract with Westminster Kingsway College in central Londonhttp://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/reliance-wins-london-school-deal/Fri, 08 May 2009 10:33:43 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 10:31:51 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 10:33:42 GMT60352Smart metering and retrofit energy packages for commercial buildings are some of the technologies to be funded by London’s Low Carbon Zones.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/london-to-create-low-carbon-zones/Fri, 08 May 2009 10:25:58 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 10:23:46 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 10:25:57 GMT60351UK plc has been spared hundreds of millions of pounds in security costs by a decision to not licence in-house guards.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/in-house-guards-escape-licence-requirement/Fri, 08 May 2009 10:13:53 GMTThu, 07 May 2009 16:25:24 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 10:13:52 GMT60317Sodexo has appointed James Dean to the newly created role of finance director for its facilities management business.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/sodexo-appoints-finance-director-for-fm/Fri, 08 May 2009 09:46:09 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 09:04:49 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 09:46:08 GMT60337The government has appointed two “champions” to officially review the variable services including unclean toilets at Britain’s railway stations.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/advisers-to-review-rail-station-facilities/Thu, 07 May 2009 14:36:32 GMTThu, 07 May 2009 14:33:49 GMTThu, 07 May 2009 14:36:31 GMT60294An executive at a speed camera business has been banned from driving after admitting speeding at more than 100mph in a 70mph zone.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/speed-camera-boss-fined-for-speeding/Thu, 07 May 2009 10:45:41 GMTThu, 07 May 2009 09:53:19 GMTThu, 07 May 2009 10:45:40 GMT60264Johnson Services Group, the parent of SGP Property & Facilities Management, has traded in line with expectations during the first four months of the year.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/johnson-trading-in-line-with-expectations/Thu, 07 May 2009 10:30:33 GMTThu, 07 May 2009 10:13:39 GMTThu, 07 May 2009 10:30:32 GMT60268Integrated support services group WSP is trading as expected and it remains well financed, despite difficult global markets, according to an interim management statement.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/wsp-trading-as-expected-in-uncertain-markets/Wed, 06 May 2009 16:36:27 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 16:33:02 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 16:36:26 GMT60241FM and other support services will be the engine for a profitable year at Carillion, according the chairman’s statement at the annual general meeting.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/carillion-looks-to-continued-strong-fm-returns/Wed, 06 May 2009 16:16:15 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 16:13:37 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 16:16:14 GMT60240RMT union members working for Carlisle Cleaning Services at St Pancras International on Eurostar have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action short of a strike.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eurostar-cleaners-to-boycott-fingerprinting/Wed, 06 May 2009 15:56:10 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 15:52:30 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 15:56:09 GMT60238FM firm Work Facilities Limited has been spared administration while buyers are sought for its sister firms in the Eastlake Work Group.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/work-facilities-escapes-group-administration/Wed, 06 May 2009 15:03:00 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 10:15:50 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 15:04:16 GMT60193Carillion and its joint venture partners have been appointed as preferred bidder in a £500 million Durham Building Schools for the Future programmehttp://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/carillion-preferred-bidder-for-durham-schools/Wed, 06 May 2009 10:11:03 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 09:06:26 GMTWed, 06 May 2009 10:11:02 GMT60190FM World, the fortnightly magazine for the BIFM, has launched a readership survey to find out what members think of their magazine, which was launched more than five years ago.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-world-launches-readership-survey/Tue, 05 May 2009 16:55:11 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 16:14:33 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 16:55:10 GMT60158KPMG has saved around £64,000 in energy consumption after installing new building management systems and condensed boilers in its London area offices.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/energy-systems-save-kpmg-64000-in-months/Tue, 05 May 2009 16:27:32 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 15:04:38 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 16:27:31 GMT60142Balfour Beatty’s Consort division has reached financial close on the £170 million Fife General Hospital and Maternity Services PPP project for NHS Fife.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/balfour-beatty-in-fife-nhs-financial-close/Tue, 05 May 2009 16:07:57 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 16:06:01 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 16:07:56 GMT60157The chairman of global caterer Compass Group is among a group of influential UK businessmen officially lobbying against plans for a third runway at Heathrow.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/compass-chairman-turns-into-heathrow-rebel/Tue, 05 May 2009 15:50:05 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 15:43:21 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 15:50:04 GMT60152Around 80 FM jobs hang in the balance as Verry FM is set for administration along with its sister firm Verry Construction.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/jobs-on-the-line-at-verry-fm/Tue, 05 May 2009 10:48:14 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 10:34:34 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 10:48:13 GMT60097The department of health has launched a publication aimed at helping suppliers and caterers in the hospital sector provide more nutritious meals.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/hospitals-get-sustainable-food-guide/Tue, 05 May 2009 10:31:06 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 10:28:02 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 10:31:05 GMT60094Dalkia is looking to sell its UK facilities management and energy management business, according to a report in the Telegraph newspaper.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/dalkia-mulls-sale-of-british-fm-businesses/Tue, 05 May 2009 10:26:37 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 10:22:51 GMTTue, 05 May 2009 10:26:35 GMT60093A bank cashier who fractured her ankle when she fell down a step has received almost £9,000 in compensation.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bank-employee-gets-9000-for-broken-ankle/Fri, 01 May 2009 12:03:56 GMTFri, 01 May 2009 12:01:49 GMTFri, 01 May 2009 12:03:55 GMT59937Mothers separated from their prematurely born infants are watching their newborns through a modified videoconferencing system at a Scottish hospital.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/mums-watch-poorly-babies-via-videoconference/Fri, 01 May 2009 11:47:16 GMTFri, 01 May 2009 11:42:47 GMTFri, 01 May 2009 11:47:15 GMT59935Another professional organisation has come out in favour of allowing more flexible working because it could reduce the risk of employees contracting swine flu.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/iosh-encourage-flexible-working/Fri, 01 May 2009 10:11:16 GMTFri, 01 May 2009 10:08:08 GMTFri, 01 May 2009 10:11:15 GMT59921North Tyneside Council has named Kier as preferred bidder for a contract with a potential value of over £600 million to repair and maintain social housing.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/kier-picks-another-social-housing-contract/Fri, 01 May 2009 10:05:59 GMTFri, 01 May 2009 10:03:50 GMTFri, 01 May 2009 10:05:58 GMT59920The vast majority of businesses are prioritising cost cutting over the reduction of carbon emissions as the recession forces them to reconsider their goals.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/emission-cuts-sidelined-as-recession-bites/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:58:44 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 16:55:05 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 16:58:43 GMT59887Firms have reduced their property holdings in the past half-year and this could accelerate into 2009, according to a new survey.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/firms-cut-property-loose-to-ease-financial-pain/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:05:46 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 14:53:20 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 16:05:45 GMT59866Increased turnover at GSH Group gives the provider of bespoke FM and energy management solutions a bullish outlook for the rest of 2009.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/gsh-aims-to-outperform-the-competition/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:43:48 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 14:41:04 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 14:43:48 GMT59861The chief executive of Asset Skills has called for FM to be placed first in the queue to receive additional funding for apprenticeships.