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West End rents fall by a third in a yearRents 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. 03 July 2009
Energy efficiency gets BSI standardA new standard from the BSI could help organisations save energy and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. 03 July 2009
Big-smoking Greece imposes smoking banA public smoking ban has come into force in Greece Europe’s biggest smoking nation makes an effort to cut back on its tobacco use. 03 July 2009
Annual cost of superbugs is £1bnHealthcare-associated infections are costing the health service £1bn every year according to the chief nursing officer of the Department of Health (DoH). 03 July 2009
Blair report: prisons should be closedA report written by a commission chaired by Cherie Blair urges the government to shrink the prison estate by closing prisons. 03 July 2009
Carbon reduction will bring tears to the eyesThe 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. 03 July 2009
Boris raps Rupert’s knuckles over green issuesLondon 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. 02 July 2009
EU declares war on public smokingThe 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. 02 July 2009
Councils to get bigger role in social housingThe 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. 02 July 2009
New Ifma line-up revealedThe International Facility Management Association (Ifma) has announced the make-up of its executive committee and board of directors for the coming year. 02 July 2009
Angry postal workers plan 3-day strikeOn 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. 02 July 2009
Physical workspace may cease to matterA 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. 01 July 2009
Beware old weapons for today’s battlesFMs 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. 01 July 2009
High motivation is low-carbon spinoffLow-carbon buildings can improve staff motivation, according to research from the Carbon Trust Scotland. 01 July 2009
“No money” for essential Palace maintenanceAfter 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. 01 July 2009

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