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 ...

Richard Irvin FM’s Housing Services division has landed two prestigious contracts with two new clients in Scotland. Through the PFH Framework the hard services specialist has been successful in tendering the Annual Heating Servicing and All Inclusive Repairs & Maintenance ...

The Wates Group’s social housing repairs and maintenance division, Wates Living Space, has secured a £35 million contract to deliver Brent Council’s Major Works programme across its social housing portfolio. The contract, which commenced in July will run for 80 weeks ...

To maintain, or not to maintain? Repairs and maintenance are still the right answer says James Fiske, CEO of the BCIS With maintenance costs rising seven per cent (6.7 per cent) in 2022 and set to rise by five per ...