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/asset-skills-wants-priority-funding-for-fm-training/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:52:17 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 09:06:18 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 10:52:16 GMT59801The government has made advances on its goal to be a leader in Europe for sustainable procurement, but more could be done, says a National Audit Office report.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/whitehall-makes-progress-on-green-buying/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:16:06 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 10:12:21 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 10:16:06 GMT59809Consultancy Carillion Workplace Solutions (CWS) has entered a working partnership with Advanced Workplace Associates, a company which advises organisations on cultural change.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/advanced-working-business-alliance-for-cws/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:15:05 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 10:11:50 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 10:15:04 GMT59808Researchers have demonstrated that buildings, by using more energy than any other sector of the world economy, are the biggest single contributor to climate change.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/buildings-are-the-worlds-biggest-polluters/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:41:27 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 09:35:50 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 09:41:26 GMT59803Environmentally-friendly building management often fails for charities because it goes against their organisation’s objectives. But that needn’t be the case, according to Gemma Sykes, senior engagement at the Charity Commissionhttp://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/go-green-and-keep-charity-objectives/Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:28:30 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 09:25:30 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 09:28:29 GMT59802The International Facility Management Association (Ifma) has said that all employers should ensure that they have contingency plans in place for a swine flu pandemic as a number of multinational companies called a halt to business travel.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/business-urged-to-prepare-for-swine-flu/Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:17:44 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:26:48 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2009 13:17:43 GMT59709Tessa Jowell has been condemned for spending £15,000 fitting out her new offices as the country struggles with the recession and the Treasury fights to keep the public finances under control.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/jowell-labelled-a-disgrace-after-office-fit-out/Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:17:43 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:16:23 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:17:43 GMT59704Government is mismanaging its contracts with its suppliers, including FM companies, according to a report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/government-slated-over-contract-management/Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:57:16 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2009 09:55:13 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2009 09:57:15 GMT59697“If there was ever a time when we needed engineering excellence, I suggest this is it,” said John Swaffield, president of Cibse in his opening address to this year’s national conference in London.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/cibse-conference-green-froth-blown-away/Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:00:31 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 18:57:08 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 19:00:30 GMT59668Chartwells, the educational offering of caterer Compass Group, has signed a two-year extension with Kent County Council to provide food in its schools.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/restructured-caterer-chartwells-wins-first-deal/Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:28:40 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 13:26:02 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 13:28:39 GMT59634The right of British workers to work as many hours a week as they want is to be maintained after the final round of talks on the extension of the EU Working Time Directive broke down.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eu-loses-fight-to-impose-48-hour-week-on-uk/Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:12:50 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 13:10:28 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 13:12:49 GMT59632Peter Foreshaw, managing director of FM recruitment consultancy Maxwell Stephens, has admitted that the job market in the retail sector has cooled considerably as PricewaterhouseCoopers published figures showing that insolvencies had soared.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-job-market-cools-as-retail-insolvencies-soar/Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:09:42 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 11:51:16 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 13:09:41 GMT59618FTSE-100 security company G4S has pre-empted shareholder anger at the astronomical bonuses being paid to corporate fat cats by inserting “claw-back” provisions into the contracts of its executives.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/security-firm-adopts-bonus-claw-back-plan/Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:47:02 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 11:44:35 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 11:47:01 GMT59617Thousands of New Yorkers evacuated their office buildings in Lower Manhattan when they mistook a photo opportunity with presidential plane Air Force One for a repeat of the September 11 attacks.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fears-of-9-11-repeat-leads-to-ny-building-exodus/Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:09:28 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 10:35:11 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 11:09:27 GMT59605Private involvement in the prisons sector will be substantially increased as the government seeks to increase capacity and improve standards.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/straw-offers-private-sector-bigger-role-in-prisons/Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:56:45 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 10:30:29 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 10:56:44 GMT59603The union TUC has reiterated its call for the government to set a maximum working temperature.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/tuc-calls-for-maximum-workplace-temperature/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:10:32 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 17:07:46 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 17:10:32 GMT59575It’s just an extension of other already much-used clocking-in technologies and there is little to fear from fingerprinting, said the majority of FMs.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/fm-100-poll-fingerprinting-gets-a-thumbs-up/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:54:39 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 15:17:02 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 15:54:38 GMT59569JJB Sports has been saved from collapse after its landlords agreed to relax the terms of its leases to give the retailer breathing space. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/landmark-landlord-deal-saves-jjb-from-bankruptcy/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:14:56 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 13:14:17 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 15:14:55 GMT59553Northamptonshire Police Authority has formed a three-way FM partnership with Harrow Green and its recycling partner Green-Works to manage the replacement of its office and control room furniture.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/police-force-enters-green-partnership/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:00:42 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 14:56:53 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 15:00:41 GMT59568The headquarters for fast food restaurant McDonald’s has been awarded the highest environmental standing by the US Green Building Council. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/golden-arches-get-a-green-thumbs-up/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:59:11 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 16:23:08 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:59:10 GMT59453The ability to offer strong FM on top of design and build work, especially the education sector, has helped BAM Construct UK post strong results for 2008.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/fm-service-buoys-bams-construction-division/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:51:23 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:40:18 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:51:23 GMT59529The government is expected to announce that it is abandoning its plans to build three super-prisons following the sharp deterioration in the public finances.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/government-set-to-scrap-titan-prisons/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:45:25 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 15:20:17 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:45:24 GMT59443The good burghers of Torquay are up in arms over the uprooting of palm trees by the council.