WHAT’S NEW?
style living, each with 12 bedrooms and sharing a large open plan living space, kitchen/dining area, outdoor patio and garden.
At the heart of The Green is a central hub - the Orchard, a biodiversity pond and student garden, with a designated ‘grown your own food’ area. The Green Village uses solar power for heating and rainwater for everyday use and provides recycling and composting facilities.
HOMES FOR STUDENTS WINS WITH BRADFORD
UNIVERSITY Independent real estate investment adviser, 90 North, has appointed Homes for Students to work as the University of Bradford’s preferred accommodation provider for The Green, a 1,026-bed, purpose- built scheme.
The Green is an on-campus facility close to the city centre and is one
RIGHT TO WORK CHECKING SOLUTION
ADOPTED Commercial contract cleaning provider, Ecocleen, has teamed up with uComply to streamline and simplify its Right to Work checks.
The company will use the uAuthenticate mobile application across its nationwide network of franchises, so regional directors can immediately authenticate identity documents. This will further enhance Ecocleen’s robust staff onboarding processes by introducing real-time Right to Work checks that empower local users.
Jean-Henri Beukes, Managing Director of Ecocleen, said: “Effective background checking and pre- employment screening is a critical part of our complete compliance with Home Office immigration guidelines.
“We had previously operated a centralised system for Right to Work checks that, whilst robust, could also
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of the most sustainable student accommodation projects of its kind, being one of the first ever developments to achieve BREEAM Outstanding certification when it was built in 2011.
Accommodation is comprised of two distinct types - ‘The Green Village’, which has apartments with clusters of six en-suite bedrooms, shared kitchen/dining area and living space and ‘Townhouses at the Green’, which provides students with townhouse-
be time consuming and result in unnecessary delays in the recruitment process. The uAuthenticate mobile app will enable our Regional Directors to make immediate employment decisions, so they can quickly and efficiently fill cleaning roles while reducing any exposure to risk.”
The uAuthenticate mobile application fully validates a wide range of identity documentation including passports, visas, ID cards, driving licences, biometric cards and work or resident permits in a matter of seconds. This accurate scanning and verification procedure, with built-in Home Office guidance, will quickly determine if someone has the Right to Work in the UK and identify any fake documents. This will help franchises speed up the recruitment process and ensure
The scheme also benefits from 24/7 on site management and security, high speed internet and external BBQ facilities, as well as being next to the university campus.
Martin Corbett, Managing Director of Homes for Students said: “We have agreed with 90 North to implement a number of improvement plans to student amenities, office and reception, and create a new marketing suite and information stand in the Richmond Building, at the heart of the University of Bradford’s City Campus.”
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contracts have the appropriate staffing levels, while protecting Ecocleen against any potential reputational loss or fines.
Milesh Shah, Business Development Director at uComply, commented: “With fines of up to £20,000 per illegal work, there is a huge financial incentive to comply with requirements, even before you consider potential damage to a business’ brand or the threat of imprisonment.”
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