The cost of living crisis and BoE interest rate hikes have caused a cautious tone across the commercial property market, with 43 per cent of respondents now reporting that the market is entering the early stages of a downturn.  This ...

Mitie has won a £4.5m contract to install and maintain electric vehicle (EV) charge points for the Environment Agency, a delivery body of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Mitie is building on its existing relationship delivering ...

Facilities Management provider Atalian Servest has begun its’ phased roll out of a new financial wellbeing product to its workforce. It has partnered with Wagestream to introduce a range of services that reduce financial stress and build financial resilience. As ...

Soft-services provider the Churchill Group has appointed John Stewart as director of strategic sales. Stewart is an FM industry veteran who will support Churchill’s national growth. Stewart’s remit will include providing support and guidance to the existing sales team; assisting ...

EMCOR UK has been recognised as ‘Pioneers in Collaboration’ by the Institute for Collaborative Working (ICW) and has been re-elected as a corporate member of the ICW’s Advisory Council. Established in 1990, the Institute’s role is to establish collaborative working ...

Last year, NEC Contracts released a new set of contracts specifically designed for the procurement of facilities management services. NEC worked with the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) to develop the contracts, ensuring that they demonstrate and encourage ...

EJ Parker Technical Services has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Facilities Management and Workplace Services Framework. The framework gives all government departments and public sector organisations access to facilities management and workplace services across ...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to fine former CEO Richard Howson and former finance directors Richard Adam and Zafar Khan as part of its investigations into failed construction and services company Carillion.  The fines imposed on the trio who ...

Arcus FM has strengthened its senior structure by announcing the appointment of Debbie Gregory as the company’s first ever Chief People Officer to join its C-suite. The appointment is in response to the significant year-on-year growth that the business has enjoyed ...

Private investment firm, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is set to acquire OCS Group and Atalian, to form a global facilities management platform. CD&R has announced agreements under which CD&R Fund XI and affiliates will acquire the facilities services business ...