Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Skills and Early Careers Team have been working alongside its healthcare sector, Medirest and partnering with training provider, GLP Training and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Together they have created a facilities management ...

According to a recent survey by SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance, over half (51 per cent) of organisations reported a shortage of FM staff, reinforcing that resourcing constraints continue to be a defining challenge for the sector. Alongside ...

RFM (Robertson Facilities Management) has won a £10 million contract for the delivery of integrated hard and soft facilities management services at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. The contract, awarded via the Crown Commercial Framework, will run for five years ...

Facilities management has always played a critical – if often understated – role in shaping how people experience the built environment. In healthcare especially, FM professionals are central to safety, wellbeing, productivity and dignity, both for patients and for the ...

Arcus Facilities Management has been awarded a “landmark” five-year contract with Santander UK to deliver a fully integrated facilities management programme across the bank’s entire UK estate. The contract award represents a significant expansion of Arcus’ relationship with Santander, moving ...

On World FM Day, Jamie Canter, Head of Learning and Inclusion, SBFM makes the case that tackling the FM sector’s recruitment crisis and breaking the cycle of reoffending are the same challenge, which the industry is well placed to solve. Today ...

In this month’s issue we focus on the challenges of servicing and managing customer centric physical spaces – including shopping centres, gyms, cinemas, and stadiums with an interview with the MD of Atlas Retail. We also look at security in ...

By Helen Longfils, Group Director, Social Value, Mitie Belonging is an increasingly important feature of a successful workplace. When people feel valued, supported and connected, they are more engaged, more confident in their roles, and more likely to stay. Yet ...

OCS has strengthened its UK security capability having completed the acquisition of City Group Security, an established nationwide security company founded in 1993 and ranked among the top 30 security businesses in the UK. The acquisition brings 600 new colleagues ...

UK integrated facilities management platform Hygiacura has acquired NCE Group, the specialist commercial catering equipment and kitchen design business operating across Leeds, Nottingham, and Stroud. The acquisition brings together three established regional businesses — Northern Catering Equipment, Walker Catering Supplies, ...