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Business & Industry

Johnson Controls Launches Pan‑European Innovation Studio Tour

Sustainability

The Innovation Studio will deliver a fully equipped, mobile, interactive technology showcase directly to customers, partners, students and other stakeholders. The tour demonstrates how Johnson Controls is supporting Europe's accelerated push toward market leadership in critical industries, energy

Serco Middle East in University Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership

News

Serco Middle East is sponsoring a university programme in collaboration with Takalam, an award-winning mental wellbeing platform operating from Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, Hub71.
Reactions to UK Spring Budget

Industry Voices

UK Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget, has received mixed responses from industry leaders and company representatives across the built environment, technology and retail sectors.
PPDS/Philips Appoints Former Planar Marketing Specialist

Jobs

PPDS continues its recruitment drive with the appointment of experienced AV sales specialist Kristen O'Connor as Sales Operations Manager for North America.
Amazon UK Strikers Ready for 'David and Goliath Battle' in Fight for £15

News

GMB Union members say industrial action against Amazon at its Coventry warehouse in the United Kingdom is 'just the start' of an escalating campaign for fairer pay.
New ‘Zero Power’ Philips Tableaux Displays from PPDS

News

PPDS is staking its claim as the first major global display manufacturer to bring full size, full-colour ePaper digital signage displays capable of running on zero power to market, as it unveils several new products and solutions.
GMB Responds to Sale of Wilko Distribution Centre to Brookfield

News

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) should be expanded to counter the ever-growing influence of private equity investors in the UK high street, says GMB Union.
Recognition for Sodexo Brazilian “Fairy Godmother” Female Safe Spaces Scheme

News

Sodexo has been awarded a Gender Equality for European & International Standard (GEEIS) SDG Trophy for an initiative that creates safe spaces to support female employees who are victims of domestic abuse in Brazil.
Cistermiser Scoops Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) Sustainability Award

News

Cistermiser's EasyflushEVO product has been praised for introducing a "new and novel approach" to tackling water loss and eradicating the dreaded #leakyloo issue at the Bathroom Manufacturers Associatio
Supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF)

News

Aramark employees joined events across the United States in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.
PPDS at InfoComm Southeast Asia 2022

News

PPDS will demonstrate a new 'stretched' 32:9 Philips digital signage solution at InfoComm Southeast Asia 2022 in Bangkok from 2nd to 4th November as part of its wider exhibition of professional AV solutions.
Star Apprentice to Represent UK at WorldSkills Plumbing Finals in Germany

News

Connor Cruden, who in 2020 completed his four-year plumbing apprenticeship having come top in 2019 at the SkillPLUMB UK finals to find the country's most accomplished apprentice plumber, is now preparing to take on the world's elite at the WorldSkills Plumbing finals due to be held in the Bla
Russelectric Appoints Washington Metropolitan Area Representative

News

Siemens power control systems business Russelectric have appointed Robert W. Chapman & Co (Chapman & Company) as official manufacturer representatives for the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia.
Aramark Employees Volunteer for Annual Day of Service

Sustainability

Thousands of Aramark team members around the world have participated in Aramark Building Community (ABC) Day, the hospitality, facilities, and uniform services company's annual day of service which took place on 22nd September.
Serco Acquires European Immigration Services Provider

News

Serco has announced the acquisition of ORS, a provider of specialist immigration services to public sector customers in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy.
Accelerating the Race to Net Zero

Sustainability

Johnson Controls has announced a collaboration with 3Degrees which helps organisations around the world achieve renewable energy and decarbonisation goals.
Bidvest Noonan Appoints UK CEO

People & Appointments

Bidvest Noonan has named Jeff Flanagan as Chief Executive Officer of its business in the United Kingdom. Flanagan brings over 25 years of senior executive experience in the facilities services industry to the role. Flanagan succeeds Charlotte Marshall, who has decided to step down as CEO to pursu
Pioneering Collaboration

Events

EMCOR UK's collaborative practices have been recognised with a 'Pioneers in Collaboration' award from the Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW), with the facility services provider additionally being re-elected as a corporate member of the institute's Advisory Council.
ESS and Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity Celebrate Platinum Partnership

News

Compass Group business ESS Defence has been recognised as a Platinum Partner of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC).
PPDS Announces New European Sales Director

Jobs

PPDS has appointed AV specialist Jae O Choi Park as its new European Sales Director. Part of an ambitious five-year growth strategy, and an ongoing global expansion and recruitment drive, Park is one of the AV industry's leading international talents, achieving extensive financial, sales and acco
Openreach Copper Switch Off: Are you ready?

Analysis

At the end of 2025, Openreach, the infrastructure division of BT, will be switching off its copper network. This means that the UK's analogue network - the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) will no longer be available. Dan Whittington, Head