Public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), has estimated that the government’s maintenance backlog is at least £49 billion. It says the government will need to consider the best way to manage its assets alongside its long-term investment plans, ...

Corporate services provider, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has unveiled a £500 million framework agreement designed to help public sector organisations, including the NHS, decarbonise their estates. The new Decarbonisation of Estates framework agreement helps the NHS achieve its ...

Hundreds of inspections at council buildings will be carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to check councils are managing the risk of asbestos properly. HSE inspectors will visit the head offices of dozens of councils across the ...

Fusion 21, a national social enterprise specialising in efficient and impactful public sector procurement and social value services, has announced the renewal of its national Building Safety and Compliance Framework, worth up to £800 million over four years, and is ...

Global real estate software solutions business, MRI Software, has completed its acquisition of Capita One, a subsidiary of UK-listed Capita plc, following the announcement of the landmark deal in July. The acquisition is poised to meet rising demand for technology ...

Global resource management company, Veolia, is set to deliver specialist estates engineering and maintenance services to a range of NHS and public sector authorities, after securing a place on the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) Hard FM ...

Full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions firm, Amey has been awarded a place as a designated consultancy supplier on the Pagabo Professional Services Framework. The framework, which will run for a period of three years with an option to ...

Churchill Group’s specialist environmental and water arm, Churchill Environmental Services (CES) has secured a place on two new frameworks. The frameworks are with Efficiency East Midlands (EEM) and Consortium Procurement (the commercial trading arm of the non-profit Northern Housing Consortium). ...

Global real estate software solutions business, MRI Software, has entered into an agreement to acquire Capita One, a leading provider of software solutions across the UK public sector. Upon close, MRI expects that the acquisition will expand and complement its existing ...

Equans will continue to provide FM services across Manchester City Council’s public buildings estate. The three-year contract extension will see the energy and facilities management specialist providing responsive repairs and planned preventative maintenance to industry standard specifications across the Council’s ...