Powerday’s latest annual report produced by the independent adjudicator and auditor The Social Value Portal shows that over the past 36 months they have delivered just short of £30 million in social value projects. Powerday’s social value is focused on four key disciplines: Reducing the environmental impact of waste
There is nothing worse than having your home invaded by pests, as it can cause not only damage to your home, but can also spread disease to you, your family, and your pets. As a homeowner, an encounter with pests is more than likely inevitable at some point, but there
Pests can be a problem to anyones home or office. This menace can cause untold suffering to people who get affected by this problem. Sometimes it can be easy for one to control pests on their own. There are other times when one has to hire a pest control company
Sodexo, a leading food and facilities management services provider, has partnered with innovation specialist L Marks to launch its innovation lab in the UK and Ireland. Sodexo’s Accelerator innovation programme has already launched in China, Brazil, India, France and Sweden, and from January 2022 will focus on the UK and
For nearly 40 years, Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd has run a successful family business and become one of the largest companies in the whole of Gloucestershire. Operated by two generations of the Smith family, the company offers a wide range of services to the Construction industry. The business is rapidly gaining
The global FM service provider has secured a contract with the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) to provide hard FM services across its property portfolio. The new appointment will see Atalian Servest deliver a full range of hard FM services across 450 buildings and 450,000 square metres of infrastructure. The services
Derwent Facilities Management Ltd have been awarded a place on Crescent Purchasing Consortium’s (CPC) framework for the provision of Total Facilities Management Framework Agreement CPC/EK/01/2021. This framework provides access to a broad range of facilities management services including hard and soft FM services as well as a full facilities management
Insight Partner EMCOR explores the third of our megatrends, the future of work… They were live at the IWFM Conference 2021 held on Monday 13 September, As Abraham Lincoln once famously said, ‘The best way to predict your future is to create it’ and that is exactly what is happening now as
Engie’s facilities management and technical services will fall under the new Equans brand. Equans will operate as an autonomous subsidiary of Engie, with 74,000 employees across 17 countries,managed by Jérôme Stubler and his management team. With annual revenue of over €12 billion, electrical, HVAC, cooling, mechanical, digital & IT and facilities management will
SWC has been awarded a three-year deal with Great Portland Street Estates plc covering its portfolio of over 40 properties across London. The contract award is one of the largest stand-alone window cleaning contracts in the country, which will see the SWC team demonstrating a wide variety of specialist window
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Powerday’s latest annual report produced by the independent adjudicator and auditor The Social Value Portal shows that over the past 36 months they have delivered just short of £30 million in social value projects. Powerday’s social value is focused on four key disciplines: Reducing the environmental impact of waste in the UK Improving lives through education and employment Improving lives through sport Supporting our wider community where most needed. Despite the limitations due to the pandemic this latest report shows that Powerday delivered in excess of 11mil. in social value projects across these four areas for the 12 months ending period to July 2021, a staggering increase of over £2 mil.(+22%) on the previous 12 month reporting period The largest impact is delivered predominantly through its core business, delivering over £8.7million of social and local economic value (SLEV). Powerday also created just under £2million of SLEV by recycling over 20,000 tonnes of hard to recycle waste including mattresses and hard plastics and an additional £200,000 through offsetting fleet emissions making its fleet carbon neutral. The report further shows 1,000 hours spent on local school and college visits, and 600 weeks delivering apprenticeships to its employees. Powerday’s ongoing strong commitment to supporting local communities and improving lives through sport delivered over £95,000 of social value by creating and supporting healthier, safer and more resilient communities. In addition, it donated in excess of £150,000 worth of equipment to voluntary, community and social enterprises and carrying out over 800 hours of volunteer work. The Powerday Foundation supported many boxing clubs within the year, including securing new homes for both Spelthorne Boxing Academy and Fairbairn Boxing Club. Powerday also helped Friends of Roundwood Park create a better green space for local residents and Energy Garden create a community garden at Willesden Junction station. Edward Crossan, Chief Executive Officer said “We remain fully committed to using our sustained growth to support our local communities. The last few years have been challenging for most businesses and indeed, Powerday is no exception but we are acutely aware many in our communities have suffered so much more. It is hugely important to us that we can and do play our part to protect our planet and improve the lives of our communities”. Having long provided extensive social value through their operations and community work, Powerday signed up to The Social Value Portal in 2019. The Social Value Portal provide an independent and verification of the above numbers. In three years of reporting Powerday have delivered almost £30million.
