Housing maintenance specialist, Cardo, has secured a major new regional contract with Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life. The contract is part of Anchor’s transformative approach to repairs and planned works, with ...

The social housing specialist, which is part of Willmott Dixon, has set ambitious growth goals for the next three years under its new ‘FOR Our Future’ strategy. Fortem intends to increase turnover from the current £205 million to £300million by ...

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, ...

Maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS All-in Maintenance Cost Indices, are set to rise 15 per cent by 3Q2029, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour costs, ...

Maintenance costs are set to rise 16 per cent by the second quarter of 2029, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) All-in Maintenance Cost Indices. Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour costs, are ...

Wates has completed negotiations with social housing provider, ForHousing, for the acquisition of its property services business, Liberty. As a specialist in domestic property repair and maintenance, as well as heating and compliance, Liberty will continue to trade under its ...

Scott Saunders, Technical Service Manager at Watco, discusses why a proactive approach to maintenance and repairs can help FMs create safer working environments in the winter months Keeping a well-maintained building plays a large role in creating a safer facility. ...

United Living Property Services (ULPS), a subsidiary of United Living Group, has secured an eight-year contract, valued at £40 million with the London Borough of Harrow for property repairs and maintenance. The contract, which commenced on 1 July 2024, will ...

According to the latest quarterly forecast for the FM sector from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), repair and maintenance output is expected to fall by 5.2 per cent overall in 2024 compared with 2023. Output is forecast to increase ...

Rugby Borough Council has officially launched its transformative Property Repairs Service, in partnership with field service management software solutions provider, Totalmobile. The new system, designed to provide better and faster repairs for the council’s 3,500 homes, will help schedule repair ...