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/shock-at-palm-tree-carnage-in-torquay/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:20:06 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:02:59 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:20:05 GMT59524Mitie Property Services has been fined £5,000 and costs for exposing a worker to the risks of asbestos.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/asbestos-fine-for-mitie-property-services/Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:00:38 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 09:55:27 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:00:37 GMT59522The number of businesses falling victim to burglary is on the rise, according to the latest statistics on crime published by the government.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/business-burglaries-rise-for-second-straight-quarter/Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:46:15 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 15:44:03 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 15:46:14 GMT59447A company director is set to become the first man to face a charge of corporate manslaughter since the offence was introduced in April last year.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/first-corporate-manslaughter-case-to-be-brought/Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:15:36 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 13:13:58 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 13:15:35 GMT59428The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has issued a contract notice for the construction of landscape works for one of two areas of the London 2012 Olympics site.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/oda-seeks-olympic-landscape-contractors/Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:46:40 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 10:37:46 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 10:46:39 GMT59399Michel Landel, chief executive of Sodexo, has admitted that the outlook for the global caterer and facilities management company in the coming year is uncertain.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/outlook-for-sodexo-in-2009-is-uncertain/Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:37:51 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 10:34:27 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 10:37:51 GMT59398The government has signalled a shift in the way in which its schools PFI capital investment programme will be delivered which could see an acceleration of the procurement process.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/government-ramps-up-schools-pfi-programme/Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:29:34 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 10:27:46 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 10:29:33 GMT59397The Food Standards Agency has launched an advisory service to help local authorities tackle food fraud.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/food-standards-agency-launches-fraud-service/Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:08:42 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 10:04:25 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2009 10:08:41 GMT59394The government has taken another step towards the privatisation of the prison service by announcing that a number of existing prisons and all new-build prisons will be built and managed by the private sector. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/budget-private-prison-management-to-expand/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:10:42 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 17:07:37 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 17:10:37 GMT59381The government’s push for billions of efficiency savings in property management could propel senior FM managers into strategic directorship roles.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/budget-an-opportunity-for-strategic-fm/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:47:08 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 13:15:29 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 16:47:07 GMT59353Employees often complain about FM cutbacks to save money but the cancelling of free chocolates for workers and visitors has saved thousands of pounds.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/recession-bites-into-chocolate-sweeteners/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:15:28 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 15:12:39 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 15:15:27 GMT59362The government has announced that it will make £435m of new money available to improve energy efficiency in buildings and encourage renewable micro-generation schemes. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/budget-new-funds-to-bolster-energy-efficiency/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:52:33 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 10:29:24 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 10:52:32 GMT59326The chief executive of trade body the Business Services Association has warned that without changes public private partnerships may become “unaffordable”. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/budget-bsa-slams-government-pension-inertia/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:50:21 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 09:30:48 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 10:50:20 GMT59322The chancellor has challenged public sector FMs and property managers to make billions of pound of efficiency savings by 2012 as well as raise £16 billion from property disposals.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/budget-public-sector-fms-under-pressure/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:49:51 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 16:17:21 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 10:49:50 GMT59278A third of employees would sell sensitive company information if the price were right, according to a survey. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/employees-tempted-to-sell-company-secrets/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:48:44 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 09:22:32 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 10:48:44 GMT59321Charlton House Restaurants has won a five-year contract with Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, home of the Royal Navy.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/charlton-steams-ahead-in-portsmouth-docks/Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:55:47 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 09:52:57 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2009 09:55:46 GMT59323The 10th annual Facilities Show opens its doors tomorrow, 12 May, at Birmingham's NEC.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/the-facilities-show-opens-tomorrow/Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:07:45 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 14:02:44 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 14:07:44 GMT59254Powerminster Gleeson Services has begun providing FM and planned preventative maintenance at the recently opened private finance initiative (pfi) Extra Care development in Cheshire.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/powerminster-starts-at-first-cheshire-care-site/Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:56:26 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:13:11 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:56:26 GMT59216Gloucestershire County Council has turned down the brightness of 10,000 of its streetlights in a bid to save energy and reduce its carbon footprint. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/council-dims-down-to-reduce-carbon-footprint/Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:55:44 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 10:36:06 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:55:43 GMT59131All future biomass generation plants should produce heat as well as electricity, the main energy such plants generate today.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/biomass-chp-plants-the-way-of-the-future/Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:47:21 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:47:33 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:47:20 GMT59171Glasgow has formed a stand-alone support services company to take over FM work across the city’s public buildings and other services including home care.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/glasgow-city-launches-cordia-fm-service/Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:46:41 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 09:45:41 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:46:40 GMT59213Connaught has posted strong results with revenue up 19 per cent to £304 million in the six months to 28 February, 2009.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/connaught-posts-strong-interim-profits-up/Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:43:38 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:40:44 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:43:37 GMT59219The City of London has been knocked out of the top three of a league table showing the most expensive office locations in Europe.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/city-of-london-slides-down-rent-league-table/Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:27:29 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:24:37 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:27:28 GMT59168The RMT union is to start balloting its members working for Carlisle Cleaning Services on a Eurostar contract over the installation of finger-printing machines.