Property services provider, Wates Smartspace, has been appointed to deliver a £1.8m expansion programme at St George’s College in Southampton, becoming the second project awarded to the business through Hampshire Council’s Intermediate Framework. The appointment will see Wates Smartspace expand ...
Read More »Sodexo reports solid pick-up in activity and better than expected performance
Sodexo’s Full Year Group Results for FY21 show organic growth has been better than expected in both halves. By the fourth quarter, the Group reached 87 per cent of Fiscal 2019 activity, with Healthcare, Schools and Benefits & Rewards Services ...
Read More »Chris Nickols appointed Chairman of Corps Security
Chris Nickols CB CBE DL has been named Chairman of Corps Security. He has been on the board as a Non-Executive Director since March 2020 and was a shareholder Trustee for the seven years before that. Nickols completed a full ...
Read More »Office still highly valued by UK employees and is a boost for mental wellbeing finds research
New research from Nespresso Professional has revealed that the office space is still highly valued by employees, with office workers naming seeing their colleagues (39 per cent) as the thing they like most about being in the office. While a proper desk setup (31 per ...
Read More »ISS announces new Global Head of Sustainability
In another sign that the FM sector is building up its green credentials, Tracy Nilsson will join ISS as Global Head of Sustainability on 1 January 2022. With the hire of an experienced international profile that has spent most of ...
Read More »Fisher German named as a supplier on £500m government framework
National property consultancy Fisher German has been awarded a position on the £500m Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Estate Management Services (EMS) framework. The four-year framework gives public sector organisations access to a simplified means of sourcing end-to-end property management services, ...
Read More »Amey commits to science-based targets & Race to Zero
Amey, one of the UK’s largest infrastructure services and engineering companies, has joined the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign, the global movement of leading companies working to limit global temperature rise. This campaign brings together the world’s largest group of ...
Read More »Circular Economy predicted to play a critical role in helping to cut carbon emissions
The Circular Economy is set to top the agenda at COP26 which takes place in Glasgow next month, according to Chief Product Officer Development at Advetec, Dr Stephen Wise: “We cannot fix climate change until we transform the global economy, ...
Read More »JLL acquires leading building operations technology company Building Engines
JLL has agreed to acquire Boston-based Building Engines, a market-leading building operations platform that transforms how properties are run, provides exceptional experiences for operators and tenants and improves net operating income (NOI) across the world’s most successful commercial real estate ...
Read More »Strong construction demand but supply hit by perfect storm
The Construction Products Association (CPA) has revised construction output growth up for 2021 from 13.7 per cent to 14.3 per cent since its previous Forecasts, but also revised down growth for 2022 from 6.3 per cent to 4.8 per cent in ...
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