Property Management Select Digital Extra Flexible approach delivers £20 million new business F


acilities management company, Shepherd FM, has secured a range of significant, high profile contracts across the UK valued at £20 million. New deals include Piccadilly Gate in Manchester,


two commercial offices owned by Arab Investments and a major TFM deal for a FTSE 250 media company. They have also been awarded a contract extension at The Marriott Hotel at Twickenham RFU Stadium.


Noel Clancy, MD of Shepherd FM said,


“These are difficult times for the majority of our customers and budgets are being challenged like never before. Our operational teams have been looking at smarter ways to support our client base while ensuring business continuity and compliance is not compromised. It looks like the market is responding well to this approach.” Shepherd FM’s sister company and building services specialists, SES, was responsible for installing the mechanical & electrical services on three of the new buildings and according to Shepherd FM clients have really benefited during the handover phase. www.shepherdfm.co.uk


Schools still not making the grade in health and safety


business Managed Support Services (MSS). The Health and Safety Performance at Schools annual survey and benchmark study suggests that as many as 78% of the 55 schools that participated are not fully compliant, with fire safety a particular area of concern. The online survey involved 40 questions regarding each school’s existing arrangements and covered five main categories: health and safety policy, risk assessments, fire safety, first aid and health and safety management. Although most schools performed well for health and safety policy and first aid, the results were increasingly mixed for the other sections. Fire safety appears to be an area of


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any schools may be in breach of health and safety legislation according to new research from building services and compliance


health and safety that needs to be urgently addressed with almost half of the schools surveyed seemingly in breach of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. In particular, around 30% of the schools stated that they had not completed a fire risk assessment in the past year and are therefore not compliant with the legislation. Elsewhere, 55% of schools indicated


that they have not completed (or reviewed) DSE workstation assessments in the last 12 months, while only 24% of schools claim that they consult with staff on health and safety issues and 71% of schools acknowledged that they do not complete health and safety briefings with pupils at the beginning of each term. When asked how competent they


think they are at completing specific health and safety activities, ‘making staff feel involved in H&S and embedding a positive H&S culture in the school’ received the most negative response with


29% and 31% respectively rating these as poor or not competent enough. Andrew Baylis, managing director of MSS Health & Safety commented: “The findings of the study show there are some clear areas of improvements needed to ensure universal compliance


“The findings of the study show there are some clear areas of improvements needed to ensure universal compliance within the education sector.” Andrew Baylis, managing director, MSS Health & Safety.


within the education sector. Furthermore, simply complying with the minimum requirements of health and safety is just the tip of the iceberg, because enforcement authorities want to see a positive culture that is embedded in the school, so there is still some some way to go.” Web: www.managedsupport servicesplc.com


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