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/rmt-union-seeks-thumbs-down-to-fingerprinting/Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:23:09 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 14:42:10 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:23:08 GMT59084The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has blamed the government for an increase in the number of property owners who are choosing to demolish vacant properties. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/rics-blasts-government-over-vacant-property-tax/Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:21:41 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 09:16:50 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 11:21:40 GMT59124Carillion has reached financial close on its 50th public private partnership project, a £153 million healthcare contract in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/carillion-reaches-financial-close-on-clinic/Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:15:59 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 10:37:33 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 11:15:58 GMT59132The government is to work with architects and the building industry to design buildings against terrorist attacks, according to media reports.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/rics-blasts-government-over-vacant-property-tax/government-to-help-on-anti-terrorist-designs/Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:19:20 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 10:15:25 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 10:19:19 GMT59129Advance Cleaning Services has secured the window-cleaning contract for the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ny-yankee-fans-to-chow-down-on-gourmet-food/advance-in-national-maritime-museum-contract/Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:50:39 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 16:46:08 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 16:50:38 GMT59101After 86 years at Yankee Stadium baseball’s New York Yankees have moved across the street to a new stadium. Fans turning up expecting to choose between a hot dog with onions and one without might be surprised by some of the new food on offer. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ny-yankee-fans-to-chow-down-on-gourmet-food/Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:30:00 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 16:24:10 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 10:49:30 GMT59098Graeme Davies examines the signs of "green shoots" in the economy and examines the outlook for FM industry.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-analysis/copyof-its-cashflow-not-co2-that-occupies-minds/Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:35:52 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 12:34:31 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 12:35:51 GMT59075Caterer Leith’s has been awarded a five-year extension of its contract with Trent FM Arena Nottingham, three-a-half years before the existing deal is due to expire. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/leiths-chalks-up-trent-arena-deal/Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:49:15 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 10:46:33 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 10:49:15 GMT59061Speaking ahead of the budget next week, Shadow Chancellor George Osborne called on Alistair Darling to use the opportunity to “kick-start a green recovery” by adopting a raft of environmental measures to aid British business.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/conservatives-call-for-green-budget/Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:20:49 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 15:25:51 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 10:20:48 GMT58983 The Health and Safety Executive said it will continue its drive to prosecute companies found removing asbestos without holding the necessary licences.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/firm-fined-over-unlawful-asbestos-removal/Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:06:37 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 10:03:59 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 10:06:37 GMT59054NHS Lanarkshire has outsourced responsibility for its document security to Shred-it Glasgow. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/shred-it-earns-healthcare-trust-contract/Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:56:28 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 09:53:30 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 09:56:27 GMT59053Scottish Health Secretary will announce today that six hundred additional cleaners will be recruited in Scotland’s hospitals to improve standards of hygiene.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/scottish-hospitals-to-get-600-extra-cleaners/Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:39:39 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 10:52:43 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 15:39:38 GMT58951Royal Bank of Scotland's director of group property Barry Varcoe has been named as the next chairman of CoreNet Global, an international association of corporate real estate and workplace executives.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/copyof-uk-enters-unprecedented-property-recession/Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:37:15 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 14:32:00 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 15:37:14 GMT58971Reliance FM has announced its second business win inside of a week – an extension of its contract with motoring organisation the AA. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/reliance-captures-fm-contract-with-the-aa/Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:36:57 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 12:24:00 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 15:36:57 GMT58962Britain has now entered the commercial property equivalent of a technical recession, according to Dr Ian Cullen, founding director of information business IPD.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/uk-enters-unprecedented-property-recession/Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:28:44 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 10:27:21 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 10:28:43 GMT58945The stock of built environment consultancy White Young Green has now trebled since the close of trading on Wednesday. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/white-young-green-stock-trebles/Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:43:00 GMTFri, 17 Apr 2009 16:02:44 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2009 09:43:12 GMT58993International publishing house Macmillan has awarded the catering contract for its London head office to Autograph. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/macmillan-books-autograph-for-its-catering/Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:20:45 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 17:19:29 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 17:20:44 GMT58901Embattled consultancy White Young Green has been forced to issue a statement denying that it is about to be taken over after its share price more than doubled in early market trading. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/white-young-green-scotches-takeover-talk/Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:01:43 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 16:59:05 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 17:01:42 GMT58894Axis Security, a London-based contractor, has been chosen to provide security services at Fulham Broadway Retail Centre. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/axis-lands-shopping-centre-security-deal/Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:29:07 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 16:27:29 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 16:29:06 GMT58887Interserve has announced the realisation of £15m of cash from two projects within its PFI portfolio. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/interserve-realises-15m-of-cash-from-pfi-deals/Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:19:25 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 10:44:07 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 11:19:24 GMT58801Tenants struggling to make rent payments as the recession deepens are likely to resort increasingly to Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs), a legal procedure open to companies facing insolvency.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/more-rent-deals-between-tenants-and-landlords-likely/Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:55:14 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 10:49:42 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 10:55:13 GMT58803Carillion IT Services has been awarded a joint contract by Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton Colleges to provide managed IT systems. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/carillion-clinches-it-management-contract/Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:26:04 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 09:23:51 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2009 09:26:03 GMT58781British catering company Azure has defeated incumbent caterer Sodexo in the tender process for the Scotland’s national rugby stadium Murrayfield. