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Welcome to InTheNews – covering all the FM news you may have missed over the last week:
This week was World FM Day, with a focus on sustainability. Businesses from across the sector discussed what was important to them from a sustainability perspective.
As said by Pradyumna V. Pandit at Mitie: “World FM Day is an important opportunity for us to celebrate the important role that facilities management plays in keeping workplaces, public spaces and vital infrastructure running. However, as well as reflecting on past achievements, it’s also a chance to look forward and highlight the role that FM can play in solving the challenges of the future.”
This week was also Mental Health Awareness Week. FM Business Daily’s Head of HR Gill Brabham shared some of the insight that is being done by the business to support colleagues, which you can find on the FM Business Daily website.
Contracts now, and BAM’s facilities management business has been appointed by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), to its Hard Facilities Management framework agreement (Hard FM). BAM was awarded a place for eight main lots, and places on 23 sub lots.
The new framework’s scope has broadened to encompass Covid-19 safety provisions and includes a specific emphasis on sustainability and innovation.
Mitie has extended its relationship with Bristol Airport (BRS) a new three-year contract worth £3m. The contract is to provide baggage screening services with the option to extend for an additional two years.
Mitie, which has provided services to the airport for over 20 years, was awarded the contract following a successful competitive retender process.
And finally, a survey by Willis Towers Watson revealed that only a third of employees (37%) in the UK report having good emotional wellbeing.
The survey revealed that those impacted by poor wellbeing are likely to miss more workdays per year due to presenteeism and are three times more likely to feel disengaged and burnt out at work. It also found those employees are five times more likely to have suffered with anxiety or depression in the last two years. Single women with children, those on low income and those working in the retail and wholesale sector are most negatively affected.
You can find out more on news.fmbusinessdaily.com
