Commercial

The Platform Lift Company (PLC) has partnered with SafeLine, a Swedish company that manufactures open protocol safety accessories for lifts to upgrade emergency auto-diallers to digital ahead of the UK's analogue switch-off.

Fashion footwear retailer schuh and disability equality charity partner Shape Arts have launched a tote bag inspired by the theme "re-thinking disability" online and in 124 schuh stores in the UK and Ireland.

Scotland's largest construction trade association, SELECT, has responded to the rising demand for electric vehicle (EV) charge points by launching its first installation training course.

ENGIE has appointed Thierry Saegeman as Executive Vice President with responsibility for 'Transformation & Geographies'.

HM Land Registry (HMLR) has awarded a five-year contract to OCS to deliver total facilities management across its UK office estate.

SOCOTEC UK has acquired building pathology consultancy Hutton + Rostron (H+R).

ASDA business International Procurement & Logistics (IPL) is using industrial IoT and energy analytics software from SolarEdge subsidiary, Hark, to monitor the sustainability and performance of its facilities.

International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has relocated its Saudi Arabian business moving to new offices in Riyadh's central business district of Al-Olaya.

GMB, the union for retail and distribution, can announce that strike action involving union members working for retailer Net-a-Porter which had been planned from this week to the run up to Christmas has been called off.

British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) testing has discovered concerning levels of non-compliant safety footwear on the UK market.

A free-to-access embodied carbon database has been launched by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) with a rallying cry for the industry to unite behind it.

Hanley Investment Group has completed the sale of Pacific Town Center, a 143,217 square foot shopping center anchored by a high-performing Smart & Final Extra! store in Stockton, California.

Gavin Graveson, Senior EVP of Veolia's Northern Europe Zone, has been appointed to the UK's Circular Fashion Innovation Network's Advisory Board.

More than 100,000 retail workers at UK supermarket Asda will work 'for free' says GMB Union which has compared their salaries to those of colleagues employed in the company's depots.

Wilko bosses must be hauled before Parliament's Business and Trade Select Committee to give evidence over the firm's collapse says GMB.

Software developer HCSS is partnering with cloud-based construction workforce management and payroll platform Miter to offer offering an integrated data-driven project management and time-tracking solutions in the field.

UK safety and regulatory compliance services provider Compliance Group has expanded its water systems capabilities with the acquisition of ARA Environmental.

There are many things said about what managers want from workers in the form of productivity and goals, but very little is said about what those construction workers want from those managers to achieve this. After all, nobody wants to take a job where they are faced with frustrations and find

A new Retail Crime Action Plan introduced by the UK government to combat shoplifting sets out how police should respond to and investigate thefts.

The construction industry has a significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions, writes Paul Bullard, Product Director at maintenance software developer, SFG20..