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/azure-wrests-murryfield-contract-from-sodexo/Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:30:03 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 17:26:57 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 17:30:02 GMT58766The data centre industry remained relatively buoyant in 2008 in spite of the impact of the recession, according to research from real estate advisor CB Richard Ellis.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/data-centre-industry-holds-up-under-pressure/Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:53:11 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 16:52:16 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 16:53:10 GMT58758As part of its efforts to combat the blight of vacant high-street shops the government has announced measures to encourage communities to make innovative use of empty retail space.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/blears-make-empty-shops-community-centres/Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:46:00 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 16:18:07 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:46:21 GMT58671Two international facilities management firms have been named amongst the world’s 99 most ethical companies. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/fm-firms-among-worlds-most-ethical-companies/Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:40:18 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:35:01 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:40:17 GMT58707The government presented new regulations to parliament yesterday on the recycling of waste batteries and accumulators.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/minister-presents-new-battery-regs-to-commons/Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:31:01 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:27:24 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:31:00 GMT58706WS Atkins, the design and engineering consultancy, released a bullish trading statement this morning, insisting that it is confident it can meet the challenges of the coming year. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/atkins-remains-bullish-in-spite-of-recession/Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:09:44 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:08:13 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:09:43 GMT58705A taskforce set up by the International Facility Management Association has launched a survey to gather information about the way in which cultural differences and dividing lines influence Ifma’s global promotion of the FM profession.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ifma-launches-cultural-understanding-survey/Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:06:56 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:04:13 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2009 10:06:56 GMT58704Rok has secured a £20m maintenance contract with a consortium of social housing providers in the north east of England. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/north-east-housing-consortium-chooses-rok/Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:01:55 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:36:31 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 17:01:54 GMT58558Government and business needs to do more to exploit the opportunities provided by underground energy if it is to meet its climate change targets, according to engineers.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/academy-extols-the-virtues-of-geothermal-power/Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:34:49 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:30:07 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:34:48 GMT58659Catering giant Compass Group has announced its second contract win in the racing sector within a month. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/strong-track-record-earns-compass-new-deal/Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:27:53 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:25:09 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:27:52 GMT58657The M&E arm of Reliance FM will perform maintenance for Maidstone Borough Council over the next five years after it won the contract tender. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/maidstone-council-settles-on-reliance-fm/Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:46:58 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 14:43:42 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 14:46:57 GMT58645The proportion of unoccupied office space in the City of London jumped by over a tenth in the first three months of the year, according to research from property agency NB Real Estate.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/city-vacancy-spikes-as-recession-bites/Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:51:16 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 09:17:33 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:51:15 GMT58540One person was killed and six others injured in an explosion at a pie factory in Huddersfield.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/huddersfield-factory-explosion-claims-life/Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:35:48 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:35:00 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:35:47 GMT58557Inviron has been appointed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to maintain the building systems at its two main UK sites. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/inviron-earns-maintenance-deal-with-caa/Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:15:15 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:14:19 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:15:14 GMT58548Angry residents may be coming out onto the village streets to confront the Google Street View car, as several newspapers have reported. But there won’t be many FMs in the mob.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/google-street-view-no-substitute-for-real-thing/Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:13:28 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:12:04 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2009 10:13:27 GMT58547The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the regulations governing the disposal of electrical and hazardous waste.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/berr-consults-on-eu-waste-directive-changes/Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:21:15 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 15:15:53 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 15:21:14 GMT58458SGP Property & Facilities Management has been awarded a PFI contract to provide total FM services to a new health centre in Essex. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/sgp-scores-25-year-health-centre-contract/Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:54:39 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 14:53:18 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 14:54:38 GMT58456The Conservatives have said that hospital catering departments have to accept their share of responsibility for the “needless deaths” in English hospitals resulting from malnourishment.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/caterers-criticised-over-malnutrition-deaths/Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:55:51 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:07:47 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:55:50 GMT58410The International Facility Management Association has published a white paper examining the key principles of strategic FM.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ifma-releases-strategic-fm-white-paper/Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:21:27 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 09:46:50 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:21:27 GMT58407A Tate Modern gallery supervisor is claiming compensation because the “cold” temperature in the former power station made her health deteriorate, writes the Evening Standard newspaper.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/tribunal-to-hear-cold-employees-sickness-claim/Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:18:28 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:15:45 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:18:27 GMT58382Paul Harrington, real estate director at PricewaterhouseCooper, is the new president of the UK chapter of CoreNet Global.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/harrington-at-the-helm-of-corenet-global-uk/Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:09:04 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:04:55 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:09:03 GMT58409EasyJet founder Sir Stelios HajiIoannou is on the lookout for cut-price property to expand his serviced office company easyOffice, writes The Times. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/sir-stelios-in-moves-to-expand-easyoffice/Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:22:09 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 15:55:15 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:22:08 GMT58314New York City’s iconic 79-year-old skyscraper is to get an energy efficiency retrofit with a price tag of $20 million (£13.7 million).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/empire-state-building-goes-green/Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:19:50 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 10:15:04 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:19:50 GMT58337UK businesses recycled two-thirds of the packaging produced in 2008, according to figures released by the Defra and the Environment Agency.