OCS Ireland has been crowned Total FM Service Provider of the Year at the 2026 FM Awards Ireland, which recognise excellence across the facilities management sector. The judges look to recognise the Total Facilities Management provider that has demonstrated the ...

Forthcoming changes to statutory sick pay could significantly increase employment costs for labour-intensive sectors such as cleaning and facilities management says professional cleaning and facilities solutions provider, Peartree Cleaning Services. Under new legislation, coming into force on the 6th April 2026, ...

New data from SFG20, the industry standard for building maintenance, reveals the FM industry’s biggest challenges, from compliance and budget constraints to technology and AI adoption. According to a recent survey, 72 per cent of FM professionals stated that improving ...

The global workplace experience and facility services company has renewed and expanded its partnership with Virgin Media O2, one of the UK’s largest entertainment and telecommunications companies, with a new two-year contract. Commencing in Q1 2026, the new contract will ...

Landsec has awarded Equans a new four-year contract to deliver building services, fabric maintenance and energy performance across its MediaCity estate in Salford, Manchester. The contract award builds on a successful five-year partnership with MediaCity, where Equans has provided hard facilities ...

Churchill Group has published its latest social value report, which was created and validated by Social Value Portal. The report outlines how the business has generated social value through four key themes – work, economy, community, and planet. The largest ...

The FM sector is full of companies planning their AI strategy by building business cases and conducting feasibility studies. Nigel Potter, Director of Strategy at Churchill Group on taking a more practical route At Churchill Group, we’re deploying AI tools ...

The Bank of England has awarded a four-year contract to ISS for the provision of integrated facilities services (IFS) to multiple sites across England, including the Bank’s historic headquarters in the City of London. Commencing Q2 2026, ISS will provide ...

By Carlo Alloni, Chief Executive, Bellrock   For over thirty years, SFG20 has served as the undisputed backbone of planned preventive maintenance across the UK built environment. It provides the structure, consistency, and auditable standards that estates teams need to ...

Applications for the 2026 Deborah Rowland Scholarship, which supports emerging talent into the facilities management profession, are now open. Now in its third year, the scholarship provides fully funded IWFM-regulated qualifications at Levels 2, 3 and 4. For a second ...