Scott Gough has been appointed as the new London Chair of the City Security Council (CSC), with effect from January 2024. He takes over the reins from Ashley Fernandes, who has served as Chair for the past two years and will ...

This is according to new research by the British Chambers of Commerce Insights Unit and technology firm Cisco. A survey of over 1,000 businesses, of which 96 per cent were SMEs, found 27 per cent of respondents predict their staff ...

Kier has raised more than £18,000 for food bank charity the Trussell Trust in a marathon walking challenge across London’s Royal Parks. The 40-strong team, which included 38 members from Kier’s housing maintenance and FM business, Kier Places, alongside two ...

Multi-disciplinary construction consultancies – AtkinsRéalis and Turner & Townsend – have been named as the lead providers for two upcoming Professional Services frameworks from Pagabo. The two frameworks – both of which will go live in April 2024 – provide a framework specifically ...

Leeds-based soft facilities management firm, SBFM, led by Founder and Owner Colin Shute and CEO Matthew Chapman, has embarked on an “unprecedented year of growth” and has been recognised by multiple bodies across 2023. The company says it continues to ...

CIBSE President Adrian Catchpole and CEO Ruth Carter represented the institution at COP28, bringing CIBSE’s world-leading expertise on embodied carbon to centre stage in a series of presentations and panel discussions in the prestigious Blue Zone of the event. The ...

The Social Value Strategy forms part of Arcus FM’s ongoing commitment to transparency and action across Environmental, Social and Governance areas. The strategy which has been in place since 2022 has two central action areas – community work and employability. ...

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has awarded OCS a five-year contract to support the upkeep of all its steel towers across its central southern England distribution area. The deal forms part of SSEN’s £10 million investment to ensure that ...

Following the acquisition of CHAS by Veriforce in January 2023, CHAS has announced its company brand name will become ‘Veriforce CHAS’, reflecting its position as a key part of the Veriforce group.   The products and services of Veriforce CHAS, including its ...

Only one in five UK businesses (20 per cent) are ‘wholeheartedly’ embracing digital-led building maintenance, according to a recent poll by SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance specifications. The poll also revealed that from the remaining businesses, almost half of ...