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/uk-business-exceeds-eu-recycling-targets/Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:18:34 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:14:57 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:18:33 GMT58380The National Secular Society has called on the NHS to stop paying hospital chaplains’ salaries so that the money can be spent on frontline staff like cleaning and nurses.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/chaplains-out-cleaners-in-says-secular-group/Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:22:58 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 10:43:19 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 11:22:57 GMT58342The British Institute of Facilities Management has launched a new brand identity. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-launches-new-brand-identity/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:01:10 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 16:38:46 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 17:01:09 GMT58317A group of leading property owners, working under the aegis of the London Development Agency, has published a toolkit for the use of landlords and tenants looking to make their buildings more sustainable. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/property-group-releases-green-lease-guidance/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:47:00 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 16:42:49 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:47:39 GMT58318OGCbuying.solutions, the commercial procurement organisation specifically for the public service, has changed its name to Buying Solutions.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/procurement-body-rebrands-as-buying-solutions/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:45:00 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 16:15:15 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:46:04 GMT58316Compass Group has been selected to provide the catering at Cardiff City’s new football stadium when it opens in July. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/cardiff-city-football-club-points-to-compass/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:02:54 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 14:26:09 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 15:02:53 GMT58302Wirral Council has put on hold its library closures after the government announced a local inquiry into the move. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/local-inquiry-puts-wirral-library-closure-on-hold/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:34:21 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 12:30:52 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 12:34:20 GMT58294City of London rents were £50 per sq ft at the end of 2008, a fall of 24 per cent over the year, according to the latest market research from Drivers Jonas.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/rents-tumble-as-occupancy-incentives-rise/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:49:58 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 10:47:03 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 10:49:57 GMT58272It’s back to the negotiating table later this month after talks to end the opt-out option of the EU’s working hours rules failed to reach an agreement.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eu-working-time-talks-take-a-break/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:08:14 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 10:04:46 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 10:08:14 GMT58263Compass Group and Sodexo are among 18 catering companies and many high street brands that will introduce calorie information on their menus for the first time.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/firms-sign-up-to-calorie-information-labeling/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:02:26 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 16:18:59 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 10:02:25 GMT58199It has emerged that an abortive attempt by a government department in Northern Ireland to sell off parts of its estate will cost the taxpayer almost £13 million in wasted consultancy fees. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ni-exec-wastes-13m-on-botched-estate-sale/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:40:50 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 09:34:36 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 09:40:49 GMT58260FTSE 100 support services company Interserve has won a £500,000 cleaning and porterage contract with the British Medical Association (BMA).http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/bma-offers-interserve-cleaning-deal-extension/Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:24:48 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 09:22:32 GMTTue, 07 Apr 2009 09:24:47 GMT58259Galliford Try, the construction, housebuilding and FM group, has been appointed preferred bidder on a £60 million Worcester Library and History Centre for Worcestershire County Council.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/galliford-opens-book-on-worcester-library/Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:50:40 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 13:35:46 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 16:50:39 GMT58139A ten-point plan to cut running costs at retail premises such as large shopping centres has been unveiled by a consortium of landlords and retailers. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/landlords-retailers-rollout-cost-cutting-plan/Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:02:51 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 11:00:04 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 11:02:50 GMT58104A whole raft of new legislation and regulation affecting business comes into force today as the new financial year begins.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/legal-d-day-arrives-again/Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:38:21 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 09:50:15 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:38:20 GMT58092Stansted airport has drastically cut down on the number employees arriving by car since beginning a government backed travel plan.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/stansted-airports-travel-plan-takes-off/Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:30:55 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:27:26 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:30:54 GMT58098A 96-year-old war hero has been handed a £100 bill for smoking in a hotel room, writes the Daily Mail.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/war-veteran-fined-100-for-smoking-in-hotel-room/Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:00:37 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 09:54:19 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:00:37 GMT58093Connaught has secured a multi-million pound contract to clean the entire Tyne and Wear Metro network for the next five years in a deal with operator Nexus.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/connaught-selected-for-metro-cleaning-contract/Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:48:57 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 09:47:00 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 09:48:56 GMT58091Construction and facilities maintenance firm May Gurney has been selected as preferred bidder for a £91 million schools project with North Lincolnshire Council.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/may-gurney-wins-scunthorpe-schools-deal/Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:31:39 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 09:28:50 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2009 09:31:38 GMT58088A 79-year old woman was killed by a descending car park barrier when she was leaving an Essex hospital after a routine check-up.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/barrier-fatality-inquest-records-accident-verdict/Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:52:00 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 14:59:50 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:52:17 GMT57919The government’s Care Quality Commission has put 21 trusts on notice to improve their cleanliness as part of efforts to boost infection control.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/new-nhs-watchdog-bares-its-teeth/Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:57:51 GMTFri, 03 Apr 2009 10:48:45 GMTFri, 03 Apr 2009 11:57:50 GMT57987The market for outsourced bundled FM in the healthcare and education sectors is expected to reach £3.3 billion by 2013, according to new research.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/healthcare-education-outsourcing-on-the-rise/Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:57:09 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 15:37:38 GMTFri, 03 Apr 2009 11:57:08 GMT57928What remains to be seen during this credit crunch is whether government initiatives will fall by the wayside and how deeply sustainable thinking has become embedded in business.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-analysis/its-cashflow-not-co2-that-occupies-minds/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:46:15 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 15:42:28 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 15:46:14 GMT57932Prisoners are going to have to make do with British meat as the falling value of the pound forces prison caterers to source more of their produce within the UK.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/frugal-prisons-buy-uk-meat-as-sterling-slumps/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:34:28 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 14:31:21 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 14:34:27 GMT57913FM company Norfolk County Services has indicated its intention to rebrand as Norse Commercial Services to more clearly identify it as a part of the Norse Group.