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Suppliers named for £1bn refit and refurbishment framework

Procurement provider, Pagabo, has announced the 93 suppliers appointed to its £1 billion refit and refurbishment framework, which goes live today (3 May). This is the second iteration of the refit and refurbishment framework, including Overbury, Morris & Spottiswood and ...

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Katy Dowding takes over as President and CEO of Skanska UK

Katy Dowding takes up her new role as President and CEO of Skanska UK effective from Tuesday, 2 May. Over her 20-year career with Skanska, Dowding has held a diverse range of commercial, operational and strategic leadership roles, including Managing ...

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BCO honours North’s best workplaces

The North’s most outstanding workplaces have been announced, with prestigious British Council for Offices (BCO) Awards going to six landmark office buildings across the region. Held on 27 April at Manchester’s Kimpton Clocktower, the BCO’s annual Northern Awards recognise projects ...

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Acquisition sees Mitie expand its security systems offering

Mitie Group is building on its position as a UK leading intelligence and technology-led security provider, following its acquisition of R H Irving Industrials Ltd, a specialist in security services, for a total consideration of £19.1 million. R H Irving ...

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Carlisle Support Services appoints new MD in the South

Carlisle Support Services has appointed Simon Pratt as Managing Director in the South to lead the company’s security and events division. The appointment follows the internal promotion of Adrian White to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Pratt spent the ...

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Compass redistributes 257,000 meals worth of surplus food

Compass Group UK & Ireland has announced that over the past year it has diverted 109 tonnes of food, which is the equivalent of around 257,000 meals worth of surplus food, to organisations including FareShare, Olio, Too Good To Go ...

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FM market optimism down and economic dangers up, research finds

Research into the performance of the workplace and facilities management sector has revealed a dampened outlook for 2023, with higher costs, squeezed cash flows, and a stuttering economy being among the challenges causing the proportion of the sector expecting worse ...

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Office occupancy rates hit highest level since the end of lockdown

UK office occupancy rates have reached their highest level since the end of the national lockdown in March 2021, according to the latest research from Remit Consulting. The management consultant’s Return report reveals that, in the week ending 21 April, ...

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Sodexo to deliver IFM for €250m third level PPP contract in Ireland

Sodexo Ireland has been appointed to deliver facilities management and technical services in Dublin, Cork, Kerry and Westmeath as part of the €250 million (ex. VAT) Higher Education PPP project recently announced by Minister Simon Harris, making it the on-site ...

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Equans launches Smartr digital platform

Equans has launched a new advanced digital platform to drive efficiencies and help accelerate decarbonisation efforts across the built environment. The Smartr platform connects and integrates data from across a building or estate to provide a complete overview of a ...

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