The pandemic has “fast-tracked significant changes in ways of working for many people”, according to researchers at think tank, the Institute of Employment.
The changing nature of work patterns, triggered by the ongoing global health crisis, means many now need to work from home and this has seen a jump in musculoskeletal complaints.
The current public perception of security officers seen as playing an ‘essential role’ in the United Kingdom, both prior and during the COVID-19 pandemic, is ranked only ‘slightly ahead of traffic wardens’, according to a recent survey.
The projects chosen for the Covid Response category in the IWFM awards had "a structured response" to the pandemic and showed how facilities management enabled other areas of the business it was working within, according to the judges of the awards.
As a result of the new lockdown restrictions the occupancy of larger buildings is likely drop to below 10 per cent, according to the managing director of a security company.
Pub and hospitality trade bodies UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping and the British Beer & Pub Association have said the sector faces a mass of job losses.
Covid-19 and the growing climate crisis are accelerating trends – such as advances in technology, more flexible and remote working and greener travel – that are causing “a seismic shift” in the way people use and view cities, according to research by a German energy company.
