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Are you ready for the workplace reckoning?
Seismic change is coming to the workplace – yet organisations are in denial and will face dire consequences.
Insights
Installing solar panels on your commercial building roof? Read on
Concerns over the security of supply, rising costs, and the need to decarbonise environments have quickly and permanently transformed our energy landscape.
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Bidfood appoints Mitie to support their waste reduction strategy
Five-year deal covering Bidfood’s waste operations. Mitie aims to reduce food waste and increase recycling across 37 depots in the UK.
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Four ways to avoid the ‘brick wall’ of 2030
A brick wall. Which is getting bigger. And we’re hurtling towards it with a real risk of disaster. That’s how leading proptech influencer, Antony Slumbers, describes the 2030 deadline, when UK carbon emissions must have reduced by 45% in line with the Paris Agreement.
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Meet our people: Jerry’s fighting fire on Ascension Island
No two days are the same for Jerry Williams, who works as a firefighter as part of Mitie’s contract with the UK Ministry of Defence Strategic Command on Ascension Island. It’s an isolated but strategically-located 33.97 square mile landmass in the South Atlantic Ocean. Jerry shared his experiences working for the UK’s leading facilities management company.
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Almost half of women feel unsafe on our streets, survey finds
Almost three quarters of people (69%) change their route home during winter to avoid walking in the dark, spending an average of £100 extra per month on taxis and public transport. Seven in ten (71%) say more needs to be done to improve street safety and one in five (19%) say employers should play a role in this. In response, Mitie has partnered with personal safety app, WalkSafe, to develop an enhanced service for organisations that want to offer additional personal safety support for their colleagues through a specialist 24/7 contact centre.
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Mitie’s scoops two awards at CIR Risk Management Awards
Mitie’s innovative Risk Safe solution won both the ‘Risk Management Innovation of the Year’ and ‘Risk Management App of the Year’ categories at the prestigious CIR Risk Management Awards. Both awards recognise Mitie’s technology-led approach to risk management. The CIR Risk Management Awards distinguish organisations and teams for their excellence in the field of risk management.
Perspective
Is your organisation ready to clear the air?
When considering the essentials of workplace cleanliness, clean keyboards, loos and kitchen areas are the most obvious priorities. But what about air cleanliness? With proposed air purity laws on their way, it’s time for individuals and organisations to sit up and take notice of the air we all breathe.
Perspective
Are you guarding against corporate catfish?
In today’s world, security of people and buildings is given huge focus. But what about the risk of reputational damage?
News
Mitie finds FM is a natural career match for ex-military personnel
Mitie’s first report into how the facilities management (FM) industry supports armed forces veterans shows the sector is a good career fit, with over two thirds (70%) of former servicemen and women saying FM roles match their skill set. More than three quarters (77%) of veterans would recommend a career in FM to other armed forces leavers. Though 50% of veterans say it was a challenge to find work after leaving the military, four in five (84%) managers say veterans are likely to possess the skills most urgently needed in the sector.