Mears Group has been reappointed as Dover District Council’s (DDC) repairs and maintenance contractor. Commencing on 1 April 2025, the new five-year contract will see Mears Group continue to deliver responsive repairs and maintenance works for the 4,863 council properties ...

Mears Group, a leading provider of services to the housing sector, has been reappointed by Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) as its repairs and maintenance contractor for the next 10 years with an opportunity to extend for a further ...

Maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS All-in Maintenance Cost Indices, are set to rise 17 per cent by 4Q 2029, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour ...

Equans has secured a major partnership deal with Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life, to provide repairs and maintenance services across 420 locations. The deal also includes the management of a new ...

Property services business, Liberty, has secured a place on Magenta Livings’s Responsive Repairs and Void Property Works Framework, which will last for four years, with a total value up to £11.5 million. The contract award, will see Liberty carry out ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fortem, a specialist property solutions business for the social housing sector, has extended its long-term partnership with Birmingham City Council (BCC)  for a further two years. As one of BCC’s suppliers of repairs, maintenance and 24-hour call-out services to homes ...

The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) is calling on the government to address the many urgent issues in the repairs and maintenance sector (R&M). BCIS is forecasting R&M output will fall seven per cent in 2024 before recovering in 2025 ...