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Construction output still growing – just
The construction industry is still growing but the rate of expansion has slowed down.The latest figures for the month of August from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) show a significant slowdown. The construction activity index fell to 56·3 from July's 59·9. While August's figures represent the thirty-first ...
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Workplace update
The Director general of the Business Services Association looks at European policy
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Premiums up, travel sown
Premiums upProperty insurance specialists say premiums will rise following the terrorist attacks.Paul Feldman, of Alexander Forbes Risk Assessment's construction and commercial property section, said premiums will rise, 'but by how much is anyone's guess'.Feldman said insurers' attitudes towards covering towers and premises near higher risk buildings are also liable to ...
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Newsmaker
Energy scheme manager Allan Jones has hit the headlines with his green schemes.
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Who got that job?
After training as a management accountant, Neil Barker switched careers to become a facilities manager. After spells in-house at SmithKline Beecham and then at advertising agency Leo Burnett, he joined Johnson Controls and this summer was appointed customer services manager at the Whitbread Group.
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Employment: The record industry
From this autumn, employers in charge of recruiting staff to high-risk positions will have an extra tool to hand in checking out their background. Here, we explain how the disclosure system will work and how facilities managers are likely to benefit from the information it can provide
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Tupe direction still unclear
The long awaited consultation paper on the rules governing staff transfers from one employer to another was published last week.
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The diary
Sea of paper to engulf CEOHats off to Chris Cracknell, chief executive of the OCS Group who has launched a campaign to encourage staff to share their ideas and views with him direct. Called 'Speak to the Chief', the campaign is all part of the implementation of a group-wide Investors ...
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Legislation: Firms grasp DDA nettle
With three years to go, four-fifths of property firms prepare for new disability rules
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Vitalstatistics: construction, rents, noise risk
Jobs and earningsWorkforce jobs were up 56,000 over the quarter to 29.23 million in June 2001 and up 165,000 on a year earlier, the latest labour market statistics released by the Government's National Statistics last week show. Over the year to June, production industries workforce jobs were down 139,000 while ...
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Construction safety: Delegates hit out on safety
Trade unionists urged companies in the construction industry to take responsibility for the increased number of fatalities on construction sites at the TUC conference before its cancellation.
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Public private partnerships: Labour conference to tackle PPP
Despite the cancellation of the TUC conference, the debate on PPP and PFI will rumble on.
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Conference: Value yourself
The facilities management sector must see itself as a mature industry ready to be welcomed into the business world if it is to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the UK and Europe.This is what Bifm chairman Ian Fielder will tell delegates at the Bifm Annual Conference on 16-18 October ...
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The column
Our columnist, of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, wants people management to be linked with business strategy
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Citywatch
Outsourcers buck stockmarket trendCorporate outsourcing companies continue to buck the plunge in the stockmarket, which has fallen to its lowest level since 1998 as a result of the terrorist attack on the USA and its potential consequences. Outsourcing companies are winning lucrative long-term UK deals while foreign governments want ...
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maintenance - CIBSE is to publish first 'MOT' ventilation guide
Focus groups called for non-domestic ventilation tests to be simple and practical
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Contract management: Make the most of change
Changes to the character of a contract are an inescapable fact of life for facilities managers. Here, in the first of a two - part series, we offer some sound advice on managing contract change
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Residential care: Homing in
Sodexho Healthcare has secured four new contracts valued at £500,000 a year within its specialist care division.
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Results: Carillion calls latest orders
Growth in facilities management and increased investment in PFI has increased the value of the Carillion order book by 17 per cent to a record £4.7bn, the company said as it released interim results.Turnover for the six months to 30 June increased five per cent compared to the same ...
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Staff call the tune
Call centre employees will no longer accept battery hen conditions. And their employers need to retain and motivate their staff. So step inside the latest breed of call centres. Here good design, lighting, ventilation, noise control, seating arrangements and suggestions from staff make for good team working and a healthy ...