There is nothing worse than having your home invaded by pests, as it can cause not only damage to your home, but can also spread disease to you, your family, and your pets. As a homeowner, an encounter with pests is more than likely inevitable at some point, but there are ways to prevent these pest invasions from occurring. Continue reading to learn how to protect your home from pest invasions. Start With Your Yard It should be stated that if your yard is not attractive to nuisance pests, they will be much less likely to make their way into your home. One of the best ways to make your yard less attractive is to get rid of easy sources of food and shelter for nuisance wildlife. Clean up any fallen leaves, brush piles, or any debris laying around your yard. These are food and shelter havens for rodents, snakes, and insects. Picking up any fallen fruit from fruit trees is also a very simple fix. Be sure to secure your pet’s food so it is not left outside all night. By doing these simple steps, you will decrease the attractiveness of your yard, and more than likely prevent a pest invasion. Inspect Your Home The most important step you can take to protect your home from pest invasions is to give your house a thorough examination, in which you will want to check for any entry points that allow easy access for pests. If you would prefer a professional pest control company to examine your home and perform prevention services, be sure to reach out to a pest control company like Mighty Men Pest Control. You can begin by checking the exterior of your house. Pay special attention to the roofline, roof, and all along your attic. These are some of the more common places that nuisance wildlife find entrance into homes. Look specifically for loose siding, loose shingles, and any gaps, cracks, and holes you may find along the exterior. Most problem areas should be easily repaired, but some may require professional work done. Next, it would be wise to perform the same inspection on the interior of your home. When examining the inside, be sure to pay special attention to the attic, as attics provide an excellent refuge for all kinds of pests. If you find any problem areas in your attic, you can repair them on your own, or you might want to call a professional repairman. Simply inspecting your home for problem areas can protect you from pest invasions quite well! In fact a visit to stuart pest control will make sure all these critters are taken care of once and for all!!!…. Pest Removal If, despite all of your precautions, your home does undergo a pest invasion, there is no need to panic. You have two options you can choose from: DIY wildlife pests removal or hiring a professional wildlife removal company. There are pros and cons to both options, but the general recommendation is to hire a wildlife removal company, as they have the skills and experience to get your pest infestation taken care of in a cost-effective manner, while keeping you, your family, and your pets safe from any harmful diseases the pests are carrying. If you are interested in a professional, well-done removal job, it would be wise to reach out to a pest control company like Complete Wildlife Removal. Learn About Pests One of the best ways you can protect yourself from pest invasions is to read up on different types of nuisance pests you may encounter. Visit getridofpests.com to learn more about insect pests, as well as a variety of other nuisance wildlife. When you learn the behaviors of these pest animals, you will be able to understand what motivates them to come into your home, and how you can attempt to prevent this from occurring. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals
Pests can be a problem to anyones home or office. This menace can cause untold suffering to people who get affected by this problem. Sometimes it can be easy for one to control pests on their own. There are other times when one has to hire a pest control company to help them out. However, before you hire a company specialising in pest control manchester, there are several things you need to consider. Here are factors to consider when choosing a pest control for mice in Manchester: 1. Experience There are many pests control companies out there ready to work with you. Some can promise to do the work at very low costs. However, you may not have to consider just that. Get to know if the company you want to choose has the right experience in mice control. Does the company boast of sufficient experience in dealing with the kind of pests that are bothering you? Well, consider the number of years the company has been in business for you to be sure of their services. 