Prime Facility Services has won a significant three-year cleaning contract with the Matrix Academy Trust, following a detailed and rigorous tender process. The contract, which encompasses regular and holiday cleaning services across eight schools within the West Midlands-based trust, will ...

School and education catering provider, Chartwells, has been awarded catering contracts with five schools within the Halliard Trust, building on its growing presence in Cheshire. The mobilisation follows the closure of the schools’ previous council-run school meal service in April ...

Willmott Dixon has been chosen by Queen Mary University of London for a £48.8m project to redevelop its flagship School of Business and Management in Tower Hamlets. This follows work secured in 2024 to enlarge the Informatics and Technology Learning ...

Acorn Safety Services has been appointed by a multi-academy education company in the Midlands to protect its school communities from fire risk. The Northampton-based health and safety consultancy will carry out fire risk assessments in all of Our Lady of ...

Critical engineering firm MARCH (formerly the Edwin James Group) has been selected for the provision of hard FM services at Alleyn’s School’s two sites in South London. The contract covers comprehensive maintenance services across Alleyn’s 23-building estate on Townley Road ...

ISS has launched a new low-carbon initiative into its secondary school menus in the UK, working alongside partner Coolfood — an initiative run by not-for-profit organisation, World Resources Institute (WRI) — to cut food-related emissions across the education sector. It ...

In line with the start of a new academic year, read on as Donna Hannaway, Head of Marketing UK and Ireland at Forbo Flooring Systems gives a quick lesson in education flooring design While schools, colleges and universities are welcoming ...

Tracey Smith has been promoted by Sodexo UK & Ireland to the role of CEO for its schools and universities business which provides food services to over 450 state and 60 independent schools and food, FM and student accommodation management ...

As educational facilities approach the end of the academic term, facilities managers and tradespeople may be looking ahead to the maintenance and repairs that are needed over the summer break. Leading specialist retailer IronmongeryDirect can streamline the procurement process, with ...

Prime Facility Services has secured the contract for cleaning four schools in Wolverhampton under the Elston Hall Learning Trust (EHLT), commencing on 1 September 2024. The contract award marks another local win for the company, headquartered in Telford, and reinforces its ...