Serco has secured a new contract with the UK Home Office Immigration Enforcement department to manage the Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), following a competitive process. The contract is for an initial nine years starting on 1 September 2023, with ...

Contractors in England and Wales can now apply for a £260 million public sector framework to deliver a wide range of housing and non-residential refurbishment and associated retrofit works over a four-year term. The projects will be delivered under not-for-profit ...

International consultancy and construction company, Mace, is calling on the UK construction industry and government to ramp up efforts to retrofit non-domestic buildings through a series of recommendations. The policy recommendation, included in its report ‘Transform & Renew – Making ...

The third annual Social Value in Construction Benchmarking Report, produced jointly by social value measurement and monitoring platform Social Value Portal and SCAPE, one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement authorities shows that £1.08 billion social value was generated ...

SPIE UK, one of the leading technical service providers in the UK has secured two Merseytravel tunnel approach works contracts to improve motorist safety. The projects will see SPIE UK carry out the electrical upgrade of the Queensway Tunnel and ...

Amey has further enhanced its energy capabilities by successfully achieving ISO 50001, the international standard for energy management systems.  Amey was awarded the certification at a ceremony hosted by the BSI and claims it is the first FM and infrastructure ...

Sodexo Energy & Resources has appointed Tony Brady to the role of Business Development Director, where he will support the delivery of the company’s regional strategy to provide value added solutions for its current and existing clients. Brady joins the ...

One of the capital’s largest independent cleaning contractors, Julius Rutherfoord, has announced its central London head office will now be powered only by renewable energy – to ensure it reduces its overall impact on the environment. By making the shift, ...

To mark this year’s National Clean Air Day (CAD), the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is launching a major new approach to indoor air quality (IAQ) training. The theme of this year’s CAD #CleanAirDay on 15 June is ‘Clean up our air ...

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) appointed a new Chair and Vice Chair at its 2023 Annual General Meeting which took place on 7 June. Clive Miles of CLM Fireproofing became the Chair, taking over from Chris Miles who ...