Management

The number of employees who do not want to return to the office has almost doubled since lockdown began, shows a poll carried out for the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management.

High street fashion accessories retailer Monsoon Accessorize has appointed Cloudfm to manage planned and reactive maintenance for three years.

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has officially announced a new building safety regulator.

More than half of workplaces do not have "an actively managed health and wellbeing programme", according to Vested, a workplace savings and benefits consultancy.

More than 100 councils across England have been awarded a share of over £4 million to crack down on criminal landlords and letting agents, including property guardian providers, said housing secretary Robert Jenrick.

NEC, the contract standards organisation, is to make a new suite of facilities management contracts available in the New Year.

Poor office ergonomics have a negative effect on the physical health of 47.7 per cent of workers, suggests research by ergonomics and power supplier CMD.

Office supplies company Viking Direct has conducted a study to unearth UK employees' online searches about their colleagues and bosses.

Challenger bank Vanquis has conducted a nationwide office survey to find out what makes UK workers tick - and what ticks them off.

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Nicola Gillen as head of total workplace in its London office.

Climate change has become a much more important topic of late.