International

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.

Pierre Cheyron has been appointed managing director of ENGIE’s Global Business Line Client Solutions from 1st September.

Catering companies have reported that they will take a hit in their revenues because of the turbulence and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

Sodexo has been awarded a five-year IFM contract with Quilter, the international investment and wealth management adviser.

Eighty-five per cent of Britons would like hotels to replace plastic carrier bags and plastic bin bags with compostable and reusable carrier bags, suggests research from Taxi2Airport.

Mace Macro (Macro) has been appointed to deliver facilities management services to Superdry - its first such contract for a major high street retailer.

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

London is the top destination for Generation Z workers, suggests the 2019 Generation Z city index compiled by apartment search site Nestpick.

Significant problems facing the Nigerian facilities management industry include "a poor facility management culture"", according to a report by the Nigeria Region IWFM group.

Mace Macro has reported a 20 per cent increase in revenue growth - "driven by organic growth and strong client retention"", according to its annual report.

Commercial property experts at Savoystewart.co.uk have analysed Google search trends as well as Instagram tags in order to rank the most internet-famous office buildings in five capital cities around the world.

A mid-year global office report by Avison Young released this week shows that the overall vacancy in the 5.3 billion-square feet US office market has increased.