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/norfolk-county-services-moves-to-rebrand/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:30:19 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 11:27:54 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 11:30:18 GMT57891Painters have started their work atop the Eiffel Tower to apply the nineteenth complete coat since Paris’s iconic “Iron Lady” was opened.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eiffel-tower-starts-18-month-face-lift/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:43:08 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 10:38:52 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 10:43:07 GMT57875The police are advising firms in the City of London to make the safety of staff their priority as the capital's financial heartland prepares for a second day of protests.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/police-city-firms-must-put-staff-safety-first/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:31:17 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 10:13:41 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 10:31:16 GMT57873The UK will have to get used to permanently slower economic growth after this recession has lifted according to economist Adrian Cooper who gave conference delegates a frank, if depressing, assessment of the current state of the UK economy and its future prospects.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-conference-uk-growth-to-slow-permanently/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:12:30 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:45:07 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 10:12:29 GMT57864Many organisations have fully understood the need to become sustainable by now, but the recession could see a slowdown of firms implanting it within their business strategies.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-conference-the-carbon-journey/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:56:04 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:52:57 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:56:03 GMT57867FM is often the hidden art that pays dividends when you get it right, and that can mean savings.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-conference-fm-the-hidden-art/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:50:32 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:47:36 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:50:31 GMT57865Sustainability is about communities as well as carbon, according to Lucy Jeynes from Larch Consulting. “FM has a role to play in being a good neighbour” she told a Fringe session on the second day of the conference. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-conference-fm-must-be-good-neighbour/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:32:28 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:29:24 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:32:26 GMT57861The roots of the current recession lie in a failure to innovate in production and construction according to professor James Woudhuysen speaking at a keynote session on the second day of the BIFM conference.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-conference-look-east-for-future-of-fm/Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:24:35 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:23:10 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:24:32 GMT57860The government has published new fire safety regulations for underground railway stations.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/new-fire-safety-regs-for-underground-stations/Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:45:40 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2009 10:43:28 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2009 15:45:39 GMT57783Maintenance company Integral has launched a new division which will be responsible for the the delivery of fire safety services, security systems, building management systems and data cabling.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/integral-founds-technical-services-division/Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:04:26 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2009 09:57:49 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2009 14:04:25 GMT57760Whatever happens the environmental challenge is going to transform society by the year 2030, and with it – the workplace. That was the message from Mark Catchlove.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-conference-future-of-the-office-uncertain/Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:09:24 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 18:23:41 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2009 10:09:23 GMT57738A progressive planned preventative maintenance programme is being developed for the properties of the Inter-American Development Bank in Latin America.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-conference-cultural-issues-overcome/Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:22:37 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 18:36:13 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2009 09:22:36 GMT57740In 1996 the waterfront area of Stockholms’ Hammarby Sjostad was a derelict wasteland of trashed cars and rusting corrugated iron.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/bifm-conference-the-nordic-model/Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:39:35 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 18:35:52 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 18:39:33 GMT57739Compass Group’s UK and Irish business has reported encouraging half-year results as it benefits from a cost-cutting programme which has allowed it to increase operating profits in spite of a fall in revenues.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/compass-profits-grow-despite-revenue-fall/Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:52:00 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 10:41:31 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2009 14:53:11 GMT57660Aberdeen has rescued four stalled PFI schools by providing financing to complete the projects late this year.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/aberdeen-kick-starts-stalled-schools-projects/Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 11:39:22 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2009 14:00:55 GMT57677Individuals acting alone to cut carbon emissions are not going to solve the problem, it needs radical governmental action according to the opening speaker at this year's BIFM conference.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ethical-man-opens-bifm-conference/Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:21:01 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 11:09:57 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 11:21:00 GMT57667Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has awarded a three-year facilities management contract to GSH Group.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/astrazeneca-extends-relationship-with-gsh/Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:13:01 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 11:11:48 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 11:13:00 GMT57668Buildings in the US with a high Energy Star rating are attracting rental premiums of 3 per cent per square foot compared with non-green buildings of the same size, location and function, according to new research.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/green-buildings-getting-premium-rents-in-us/Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:51:30 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 10:50:09 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 10:51:29 GMT57664Hundreds of millions of people all around the world have participated in the World Wildlife Federation’s Earth Hour as it seeks to influence UN negotiations on Climate Change at Bonn.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/hundreds-of-millions-go-dark-for-earth-hour/Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:40:04 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 18:05:32 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2009 10:40:03 GMT57630Compass subsidiary Eurest Services has been awarded catering contract by the Welsh Assembly government with an annual value of £2 million.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/welsh-assembly-deal-goes-to-eurest-services/Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:45:59 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 10:25:02 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 15:45:58 GMT57587The University of Glasgow has decided against outsourcing the FM function after the £14 million acquisition of a halls of residence at Cooperage Place.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/new-glasgow-uni-building-gets-in-house-fm/Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:09:17 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 12:08:30 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 12:09:16 GMT57599Senior partners will take big salary cuts as environmental services designers Max Fordham lays off 15 staff, according to a partner.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/engineers-max-fordham-confirms-15-redundancies/Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:04:47 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 11:53:02 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 12:04:46 GMT57595Building Services consulting engineers Max Fordham is to cut up to 20 per cent of its workforce, FM World has learned.