In an era where technology is becoming a more significant enabler, new opportunities are being created for all of us to enrich our lives. In the world of business, this allows companies an opportunity to deliver a level of customer service that until now has not been possible. But it also brings into sharper focus the dangers for business of failing to provide great quality service.

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– Energy consumption has dropped by 5% – While maintenance, safety and comfort costs have all been reduced by 25% – The project will have effectively paid for itself within 7-10 years LONDON, UK – 22nd Jan 2020 – Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, are helping to power …

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Andy Halsall replaces David McLoughlin as Managing Director for Utilities, while Craig McGilvray replaces Amanda Fisher as Managing Director of Facilities Management, Defence and Justice business. Andy Halsall replaces David McLoughlin as Managing Director for Utilities, while Craig McGilvray replaces Amanda Fisher as Managing Director of Facilities Management, Defence and Justice business. Andy Halsall is a former Business Improvement Director at Mitie who has extensive experience in large business improvement projects. Commenting on his appointment, he said: “I’m delighted to be joining Amey at a time when the business and wider sector are showing signs of enormous potential. I look forward to using my wealth of cross-sector experience to bring a fresh perspective and added strength to the utilities operations.”

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A review of UKWIR’s National Failure Database for pipe assets is being carried out by Servelec Technologies after the company won its 40th contract with the research organisation. The work will examine the business case for continuing development and support of the NFD, which benchmarks failure rates for water distribution mains and sewers in the UK and Ireland.

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From next week, every school and college and England can now order free period products, supplied by phs Direct, under a new scheme to create period equality. The scheme, fully funded by the Department for Education, makes period products freely available to more than 20,000 schools and colleges in England from Monday January 20, giving easy access to young people who need them.

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These new ALLroundWork Jackets and Gilets are just what the name suggests – delivering a great all-round performance on site with a Ripstop water-resistant outer fabric and a coated inner fabric for extra durability. They’re wind-resistant too and all have the features and functionality that you’d expect in Snickers Workwear clothing. Designed for optimum comfort and flexibility when you’re on the move, they’re great-looking working clothes that will keep you feeling comfortable wherever you are and whatever you’re doing at work in cold and windy weather.

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The community interest company visits the area annually to bring the magical art of circus to children who have disabilities and additional learning needs. This year’s accessible performance will see Ringmaster Joel Hatton present cool circus skills from Romy Bauer and foot juggling from Germaine Delbosq.

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Responding to the announcement of the imminent introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks in the Private Rented Sector (PRS), Martyn Allen, Technical Director at Electrical Safety First, commented: “Today’s commitment by the Government to bring mandatory electrical safety checks into force, is a success for millions of renters and their landlords in England.

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Openreach will extend a programme that offers free full-fibre broadband installations to thousands of newbuilds per year after relaxing the conditions around the number of properties developers must have on their sites. The networking infrastructure division of BT has estimated that around 13,000 new homes across 600 small housing developments will benefit from its free Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) installations from 1 April this year.

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Despite shrinking overall markets, the Volkswagen Group grew its worldwide deliveries by 1.3 percent to 10,974,600 vehicles in 2019. Market shares were expanded in all regions, in some cases significantly. Volume growth was achieved in Europe (+3.9 percent) and South America (+3.2 percent) while there were slight falls in North America (-0.5 percent) and Asia-Pacific (-0.4 percent). Strong growth was recorded with electric vehicles. As a result of many new models within the framework of the Group’s electric offensive and growing interest on the part of customers, there was a rise of around 80 percent to more than 140,000 vehicles.

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