Business

Hamilton Waste & Recycling Limited has acquired Edinburgh-based Summerside Skips and announced the expansion of its operations into Glasgow. The acquisition of Summerside Skips will enable its customers to benefit from Hamilton’s recycling infrastructure further improving their environmental performance and ...

A new national sustainability standard for commercial cleaning and hygiene supplies has been launched by Pinnacle Group and Bunzl Cleaning and Hygiene Services (BCHS).    Project Switch is a new set of standards designed by Pinnacle Group and BCHS, to ensure ...

Polyteck has signed a number of FM contracts worth more than £500,000 in annual turnover across London’s commercial and residential sectors. The FM and property company will be providing a wide range of services at Blake Tower for Hollis Consultants ...

Luton-based waste and recycling firm, Cawleys, has launched a new business division – ‘Lithium Battery Recycling Solutions’, which will specialise in the collection, transportation, dismantling and recycling of lithium-ion batteries. Lithium Battery Recycling Solutions is one of the very few ...

Contract catering sales saw a modest recovery in the last quarter of 2021, but Covid-19 concerns continue to hold them well below pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest edition of CGA’s Contract Caterer Tracker. Whilst figures show sales from October ...

Belfast-based construction and facilities management businesses, Parr Group and Parr Facilities Management, have announced an investment of £1 million with the launch of a new specialist renewables company. Creating over 20 new jobs, Parr Renewables Ltd. will collaborate with colleagues ...

Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) has selected MRI Software’s WhosOnLocation contractor management software to manage service providers on its campus. WhosOnLocation enables organisations to gain full visibility of contractors, service companies and other visitors who might have a physical presence on their ...

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has launched a competition to appoint a new strategic partner for property and financial services. The new property partner contract, which will be procured via the Crown Commercial Services Estates Management Services framework (RM 6168),  ...

Bidvest Noonan has strengthened its executive with the announcement of two key appointments. Eddie Ingram has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Services Officer and Sarah Cork has been named as Managing Director of its National Security ...

Facilities management provider 14forty, which is part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has secured a five-year FM contract with Heineken UK. The agreement, which commenced on 31 January, sees 14forty providing a number of soft services including catering, cleaning, ...