2. Consider licensing and insurance A reputable company should be properly insured and licensed to carry out its roles. This is one of the best ways to know that a company is legitimate and that they are ready to be liable for all their actions. This also gives you, the customer, adequate protection if something goes wrong in the process of pest control. 3. What kind of services do they offer; or which pests do they control? Some of the best pest control companies can kill most of the pests found at home. Apart from mice control, you need to know what other pests the company can control. If a company offers the services that you require and other extras, you should consider them. Do they offer this pest control on an all-year-round basis? Be sure to ask and determine all these facts. 4. What equipment do they use? The kind of equipment the company uses to control pests is also of concern. How effective is such equipment? Is it friendly to the environment? What effects will such use of equipment have on the effectiveness of pest control? You may also want to know the kind of chemicals the company uses to control pests. 5. Enquire on the cost of pest control This is yet another factor you may want to consider before you contract a pest control company. The cost will be determined by such issues as the number of personnel to be used, the kind of equipment employed in the procedure, and how long the process takes. Get quotes from as many pest control companies as possible. This gives you the leeway to choose an affordable company. As long as you are sure of your budget, it will be easy for you to make a decision based on this issue. 6. Availability Your urgency to deal with the pests is another factor you have to consider. The mice and other pests may have caused havoc on your property for a long period. If you need to exterminate these pests urgently, then go for the pest control companies that are willing to move in in the shortest time possible.
Sodexo, a leading food and facilities management services provider, has partnered with innovation specialist L Marks to launch its innovation lab in the UK and Ireland. Sodexo’s Accelerator innovation programme has already launched in China, Brazil, India, France and Sweden, and from January 2022 will focus on the UK and Ireland market. To launch Accelerator in the UK and Ireland, Sodexo has partnered with L Marks – an innovation specialist with experience of running over 70 programmes with some of the world’s leading companies. L Marks will work with Sodexo to identify four areas to focus and attract start-ups and scale-ups who provide innovative new solutions. They will then be approached and given the opportunity to pitch to work with Sodexo and help the company develop its offer to meet the future of work needs its clients expect. Through collaboration with start-ups, the programme will drive innovations in technology that improve the workplace experience, aligning with Sodexo’s vast portfolio of expertise on workspace and work-life services, Vital Spaces. In January 2022, L Marks will kick-start its scouting campaign to identify early and growth stage companies operating in the food service and facilities management space. Once identified, L Marks will offer them a unique opportunity to take their innovative ideas to the next level through Sodexo’s Accelerator platform. Through the Accelerator programme the selected start-ups and scale-ups will be given the chance to work with Sodexo’s experts over a ten-week period to fine tune their solutions in a live customer environment. Julie Ennis, CEO Corporate Services, Sodexo UK & Ireland said: “It is critical that Sodexo is agile and provides clients with forward-thinking solutions, powered by the latest technology. We have a fantastic track record of partnering with small and medium enterprises to achieve that aim. “At Sodexo, we believe deeply in doing good business in a good way. That’s why we leverage our expertise to not only optimise the efficiency of our clients’ businesses, but to have a powerful, positive impact on the communities we serve.” Daniel Saunders, CEO L Marks said: “Sodexo has decades of industry knowledge and a global client footprint. L Marks is delighted to work alongside Sodexo to create and launch their first UK & Ireland Accelerator. “As businesses safely reopen their workplaces following the past 18 months, Sodexo Accelerator will enable them to embrace entrepreneurial ideas and creative talent to create a step change in the industry and drive business forward.”
