Industry News

Alan Murray, Chief Executive Officer of The British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF), has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Safety & Health Excellence (SHE) Awards 2025.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between ASHRAE and the GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) formalises initiatives to implement globally recognised standards for sustainable building design and operations across all six Gulf Cooperation Member countries and the Yemen.

The British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) has appointed Christ Street as President with a two-year term.

The Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA), SFG20 (part of Building Engineering Services Association (BESA), Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM)

The Property Care Association (PCA) has appointed Sarah Garry as its new Chief Executive Officer.

The Level 3 Lifting Equipment Technician Apprenticeship is now available in England as an Open Programme which delivers teaching via online classrooms without any minimum cohort requirements.

The UK's best decorating talent has been recognised at The Painting and Decorating Association (PDA) annual awards.

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has expressed gratitude to over 450 industry members who have endorsed its campaign to make cleaning and hygiene a national priority as it releases an assessment of the likelihood of future pandemics.

Nine prominent Safety & Health organisations in the United Kingdom have formed the Occupational Safety and Health Stakeholder Alliance (OSH Stakeholder Alliance) to provide a '360-degree' perspective on critical safety and health issues for employers and building operators.

Business leaders are rallying support for the lobbying campaign led by the British Cleaning Council (BCC) to prioritise cleaning and hygiene as a national concern. Individuals from the cleaning and hygiene sector, including Dave Wheadon from the National Carpet Cleaners Association (NCCA), Bi

British Cleaning Council (BCC) Chairman, Jim Melvin, lambasts Home Secretary Suella Braverman for ignoring challenges facing the cleaning and hygiene sector in a speech on Monday.

The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has updated its Client Guide to Office Fit-Out and Refurbishment to reflect best workplace practices post-pandemic, the most recent advances in sustainability, and changes to UK law introduce by the Building Safety Act 2022 for landlords of hig

A fresh programme of sector-specific webinars hosted by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) will raise global awareness of the challenges involved in working within the lifting industry. The schedule of free-to-view webinars is as follows: Military: 26 April 2023