Sodexo is donating £1 million of its apprenticeship levy to support 106 new apprentices in “numerous small companies and not-for-profit organisations to upskill their workforce”.
Covid has shone a light on the brilliant work that FM professionals do day in, day out. It has given the public a new appreciation of what our teams do, says Janet Young
Gov Facility Services Ltd (GFSL) is launching an apprenticeship programme to help people to develop skills and careers at the Ministry of Justice-owned company, which supplies prison maintenance services.
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.
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.
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has called for a redoubling of efforts to improve the diversity in engineering workforces to aid the UK’s economic recovery.
The Covid-19 crisis exacerbated the existing skills gap in the building services sector, but also created new opportunities and accelerated potential solutions, according to the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).
