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FM services provider, Bidvest Noonan, has extended its long-term partnership with University College Dublin (UCD), one of Europe’s leading research-intensive universities and home to Ireland’s largest university campus. With over 38,000 students, UCD is a world-class academic institution, and Bidvest ...

Mitie has extended its integrated facilities management contract with Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK for an additional five years. Under the renewed agreement, Mitie will deliver a comprehensive range of services at Toyota’s Derbyshire vehicle manufacturing plant, including engineering maintenance, specialist ...

UK fire protection specialist, Harmony Fire, has secured a £61 million fire safety contract with the City of Edinburgh Council. The contract encompasses 30 multi-storey residential buildings across the city centre, which will undergo a comprehensive programme of fire safety ...

Costa Coffee has appointed Colliers as its estates management partner for its entire UK portfolio of more than 1,600 sites. The five-year agreement will see Colliers provide dedicated support across Costa Coffee’s equity estate, helping to ensure the brand’s property ...

Munters, global leaders in energy efficient climate control, has installed dehumidifiers in archive rooms at Belvoir Castle, Rutland, UK to protect the family’s historical records from deterioration and moisture damage. Belvoir Castle has been the ancestral home of the Duke ...

The newly formed Security Guarding Leadership Group (S12) met yesterday with Security Minister Dan Jarvis MBE for the first time at the International Security Expo, Olympia London, and announced Paul Evans (CEO, Carlisle Security) and Peter Harrison (FGH Security) as ...

Glasgow-based industrial and commercial heating and pipework specialist, James Ramsay, has landed a major contract with the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to deliver comprehensive maintenance services for boilers, burners, heating systems, ancillary equipment, and gas infrastructure across the SPS estate. ...

The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) Civil Engineering Tender Price Index panel has revealed civil engineering tender prices rose by an estimated 1 per cent between 2Q2025 and 3Q2025, amid strong infrastructure pipeline. The panel, comprised of cost consultants from ...

Repurposing underutilised campus spaces into student collaboration areas is now a growing priority for higher education leaders and facilities management professionals who specialise in managing campus buildings, according to the findings of a virtual seminar on The Future of Campus ...

OCS has teamed up with Scottish Water Horizons to deliver one of the largest solar carports in the country at Scottish Water’s head office in Stepps, North Lanarkshire, in the west of Scotland. The £2.4 million project will see 2,250 ...