Workplace services

The hospitality sector is prepared for the further restrictions that have been introduced as a result of the mounting threat of a second wave outbreak of the coronavirus, according to some figures in the industry.

JR&Co has renewed its cleaning contract with the London Borough of Merton to carry out works at educational premises.

ONS data recently revealed that 62 per cent of adults reported commuting to work last week compared with 36 per cent in May. It’s welcome news and a step in the right direction. However, I fear it is papering over the cracks.

Julius Rutherfoord & Co has been awarded the cleaning contract at The House of St Barnabas, a social members club and employment academy in the heart of London’s Soho.

Sodexo is managing the new Common Room facility in the Junior Ranks Mess building at the heart of the base’s domestic site in South Oxfordshire. 

One of the four Covid-19 Response Award groupings from which IWFM members and Facilitate readers will select a winner is entitled ‘On The COVID Frontline’. 

Property group Grosvenor Britain & Ireland is extending its management services to external clients in central London for the first time in 340 years.

The long-time competitor of contractor caterers, as many commentators have argued, has been the high street, tempting employees away from their workplace offerings. These days, however, caterers have a new foe – the kitchen or pantry in people’s homes.

Mitie has awarded an extra day’s holiday to more than 25,000 employees in recognition of their service during Covid-19 pandemic.

Facilities services providers Portfolio by Churchill and Pareto FM have been appointed by publisher Hearst UK to provide soft and hard services at its London portfolio.

Caterer Bennett Hay is repositioning its services as client businesses adapt to new workplace experiences.

The past six months have shown how critical facilities management is as a service.