Sewell Facilities Management has been appointed by retailer, Heron Foods, to provide reactive maintenance for its stores across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Sewell FM will be on hand to respond to requests for maintenance assistance for 86 of Heron Foods’ 325 stores, ...

By James Massey, Managing Director of Facilities Management, MRI Software Bruised and battered coming out of the pandemic, anyone working in the retail sector continues to face severe economic challenges as the cost-of-living crisis and rising energy costs take a ...

Integrated technical and facilities solutions provider, ABM, has won a Green Apple Environmental Award, taking the global bronze award at an international ceremony in Miami, for its work carried out in collaboration with Victoria Leeds Shopping Centre, a premium shopping and ...

Aiming to improve accessibility, the Mill Gate shopping centre in Bury is currently replacing many of the automatic entrances with technologically advanced TORMAX operators, improving functionality and standardising systems. For example, a recent installation was to the carpark corridor entrance ...

Facility services provider, ABM, has bolstered its technical portfolio following the award of two new retail contracts. The latest contract wins for ABM will see the team manage technical services for The Trafford Centre in Manchester, the third largest shopping ...

Lancashire-based Aston Services Group has been awarded three new shopping centre contracts worth circa £1 million per annum. The independent facilities services provider has secured deals with Ladysmith Shopping Centre in Ashton, Manchester, Prince Bishops Place, Durham and Lakeside Doncaster. All ...

Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has announced there will a far-reaching ban on single-use plastics in England, which will include plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks, and certain types of polystyrene cups and food containers. The ban will come into force ...

Incentive FM, a division of global facilities management service provider Atalian Servest, has won Customer Services Team of the Year with The Mall at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol, and Security Team of the Year with Beaumont Shopping Centre in Leicester at ...

Compass Retail has expanded its charity partnership with Alzheimer’s Society to include more of its retail estate. Alzheimer’s Society has been supported by the healthcare retail business for the past seven years across its 200 healthcare-based retail sites, already raising ...

Global real estate software solutions business, MRI Software, has acquired UK-based Springboard, a leading provider of footfall counting and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered analytics to retailers, landlords, and government bodies. Founded in 2002, Springboard holds the industry’s largest and most comprehensive data set ...