For nearly 40 years, Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd has run a successful family business and become one of the largest companies in the whole of Gloucestershire. Operated by two generations of the Smith family, the company offers a wide range of services to the Construction industry. The business is rapidly gaining market share in the Waste Management and Recycling sector and is currently exploring the future of biomass energy. To continue to improve their C&D waste recovery facility and remain competitive, they have recently invested in a new Kiverco C&D static plant to future-proof their business. Commenting on the investment, Ian Watson stated: “We chose Kiverco to deliver our new plant as they have an exceptional reputation for quality and reliability. Our old plant had become unreliable and was not sustainable. Kiverco is the leading C&D plant provider in the UK, and we wanted to invest in the very best of waste separation plants to ensure higher levels of purity and greater throughput for our business to grow. Sustainability is very important to the Smith family, we’re very aware of the strains on our environment, and we see our new asset as an investment for generations to come.” For almost 30 years, Kiverco has been designing, manufacturing, and installing recycling plants for diverse sectors and waste streams including, construction & demolition; commercial and industrial; municipal solid waste; energy from waste; incinerator bottom ash; dry mixed recyclables; RDF/SRF fuel preparation; glass; compost; plastics and fines treatment. Commenting on the new project, Marcus McAlinden from Kiverco stated: “Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd had carried out extensive research over the past few years for a waste processing plant that would increase their throughput tonnages and achieve high levels of purity in their recyclables. Smiths is one of the largest construction and waste management companies in the South West, so equipment reliability and backup were crucial to the decision-making. They required a plant that would be capable of processing a huge quantity of C&D waste and we were able to sit down with them and design a plant that would meet all of their needs. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Smith family and their management team for choosing Kiverco to deliver their new plant, and we look forward to supporting them in any way we can. Kiverco recycling plants are utilised worldwide from the Middle East to North America and across Europe to Australasia – with more than 300 installations in the UK alone. Kiverco is raising the bar on recycling and transforming the value of waste for their customers and the planet. They provide innovative, high-performing waste processing plants, bespoke services, and their skilled workforce is advancing recycling solutions.
The global FM service provider has secured a contract with the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) to provide hard FM services across its property portfolio. The new appointment will see Atalian Servest deliver a full range of hard FM services across 450 buildings and 450,000 square metres of infrastructure. The services provided include M&E, HVAC, capital projects and an inclusive package of compliance services such as pest control and fire safety management. Commenting on the new contract award, Steve Wallbanks, Chief Operating Officer, Hard Services, at Atalian Servest, said: “We are delighted to be awarded this prestigious contract, building on our proud heritage and track record within Scotland. We look forward to delivering a seamless transition of service and are committed to providing a sustainable service, which provides a high standard of technical engineering, compliance management and customer satisfaction.” The contract will commence on 1 December 2021.
Derwent Facilities Management Ltd have been awarded a place on Crescent Purchasing Consortium’s (CPC) framework for the provision of Total Facilities Management Framework Agreement CPC/EK/01/2021. This framework provides access to a broad range of facilities management services including hard and soft FM services as well as a full facilities management provision – the 8288 members of the consortium will be able to procure facilities management services quickly and easily via this framework. The framework is also open to the wider public sector who can also use this framework to procure. The framework is split into 15 service areas with Derwent fm able to provide services across all 15 areas Grahame Sheeran, Head of Business Development at Derwent fm said “Derwent fm are delighted to be awarded a place on the CPC framework, we look forward to working with the team at CPC to provide their members with top class facilities management services.
Insight Partner EMCOR explores the third of our megatrends, the future of work… They were live at the IWFM Conference 2021 held on Monday 13 September, As Abraham Lincoln once famously said, ‘The best way to predict your future is to create it’ and that is exactly what is happening now as employers seek to modernise workplaces to better suit those who use them. Workplace of the future is about creating destinations of choice where people can collaborate, connect and succeed; delivering personalised experiences and customer choice; are centred around health and wellbeing, are sustainability focussed and digitally SMART. Clearly the mood has changed. Rather than the workplace simply being thought about as a building, now we are putting the needs of the building occupants front and centre. That means looking at everything from the space and how people use it, maximising technology and digital tools to boost both building and people performance, accommodating new hybrid ways of working, even