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Interserve Group has announced that Lynn Mawdsley, managing director of its Support Services division, is stepping down to focus on a non-executive career.

Countrywide Grounds Maintenance has appointed new managing director Paul McKeown to provide strategic leadership and growth for the nationwide business.

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Offices will not return to normal but become more “collaborative and creative” workspaces, according to a workplace specialist.

Attracting new talent to the hospitality sector may become a challenge again after the pandemic, according to the chief executive of a catering group.

The amount of days worked remotely is expected to double post-crisis, going from 1.2 days pre-pandemic to 2.4 days a week post-pandemic, according to research published this week by real estate advisor JLL.

The facilities management sector’s response to the continuing Covid-19 crisis was well recognised in yesterday’s IWFM virtual awards ceremony.

Amolak Dhariwal, vice-president of finance at Sodexo’s global supply management and service operations division, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to business.

M&E building services provider J S Wright has appointed its first commercial manager.