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/max-fordham-engineers-in-redundancies-move/Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:49:04 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 10:27:32 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 10:49:03 GMT57588Mitie has won a slew of new deals and announced that its business is continuing to trade strongly.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/mitie-claims-a-clutch-of-new-contracts/Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:31:29 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 10:00:01 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 10:31:28 GMT57586CarillionEnterprise has been awarded a four-year contract by Defence Estates for the provision of multiple services at RAF Spadeadam in Brampton, Cumbria.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/carillionenterprise-expands-at-spadeadam/Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:51:54 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 09:49:24 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 09:51:54 GMT57585The clocks will go forward by an hour this Sunday as Britain moves over to British Summer Time.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/clocks-spring-forward-on-sunday/Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:16:22 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 16:15:17 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 16:16:21 GMT57541A defence and security consultancy in Scotland is recruiting for a facilities post with an unusual travel perk: complimentary helicopter travel.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/scottish-facilities-job-private-helicopter-included/Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:52:24 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 15:49:27 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 11:52:24 GMT57464The company which owns most of Canary Wharf, and manages part of it, is in danger of breaching its banking covenants following the drastic falls in commercial property prices. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/wharf-property-firm-may-breach-covenants/Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:38:00 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 15:08:43 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 10:39:07 GMT57536Serviced office company MWB Business Exchange has registered a 19 per cent growth in revenue as its business held up in the face of the downturn. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/mwb-business-exchange-shows-strong-growth/Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:00:07 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 09:54:55 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 10:00:06 GMT57516An engineering organisation has called for more integrated teamwork, including FM representation, to ensure that sustainable buildings live up to their hype.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/engineers-call-for-more-integrated-teamwork/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:21:50 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:14:17 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 16:21:50 GMT57475The government has outsourced a third of its inspection services for English education organisations to support services company Serco.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/serco-awarded-schools-inspection-contract/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:19:00 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:48:17 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 15:19:34 GMT57404Relocation firm Harrow Green has secured a three-year term contract to provide removal and relocation services to South Birmingham College. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/harrow-green-wins-long-term-college-contract/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:59:58 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 13:58:44 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 13:59:57 GMT57452Brayborne Cleaning Services have won three contracts annually worth more than £200,000 in total.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/brayborne-takes-a-three-contract-clean-sweep/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:43:06 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 10:07:11 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 12:43:05 GMT57407Luton Airport has faced sharp criticism after it became the first London area airport to introduce queue-jumping charges.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/luton-airport-pioneers-queue-jumping-charge/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:14:00 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 15:52:11 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2009 12:15:19 GMT57467Guidelines for what can and can’t be sold in Welsh hospital vending machines must be reviewed to allow a greater freedom of choice for staff, a business coalition has said.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/welsh-assembly-told-to-dispense-with-food-regs/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:01:22 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 10:57:14 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 11:01:21 GMT57416The governments Waste and Resources Action Programme, Wrap, is to take over the recycling and resource planning programmes of six other agencies.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/wrap-becomes-lead-agency-for-recycling/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:59:12 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:55:53 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:59:11 GMT57405An American firm is offering good Samaritans $5,000 (£3,450) for evidence which leads to the arrest of an arsonist who has been terrorising portable toilets in San Francisco for the last few months.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/american-firm-toilet-fires-must-end-here/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:47:26 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:44:29 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:47:25 GMT57403A consultant’s report heavily criticising office culture at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has also slammed the physical state of its London HQ.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/report-criticises-foreign-office-hq-conditions/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:13:36 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 15:27:51 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:13:35 GMT57372The Prince of Wales has officially opened the Royal Hospital Chelsea’s Margaret Thatcher Infirmary.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/royal-opening-for-chelsea-pensioners/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:13:18 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 16:17:29 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:13:17 GMT57380Morrison has been awarded preferred bidder status on four multi-million pound maintenance contracts in the UK.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/morrison-secures-four-new-maintenance-deals/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:13:01 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 10:48:55 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:13:00 GMT57331Anarchists are planning raids to switch off the lights at some of London's most iconic buildings in the run up to the G20 summit in the capital next week, according to a media report.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/protestors-plan-a-lights-out-raid-in-the-london/Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:12:49 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 11:00:30 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 09:12:48 GMT57334Robert Peto has won the race to become president-elect of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/peto-triumphs-in-rics-presidential-election/Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:10:00 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 10:28:11 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2009 09:10:27 GMT57325Parsons Brinckerhoff’s estate management and consultancy contract with the coastguard has been renewed for the third time.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/coastguard-chooses-parsons-brinckerhoff-again/Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:39:00 GMTTue, 24 Mar 2009 09:40:01 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2009 12:39:22 GMT57227The European Union has confirmed that it will provide £300 million of long-term loans to help shore up schools PFI projects in Britain.http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/eu-confirms-300-million-pfi-loan/Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:55:00 GMTFri, 20 Mar 2009 16:55:43 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 11:55:36 GMT57095Neighbours of folk icon Bob Dylan have set up several industrial fans to keep foul smells from wafting across their property. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/dylans-neighbours-fan-the-fumes-of-controversy/Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:54:00 GMTMon, 23 Mar 2009 09:29:49 GMTFri, 27 Mar 2009 11:54:38 GMT57149http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/ryanair-launches-onboard-mobile-use/Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTFri, 20 Feb 2009 09:56:55 GMTMon, 11 May 2009 15:33:34 GMT54966http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/land-securities-sells-new-scotland-yard-to-occupiers/Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:03:00 GMTFri, 19 Dec 2008 10:25:42 GMTWed, 13 May 2009 12:03:47 GMT48370