All Archive Titles articles – Page 1254
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Screen star
The new computer centre at Napier University in Edinburgh houses 500 computer terminals, which can be accessed by students 24-hours a day. Award-winning architect Richard Murphy designed the £5m centre
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School PFIs: Wates for it
Wates PFI Investments, a consortium of WS Atkins, Innisfree and Wates, has been appointed as preferred bidder on its fourth PFI project.
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Newsmaker
Anne Hart, BIFM FM Manager of the Year shares the secrets of her success with Quentin Reade
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Shelf life
Imagine a facilities management job where you have only two chances a year to get it right. The Facilities Business reports on the challenges of supplying and maintaining the British research stations in Antarctica
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LS Trillium trials workspace ideas
Think tank initiatives include 'touch down sleep space' for Empress site
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Who got that job?
The BBC's property partnerhip with Land Securities Trillium goes live on 12 November. Martyn Phillips becomes the new regional director of the Beeb's London property portfolio for LST.
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research: PPPs get thumbs-up
Public private partnerships work and are bringing benefits to the public sector, according to the people working to provide public services, a report has concluded.
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Results: Fit-out is fit
Fit-out firm Spectrum Projects has continued the expansion of its business, doubling pre-tax profits and turnover for the year to September.
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Health& safety file
Barbour Index editor, David Denton, looks at the latest publications
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Europe: It's a nice new office
Turner FM opens first of two offices in France to service its clients there
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UK leads as Europe tackles outsourcing
Analysts and practitioners cannot name a famous Belgian outsourcing deal, but say Italians are embracing the trend with gusto. The Facilities Business reports on the latest study of outsourcing in Europe
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waste directive: We don't know
one-third of European businesses are unfamiliar with the European Parliament waste directive. The directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is due to come into force in 2005 when member states will have to meet waste collection and recycling targets.The UK and Spain are the least clued up, ...
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Office design: Are you sitting flexibly?
Flexible working practices are becoming the norm for many organisations, driven by advances in technology, evolving lifestyles and changes in corporate culture. We take a look at what can be done with work spaces to support the emerging trends in working practices
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Health and safety: Dealing with Legionella
A spate of microbiological outbreaks such as E. coli has prompted the government to take action on the public health risk. The Facilities Business looks at tougher steps being taken to reduce the risks from Legionella
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Construction: Equion supplies Met staff
Laing subsidiary wins construction and maintenance contracts from police
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The column
There are lies, damned lies and CVs — even in facilities management. Jobseekers shouldn't make it up and employers should check it up
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Citywatch
Railway cuttings part oneThe government has said that the Railtrack debacle is irrelevant to the future of PPPs, which will go ahead because they are the best way of increasing investment in services. Andrew Smith, chief secretary to the Treasury said PPPs, such as the proposed part-privatisation of the London ...
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No ifs, no butts, it's the law
The government has consulted on an approved code of practice on passive smoking at work (ACOP). Karl Brookes, formerly of the anti-smoking health charity, ASH answers questions on what this will mean for workplace smoking
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security: Firms break data law
Not complying with the Data Protection Act could leave firms facing huge fines