News in Numbers

NEWS IN NUMBERS 79%

Percentage of Gen Z respondents that feels more active when working in the office, compared to older workers (66%.) Figures from global workplace firm Unispace.

⅓

Number of organisations that think a four-day week will become a reality in the UK for most workers within the next 10 years, according to a study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (2,000 respondents).

43%

Percentage of organisations saying that their use of hybrid / remote working has greatly or somewhat increased, with almost a quarter expecting the figure to increase further over the coming 12 months.

60%

Percentage of workers unable to concentrate and/or delivering poor-quality work owing to loud workspaces, according to a poll of 2,000 office workers by an acoustics firm. Four in 10 said poor acoustics were impairing their concentration, a third that their mood was negatively affected, and a quarter that high noise levels led to stress.

£59,000,000,000

Size of the cleaning, hygiene and waste sector suffering from “severe” staff shortages since a tightening of immigration rules last year. The British Cleaning Council has slammed the government’s att itude towards migrant workers as “ridiculous” and “divorced from reality”.

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£400,000,000

Amount for which London-based private equity firm Buckthorn Partners says it has agreed to acquire Amey Group plc from the Spanish multinational Ferrovial. The acquiring partners want to “strengthen and grow the business and to access new opportunities, particularly in energy transition”.

7,000

Amount of tonnes of CO2 no longer being emitt ed each year from Greater Manchester’s public buildings, putt ing the city region 12 years ahead of its target of being carbon-neutral by 2038 – 12 years ahead of the national Net Zero 2050 target.

65%

Percentage of 4,000 surveyed chartered surveyors from across the world that say occupier demand for green / sustainable buildings has risen over the past 12 months. For buildings that are not classed as green or sustainable, 48% of respondents noted a reduction in rents.

£10.90

The new Living Wage rate for the UK, a £1 increase. The figure is now £11.95 an hour in London, a 90p increase. The changes affect 400,000 people working for more than 11,000 real Living Wage Employers throughout the country, including many FM service providers.