The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has informed councils to stop any four-day week trials “immediately” and rule out adopting the practice in future, to ensure taxpayers’ money is well spent. New government guidance issued to the ...

Events by Amadeus, the arm of national catering company, Amadeus, responsible for the delivery of standalone event catering, has hailed a summer of success having delivered £3 million of sporting contracts and securing two prestigious sporting catering contracts in Scotland. ...

London-based commercial security services provider, The Clearway Group, has acquired vacant property security specialist, Secure Empty Property Limited (SEP). SEP was founded in 2012 by Chief Executive Officer, Simon Broadbent, and now has an established workforce and a management team ...

UK facilities management provider, Stadium Support Services, has teamed up with Scandinavian access company, Høyden Engineering. The collaboration focuses on the development and delivery of cutting-edge access systems, featuring comprehensive maintenance and advanced fall protection to the UK market. With ...

VINCI Facilities has secured a one-year interim facilities management contract with the British Red Cross. The contract, which commenced last month, sees VINCI Facilities responsible for facilities management across the whole British Red Cross estate, managing over 460 shops and offices across ...

Mitie’s Capital Markets Event which took place yesterday (12 October) saw the company launch its new three-year plan for FY25-FY27: ‘From Facilities Management to Facilities Transformation’. The Group outlined how customers’ needs for their built environment are changing to meet increasing ...

The FM provider has released a pre-close trading update for the six months ended 30 September 2023 (H1 FY24) which reports that group revenue (including share of joint ventures and associates) increased by c.11% to £2. 1bn, compared with the ...

Mitie has acquired Cliniwaste, which specialises in treating plastic waste generated by the NHS and pharmaceutical manufacturers, turning it in to a reusable resource. The acquisition is part of Mitie’s strategy of providing sustainable waste management solutions to its clients, ...

Apleona, a leading European integrated FM company based in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt (Main), has acquired a stake in Eastway, an Irish firm specialising in data-driven, predictive maintenance and AI-based monitoring of assets in building operations active in the US and ...

In its latest financial results for the year ending 31 December 2022, BW: Workplace Experts reports a near 50% growth in turnover to £216 million and post-tax profits of £1.7 million (0.8%), revealing that the business has turned the corner in its ...