Jim Melvin, Chairman of the British Cleaning Council (BCC), comments as proposals for an Apprenticeship Levy funded industry-wide training scheme for the cleaning and hygiene sector are submitted to the approving body. It is hoped that the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Educ

Amazon workers have announced a week-long strike at the company's Coventry warehouse as GMB Union says they will earn just 8 pence above the UK minimum wage in April 2023. More than 350 staff at the West Midland fulfilment centre will walk out on 28 February, 2 March, and from 13 to 17 M

Iwona Hovenko, Real Estate Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, says the UK's largest homebuilders will be impacted disproportionately by new taxes to fix safety issues in apartment buildings following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Opportunities abound for those who dare, says Leigh Anderson, managing director of Bis Henderson Recruitment as the UK commemorates National Apprenticeship Week 2023.

Attendees of AV industry event ISE will be able to experience KUDO AI, a real-time artificial intelligence-powered speech translator in five languages from their smartphones.

FM Industry event partner, the China Foreign Trade Guangzhou Exhibition General Corporaton, will be reinstating CIFF 2023 as an in-person event following the relaxation of entry restrictions on international visitors by the government of China.

Episode 3 of Aramark's new podcast series, Mark This, considers the role of the global foodservice and facility services provider's Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and the opportunities they afford volunteer members for networking, outreach and professional development.

Featuring eight stadiums spread across five Qatari cities, the Middle Eastern country expects more than 1.2 million visitors to attend the games, happening Nov. 20 - Dec. 18. Counterfeiting is a concern of event organizers, so FIFA relied on HID to deliver approximately 2 million paper tickets ma

A state of the art fire system has protected visitors and artwork during The Art of Banksy exhibition at a temporary venue in Media City, Manchester.

Elior UK HR Director Justin Johnson has been named 'HR Director of the Year' at a Personnel Today Awards ceremony at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House London.

FIS and The Worshipful Company of Plaisterers have announced the winners of their annual Training Awards at a gala lunch which was held at Plaisterers' Hall in the City of London.

RS Group has named the winner of its Air Quality Project which was launched last year as part of a wider Design

ASM Global has promoted Alex Merchán to the position of chief marketing officer with responsibility for its portfolio of 20,000 events across 350 venues hosting more than 164 million guests worldwide.

A distinguished panel of water and climate leaders led by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) at COP27 is calling on heads of government to "get serious about water".

Separate agreements for project finance and the financing of research and development activities have been signed in Madrid by EIB Vice-President Ricardo Mourinho Félix and Spain's Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment of the Community of Madrid Javier Fernández-Lasquetty at a meeting att

LiftEx, the flagship event of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), took place from 5th to 6th October at P&J Live in Aberdeen - one of the UK's principal centres for the oil and gas indutries. Celebrating some of the industry's most notable successes, the event provided a one-s

Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) and the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers have announced the 694th Lord Mayor of the City of London, Nicholas Lyons, will attend a presentation event for their annual training awards on 22nd November.

The UK Apartment Association (UKAA) has announced its annual Build to Rent Conference and Industry Awards ceremony will be held under the theme, 'The Pursuit of Excellence', on 15th November when major players from the BTR sector will gather in London for its annual event which includes an aw

Mitie's most recent annual ESG report highlights the progress the facilities management outsourcer has made in incorporating 13 ambitious targets within its social value framework.

Launched as a partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Lloyd's Register Foundation and the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS), in collaboration with Cambridge University's Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy (CIIP), Global Initi