The Wates Group’s social housing repairs and maintenance division, Wates Living Space, has secured a £35 million contract to deliver Brent Council’s Major Works programme across its social housing portfolio. The contract, which commenced in July will run for 80 weeks ...

Procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the renewal of its national Building Improvements Framework worth up to £346 million over four years, and is now inviting bids from interested contractors of any size, providing local, regional or national ...

The Royal Parks charity, which manages London’s historic Royal Parks and other important green spaces in the capital, has awarded OCS a five-year, multi-million-pound service contract. The contract, beginning on 1 October 2023, covers hard facilities maintenance services across all ...

EDF Group subsidiary, Dalkia UK, has extended its technical hard services contract with the University of Lincoln, reflecting a “successful long-term partnership” as both organisations continue to work together towards a greener estate. Dalkia UK is responsible for 86 buildings ...

The Building Safety Alliance – a collaborative group of stakeholders from the occupation phase with over 70 declared supporters from a wide range of organisations across the sector – have announced their intention to become a charity. The alliance, which ...

Global real estate services firm, JLL, has appointed James Allan as CEO, Middle East and Africa (MEA), to drive its ambitious growth agenda in the region. Allan, who has been working at JLL for 15 years, taking on increasing levels ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has been granted observer status for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), to be held from 30 November to 12 December at Expo City, Dubai. The institution, representing more than 134,000 ...

Aramark UK has teamed up with Edible Straws to offer a sustainable solution to single-use straws across Merlin sites in the UK, such as Chessington World of Adventure Resort, LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort and Alton Towers Resort. Edible Straws emerged as ...

Apleona, a leading European integrated FM company based in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt (Main), has acquired technical facilities management firm, JCW Group Limited (JCW). Based in Royston, Cambridgeshire, JCW offers a full range of self-delivered hard services through its team of over ...

A five-year contract extension valued at £10 million has been confirmed between VINCI Facilities and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) for the delivery of hard FM services across circa 600 locations across the CRUK estate. CRUK and VINCI Facilities have worked ...