Integrated facilities management firm, Vertas, has been appointed as the new Grounds and Landscaping services partner at the University of Suffolk. The University’s green spaces make up a large part of the campus footprint as well as forming an integrated ...

Biodiversity and land management business, Ground Control, has announced its commitment to becoming net zero by 2038, in line with targets submitted to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for validation. The transition includes achieving interim targets in 2030 and ...

Specialist grounds maintenance service provider, Tivoli Group, has expanded its partnership with South Tyneside Council, following a new grounds maintenance contract award covering the Council’s Grass, & Bereavement Services (Lots 1 & 3). The new five-year deal, which commenced on ...

Ground Control, the biodiversity and external maintenance business, has been awarded ‘world-class’ status for employee engagement in the 2022 Best Companies results. The award, which surveyed Ground Control’s 400+ staff – found that 91 per cent of employees felt proud ...

The Surrey-based firm has secured a six figure, multi-year grounds maintenance contract to manage the outdoor estates for social care provider, The Riverside Group. As part of this long-term contract, Grounds Care Group (GCG) will manage a full range of ...

Green services provider, Nurture Landscapes Group, has acquired Coventry-based Fallons Ground Maintenance Ltd. This, marks the company’s sixth acquisition of the financial year, and places the independently owned, national landscaping and horticultural services group amongst the fastest growing businesses in ...

Green services provider, Nurture Landscapes Group, has increased its presence in the Midlands and North of England with the completion of three acquisitions this month. The three deals, each for undisclosed sums, underpin the UK-wide landscaping and horticultural services group’s ...

Following a competitive tender process, procurement organisation and social enterprise, Fusion21, has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Grounds Maintenance Framework worth up to £85 million, over a four-year period. Thirteen specialist firms – of which 46 per ...

Outdoor compliance expert OUTCO has signed a two-year deal with Volkswagen Financial Services Rent-A-Car, helping the company modernise its fleet and reduce emissions with new vehicles that feature efficient and Euro 6 compliant engines. The leasing deal has replaced an ...

The external maintenance business and biodiversity expert has been certified as a B Corporation by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental standards which represent its commitment to sustainable goals ahead ...