New flexible workspace company, Koba, is launching its first UK venture at 100 Barbirolli Square in Manchester. Koba has agreed a partnership lease on a 10-year term with AEW to design, fit-out and operate its inaugural circa 30,000 sq ft ...

By Richard Sykes, SVP and President, ABM UK and Ireland An ancient philosopher said that “the only constant in life is change”; that is truer today than ever before. The facilities management industry is responding to everything from technological advancements ...

Mitie has exceeded the £2 million milestone for its Apprenticeship Levy gifting pledges, which has enabled over 30 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and local community services across the UK to fund apprenticeship schemes for future talent. With less ...

A new specification for ventilation hygiene has been launched by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) as part of its ongoing efforts to minimise the risk posed by contaminated indoor air to human health and wellbeing. BESA has also updated two ...

Churchill Group’s science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions near-term reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The SBTi’s target validation team has determined that Churchill Group’s 1 and 2 scope emission targets align with the 1.5°C ...

EDF Group subsidiary, Dalkia UK, has been recognised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in its 2024 Health and Safety Awards. Teams across the business received the following Awards; Presidents, Highly Commended and Gold, demonstrating the ...

Hedge End, Southampton-based Truvox International has signed an agreement with Eindhoven, The Netherlands-based i-Team Professional to bring two of its products to the UK cleaning and FM market under the Truvox brand. Joining the existing Truvox line-up are imop Lite ...

The Government’s procurement department, the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has saved over £3.8 billion of taxpayer money in the last year alone, as the agency celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. CCS centralises government procurement, allowing thousands of public sector ...

Gary Watkins, Group CEO of facilities, property, and workplace management software provider, Service Works Global (SWG) has decided to step down on 1 May 2024, following which Mats Broman, currently Head of SWG Nordic, will take over the role as ...

Roger Marks, Managing Director at Aeromark says it is time to ditch the manual processes and digitally transform your back-office processes It’s surprising how many organisations still carry out their commercial processes manually, using multiple spread sheets and out-dated disparate ...