Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery and specialist cleaning provider Rainbow International has renewed its contract with Liverpool Victoria – one of the UK's biggest insurance companies.

Employment contracts and HR policies will need to be overhauled to create a “new deal” for employers and employees reflecting changed ways of working, global consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates states in a new report.

As the UK lockdown restrictions begin to ease, Mitie has published Bouncing Back: Building the Future Workplace, highlighting four key routes to making places safe for employees.

Service provider Serco has announced its full-year results for 2020, claiming a very strong year for global business while increasing guidance for 2021.

ISS Restoration and its Rainbow International brand have renewed a contract with NFU Mutual Insurance for disaster recovery and restoration services to commercial and domestic policyholders for three more years.

The facilities management sector’s response to the continuing Covid-19 crisis was well recognised in yesterday’s IWFM virtual awards ceremony.

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

UK Contractors Declare – a manifesto for a just transition to a zero-carbon economy – is calling on all industries to commit to action on the climate crisis.

A shadow pandemic akin to post-war syndrome is likely to beset the world’s population for many years after the immediate health concerns of Covid-19 have passed.

How are schools and universities preparing for September in light of the threat of a second wave of Covid-19? 

The government has published its building safety bill in draft form.