making workplaces desirable places which not only support but also attract the best employees. At the same time, the wellbeing and sustainability agendas are also colliding with the rise of workplace technology and AI. Ultimately, for people to be at the heart of this new ultra-connected, data-driven world, organisations must now completely realign their culture and their purpose. It’s a heady mix. Interestingly this change in focus is not simply a ‘nice to have’ – it’s a fundamental paradigm shift. If wellbeing is not at the heart of a wider people engagement and business strategy, organisations are unlikely to succeed or survive into the next decade. Similarly, if sustainability is not a core purpose of business, customers and employees will become disenfranchised. We must achieve our carbon neutral goals. Are employers doing enough? According to our recent poll on the IWFM LinkedIn page, 38% of employees think wellbeing is a top priority in their business; a similar number, 37%, believe it definitely is not. Food for thought? Perhaps. So how can business leaders and facilities managers balance cost pressure and stakeholder demand with reimagining, redesigning and creating sustainable workplaces for the future? It’s a complex challenge which requires critical thinking. But creating environments in which people enjoy enhanced levels of experience, wellbeing and engagement enables networking, collaboration and socialising, and is a clear indication of an organisation’s future intent. ‘We are seeing an unprecedented demand for new workplaces that support the challenge to deliver great work, which promote wellbeing and contribute to more productive outcomes in the context of a flexible work life balance.’ Ian Baker, Head of Workplace Solutions, EMCOR UK Time to find a better way Take a fresh look at workspace, how it should be used and how much you actually need Identify what users think and feel about their workplaces and the services they receive Capture data through employee experience surveys, sensors and monitoring tools, which can be converted into insight and positive action Use evidence-based analytics to change, inspire, adapt and sustain a transformative workplace Optimise building performance using environmental monitoring sensors to measure temperature, light, humidity, CO2 and noise levels Build a next generation culture with SMART workplace technology that connects systems and subsystems into one core data platform Create intuitive, sensitive and adaptable workplace ecosystems. Workplaces need to become a destination of choice; providing people with flexible options of when, where and how they work. But they can also be so much more. Consider the important social elements of the workplace for example. And what about how workplaces can actively encourage and embed shared values and a positive company culture? One thing that has become clear is that creating a sustainable workplace of the future is so much more than the facilities.
Engie’s facilities management and technical services will fall under the new Equans brand. Equans will operate as an autonomous subsidiary of Engie, with 74,000 employees across 17 countries,managed by Jérôme Stubler and his management team. With annual revenue of over €12 billion, electrical, HVAC, cooling, mechanical, digital & IT and facilities management will all fall under the Equans brand. Catherine MacGregor, Engie CEO, said: “Today marks an important step forward in the implementation of our strategic roadmap. We are very proud to announce the creation of Equans, an autonomous entity within Engie, known in recent months under the project name “Bright”. We are on track to deliver on our simplification plan through the positioning of Equans as a leader in multi-technical services and reaffirming Engie as a leader in the energy transition, refocused on its growth markets and with a more industrial approach.” Jérôme Stubler, Equans CEO, added: “I would like to acknowledge the incredible work which has been accomplished during the last 6 months to create Equans. “Equans is made of state-of-the-art expertise which totally responds to the needs of our clients in delivering the Energy, Industrial and Digital transitions. This is a great moment for the 74,000 employees all over the world. I am very honoured and pleased to lead this fantastic team.”
SWC has been awarded a three-year deal with Great Portland Street Estates plc covering its portfolio of over 40 properties across London. The contract award is one of the largest stand-alone window cleaning contracts in the country, which will see the SWC team demonstrating a wide variety of specialist window cleaning techniques including Cradle systems, BMUs, rope access and traditional water fed pole systems in order to provide outstanding window cleaning across the variety of classic and state of the art modern buildings. Some of the notable buildings within the portfolio are 200 Grays Inn Road, brand new Hanover Square and The Hickman. Rebecca Bradley, Head of Property Services at Great Portland Estates plc said: “We were delighted to award SWC with this prestigious contract. We have a clear strategic focus on London with a varied portfolio of properties. SWC’s investment in their people, innovative cleaning methods and Health and safety approach, showed us that they are more than capable of offering a service that will cater for all of our buildings.” Gareth Thomas, Managing Director at SWC commented: “We were extremely pleased to win this significant contract. As one of the largest standalone window cleaning contracts in the county, it is a testament to our staff and their willingness to go the extra mile to exceed our client’s expectations. We look forward to working with Great Portland Estates plc and building our respective businesses.”
