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Churchill extends dual service deal with the University of Suffolk

  Following a competitive tender process, Churchill Group has retained its cleaning and security contract with the University of Suffolk. Churchill has provided cleaning services since 2011, and Amulet has provided security since 2019. The new contract award, which is ...

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BaxterStorey wins deal at Carmarthenshire college

The hospitality business has won a five-year catering services contract with Coleg Sir Gâr, a further education college in Carmarthenshire with five campuses across the county. The contract, which commenced on 2 September, ahead of the start of the new ...

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Mitie awarded decarbonisation consulting contract at the University of Essex

Mitie is supporting the University of Essex to reach its net zero goals with a new decarbonisation consulting contract. The contract will see Mitie helping the University achieve its goal of reaching net zero Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions ...

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King’s College London brings 150 FM staff in-house

King’s College London has welcomed around 150 employees previously working for Equans to provide facilities management services on the Guy’s and Waterloo campuses. The staff employed by Equans, formerly known as Bouygues, transferred from New Hunts House (NHH) and Franklin-Wilkins ...

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Idox’s CAFM Explorer® is the facilities management software of choice for the University of Salford

How can a word-class university manage and maintain its facilities across multiple buildings and three campuses? Idox’s CAFM Explorer® provides the solution!  Universities provide a central hub for education and community to coexist. With multiple facilities being used around the ...

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Derwent FM part of preferred consortium for university campus redevelopment

The Viridis consortium comprising of GRAHAM (investor and construction), Equitix (infrastructure investor, developer and manager) and Derwent FM (facilities management), has been chosen as the preferred bidder and delivery partner for the redevelopment of The University of Manchester’s Fallowfield Campus, under a ...

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Key contract wins in the education sector for Bidvest Noonan

Bidvest Noonan, a provider of facilities services across the UK and Ireland, has retained and acquired contracts within the higher education sector. The company has extended its contract to provide security and cleaning services for a prominent university in the ...

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Pinnacle Group secures HOCHTIEF deal at Staffordshire University

Pinnacle Group, a leading housing management firm, has been appointed by German construction giant, HOCHTIEF, as a key delivery partner for Staffordshire University’s new purpose-built student accommodation village at its Stoke-on-Trent campus. The project, which received planning permission in March, ...

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Sodexo stays on at Northumbria University for a further 10 years

Northumbria University in Newcastle has chosen to retain Sodexo for its soft and hard FM services and residential living management contract for a further ten years in a new contract with the addition of a new food offer for the ...

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Elior introduces robots to deliver food to students’ rooms

The contract caterer has introduced new autonomous delivery robotics to deliver food to students’ rooms at the University of Roehampton, London. Elior provides student catering at the University of Roehampton’s campus restaurants and noticed that many preferred the ease and convenience of ...

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