Public procurement is set for development, with the new Procurement Bill currently making its way through parliament. The post-Brexit reforms focus on creating a single regime for all public procurement, aiming for more accountability, stimulating supplier resilience, and offering wider socio-economic ...

For the first time, the Government has established a Facilities Management Strategy. The coordinated, cross-government vision for facilities management is part of the Government’s Property Strategy to reshape the public estate, and aims to set the strategic approach and standards ...

National framework provider, Pagabo, has unveiled a new framework to support public sector clients with sourcing temporary and permanent staff across a range of areas associated with the effective and smooth running of their operations. Pagabo is bringing the framework ...

A report from the Productivity Institute, a UK-wide research organisation based at Alliance Manchester Business School, outlines urgent recommendations to raise public sector productivity, as a critical driver for economic growth in the UK. The report highlights how the public ...

The soft service provider Churchill Group’s contract with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has not only been renewed for the Manchester premises, but also extended to its London office as well. The PHSO helps people with complaints that ...

Robertson FM has secured a place on both Lots applied for on the new Crown Commercial Services, Facilities Management and Workplace Services Framework – RM6232. The framework was evaluated with quality being the main criteria as opposed to commercial and acceptance ...

Sodexo’s government business has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to manage HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire following a competitive tender process. The new contract has an estimated value of £264 million over a ten-year term, ...

Mitie has been appointed as a supplier on the Carbon and Energy Fund Infrastructure Upgrade Services Framework, (CEF), created to help NHS and public sector organisations upgrade their energy systems in more cost-effective ways. The appointment provides Mitie with significant ...

Eric Wright Facilities Management (EWFM) has been shortlisted for a national industry award for Customer Service Excellence following the development of a unique app to support its client One Partnership. The EWFM Variation App is one of just three initiatives ...

Bouygues Energies & Services (Bouygues E&S) has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) new Facilities Management framework, RM6232. The framework, which lasts for four years with a potential total value of approximately £8bn, will be used ...