UK resource management firm, Veolia, has been appointed by Croydon Council as its environmental services contractor. The eight-year contract, valued at £21.5 million, builds on Veolia’s existing recycling and waste collection and street cleansing services while supporting Croydon Council’s target ...
Read More »Willmott Dixon to deliver new net zero HQ for Oxfordshire County Council
Willmott Dixon has been appointed by Oxfordshire County Council to deliver its highly sustainable new headquarters building at Speedwell House in Oxford. The council is relocating from its current premises at County Hall, also in Oxford, to a new four-storey ...
Read More »Alpine Fire strengthens its offering with acquisition
ESG fire suppression company, Alpine Fire, has acquired Hampshire-based DAS Fire. DAS Fire is a market leader in supplying fire detection and suppression solutions to the data centre sector across the UK and Ireland, offering full design, installation and maintenance to ...
Read More »Key win for Bidvest Noonan at the ICCA Awards
Bidvest Noonan is celebrating a key win at the 2024 Irish Contract Cleaning Association (ICCA) Awards, which recognise outstanding service, innovation, and commitment to quality in Ireland’s cleaning sector. Held at Dublin’s iconic Mansion House, the awards brought together over ...
Read More »Spotless acquires hospitality sector cleaning specialist
Edinburgh-headquartered Spotless Commercial Cleaning has acquired South East England-based hospitality sector cleaning specialist, Fluid Hygiene (FH), in a move which will see Spotless’ annual revenues grow to over £34 million. Located in New Malden, Surrey, FH was set up in ...
Read More »Mitie welcomes three new apprenticeship cohorts to its business in the past week
In just one week, Mitie has welcomed 222 colleagues, new and existing, to three apprenticeship programmes – Women in Leadership, Data, or Engineering. The apprenticeships, which span technical, digital, and leadership roles, supporting career progression across the entire business, further ...
Read More »Marshalling training
Gary Ellis, Director at CE Safety explains the importance of fire safety training for staff, particularly designated fire marshals Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, it’s a legal requirement for all staff to have undertaken fire safety awareness ...
Read More »Sodexo delivers a ‘strong set of numbers’ for FY24
Sodexo’s Full Year Group Results for Fiscal 2024 report a strong financial delivery in a year of structural transformation for the food services and facilities management company. Group revenues increased +5.1% year-on-year driven by organic growth of +7.9%. The year benefited ...
Read More »CEOs across Europe are adjusting ESG timescales following volatile energy markets
New research commissioned by energy solutions specialist, Aggreko, has revealed that CEOs across key European countries are adjusting timescales and investment around net zero goals in a bid to balance profitability and sustainability in a volatile energy market. The survey ...
Read More »ISS launches low-carbon meals in UK secondary schools
ISS has launched a new low-carbon initiative into its secondary school menus in the UK, working alongside partner Coolfood — an initiative run by not-for-profit organisation, World Resources Institute (WRI) — to cut food-related emissions across the education sector. It ...
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