Westminster City Council and Veolia have announced the full-scale rollout of the UK’s largest electric refuse collection fleet. The vehicles are the next generation in electric Refuse Collection Vehicle (RCV) development and will deliver a cleaner and quieter service, powered ...

The current economic situation, with inflation coming down slower than expected and interest rates rising means that the FM market will be subject to “restricted budgets”, according to the BCIS Building Running Costs Online service five-year Facilities Management forecast. The ...

Sodexo’s food waste reduction programme, WasteWatch, has reduced food waste by 43 per cent at Oasis academies since September 2022. The food services and facilities management firm, first partnered with Oasis Community Learning over 12 years ago, and in March ...

Compass Group UK and Ireland’s healthcare division, Medirest, has been awarded a three-year contract with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver catering and FM services. Based in London, Moorfields is one of the leading providers of eye health ...

Mitie has landed a five-year contract, worth £62 million with Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest, long-term savings and retirement business, to deliver integrated facilities management services across its estate. The deal covers six locations in five cities nationwide, including Edinburgh, ...

Distributor of smart workplace systems, Anders+Kern (A+K) has been acquired by the Aukett Swanke Group (ASG), a renowned provider of smart buildings, architectural, and design services. This strategic collaboration marks a significant step forward for A+K, strengthening its position in ...

Churchill Group’s specialist security division, Amulet, has this month marked five years in business. Since its launch in 2018, Amulet has seen consistently high levels of growth and development. Turnover has increased from £12 million in 2018 to £60 million ...

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has awarded Wates FM a five-year deal for the provision of facilities management services across its UK-wide estate. Valued at around £7 million, the contract, which commences in August includes hard FM and compliance services across ...

The City of London Corporation Planning and Transportation Committee is to adopt a new initiative that will require developers to submit detailed plans to minimise light pollution, at the early stages of their planning applications for buildings in the City’s ...

A new study has identified which energy-saving measures are the most widely used and which landlords are prioritising in the years ahead as ambitions for a net-zero commercial real estate sector become increasingly focused. The market research, which surveyed 250 ...