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Apleona bolsters UK market position with acquisition

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 ...

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VINCI Facilities extends Cancer Research UK contract

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 ...

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Mitie snaps up JCA Engineering

Mitie Group has acquired JCA Engineering, a leading critical environment project designer and principal contractor, for a maximum cash consideration of £31.5 million (comprising an initial payment of £21 million and deferred payments of up to £10.5 million over three ...

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Largest Q2 on record for data centre demand in Europe

The period from April to June 2023 saw record demand for data centres with 114 MW of take-up across Europe’s leading markets of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin (FLAP-D), according to JLL’s EMEA Data Centres Q2 2023 report. This ...

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Kier appoints new responsible business lead

The construction and infrastructure services group has promoted James Martin to Health, Safety, Wellbeing & Sustainability Director and Head of the Group’s Responsible Business team. Martin joined Kier on the Group’s graduate programme in 1999 and has gone on to ...

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Landmarc pledges its commitment to Armed Forces charity, SSAFA

Landmarc Support Services has promised its continuing support to SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity following the award of a £560 million, seven-year contract by the Defence Infrastructure organisation, to manage the UK Defence Training Estate. Landmarc provides the facilities management, ...

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Compass joins The Ladder initiative

Compass Group UK & Ireland has teamed up with The Ladder for Greater Birmingham as an ‘Employer Partner’ to help support and promote apprenticeships across the region. The Ladder initiative was born 10 years ago in London, to bring together ...

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Chief strategy officer appointment at SBFM

Soft facilities management firm, SBFM, has appointed Dale Line to the role of Chief Strategy Officer. Bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to the position, Line has a distinguished track record in planning and executing large-scale operational, cultural, people, ...

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BW awarded refurb deal at Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London has appointed BW: Workplace Experts as refurbishment contractor for the 15,000 sq m refurbishment of the Grade II listed Queens’ Building. The project, which will create a new contemporary, social heart for Queen Mary’s Mile ...

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Cleaning Hygiene Operative Apprenticeship gets green light

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has announced proposals for an Apprenticeship Standard for the cleaning and hygiene industry have been approved. The decision by approving body The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) to give the greenlight to the ...

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