Workplace Performance

Sunderland-based Maxim FM is looking to establish up to 100 new jobs over the next year after winning a string of new contracts across the country.

Hybrid workplace: What’s HR got to do with it?

The government is to propose that employees can have the right to request flexible working from the moment they start a job in a consultation that is widely presumed to be published this week, according to news reports.

ISS Group has signed the CEO statement for the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), reflecting its vow to people and society – and aims towards at least a 40 per cent gender balance at group leadership level by 2025.

Apleona HSG Facility Management UK has renewed its contract with Electricity North West to provide cleaning, security and technical maintenance services.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has launched a new guide to help companies report their ethnicity pay gap.

FM's role in meeting etiquette

Research by Acas has found that over a third (36 per cent) of British employers have seen their mental health support improve since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

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Boden Group has been appointed by KBS Maritime as a strategic partner to provide FM and reactive maintenance services to Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth.

Facilities managers face “complex challenges in catering for employees and remaining compliant”, according to research by software firm Idox.

Workloads, profit margins and employment opportunities are set to continue to grow for the year ahead owing to rising demand for FM services, according to the latest RICS UK Facilities Management Market Survey.