NEWS HEAT WAVE SEES
SURGE IN PESTS July’s hot weather has led to increased demand for pest control services across the country due to the vast number of wasps, according to MITIE. The temperatures have created improved breeding conditions for wasps and better survival rates for the insects they live on, and therefore an unusual increase in their numbers.
As a result, MITIE’s pest control
team has been dealing with over 100 wasp-related call-outs a day, up
from around 10-20 calls at the start of July. The team is now destroying over 500 wasp nest a week in offices, homes and public areas.
Peter Trotman, Managing Director of MITIE’s pest control business, said: “In comparison to the relatively cold temperatures in 2012, the recent heat wave has led to a huge rise in the number of call-outs for our pest control team. Wasps are highly aggressive and can often sting even if unprovoked. Quite rightly people feel they are not a risk worth taking, even for smaller nests.”
www.mitie.com APPOINTMENTS
AND CONTACTS Hawkes is one and only choice BaxterStorey has promoted Dave Hawkes to Regional Managing Director. Dave, who has been part of BaxterStorey for over 22 years, will be responsible for overseeing the central region including areas such as Birmingham, Essex and East Anglia.
www.baxterstorey.com
HSE announces senior management changes Kevin Myers will become Acting Chief Executive of The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the departure of Geoffrey Podger at the end of August. Gordon MacDonald will become Acting Deputy Chief Executive as part of the changes.
www.hse.gov.uk
FMA AND FACILITIES SHOW CONTINUE
PARTNERSHIP UBM Live, organisers of Facilities Show, recently signed an exclusive partnership agreement with the Facilities Management Association (FMA) that will see the two organisations collaborate closely for the 2014 event when it moves to London’s ExCeL. The terms of the partnership will see the FMA continue to host the FMA Pavilion, a central meeting and networking hub for its members including many of the major total FM providers.
www.tomorrowsfm.com
Chris Hoar, Chief Executive for the FMA, said: “We are delighted to confirm that we will once again be offering our exclusive support to Facilities Show for 2014 and we have no plans to support any other Facilities Management exhibitions next year. With 2014 set to be a truly exciting year with the move to ExCeL, we feel that a new location for this core annual event is a positive step in helping the industry to reach key decision-makers, business leaders and end-users not just in the UK but internationally. We wanted to highlight our commitment to the show with the signing of this exclusive partnership and look forward to another fantastic event in June 2014.”
www.fmassociation.org.uk
Security Institute shuffles Board The Security Institute has appointed four of its members to key Director roles. David Rubens has been appointed new Director of International Development, Mike Gillespie will be the Institute’s new Director of Cyber Research and Security, Chris Northy-Baker becomes the new Director of Risk, Governance & Ethics and Angus Darroch-Warren has been appointed as Director of the new Knowledge Centre.
www.security-institute.org
Virgin signs up OCS for laundry services OCS has won a five-year, multi- million pound contract with Virgin Atlantic Airways to provide aviation laundry services. The contract, which started in July, covers Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow.
www.ocs.co.uk TOMORROW’S FM | 09
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