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The Welsh Government has made good progress in reducing the size, improving the efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of its estate in the last 12 months, Finance Minister Jane Hutt said today. The findings are revealed as part of the Welsh Government’s fifth ‘State of the Estate’ report, which reports on the efficiency and environmental performance of the administrative estate. It sets the background against which the estate is currently being managed with regard…

The University of Bedfordshire has moved to further reduce its carbon footprint with the purchase of a third electrically powered van. Following the purchase last year of both a Renault Kangoo ZE, along with a larger model, the ZE Maxi, the University’s Facilities and Estates (F&E) department has expanded their fleet with the addition of a second ZE Maxi. The latest electric van, which was part-funded to the tune of £4,000 by the Office of…

The University of Liverpool celebrated a significant landmark in its campus development this week, with the topping out of its £62 million Crown Place student accommodation building. Crown Place, on Brownlow Hill, is the first student accommodation scheme in the UK to be delivered by a university’s own in-house construction company. ULCCO is the construction company established by the University of Liverpool specifically for the construction of Crown Place. Senior Contracts Manager, ULCCO Special Projects,…