Property maintenance specialist, DMA Group, has been appointed by Canadian real-estate and property management company, Realstar Group, as well as its UK UNCLE rental housing brand to provide comprehensive Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), combined with its Integrated Managed Services (IMS) ...

Contractors’ trade body the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and the industry’s professional institution CIBSE have agreed to work more closely to ensure progress on several key initiatives including the push for net zero in the built environment and the ...

Independents by Sodexo has secured a five-year contract, valued at £4.6 million, to deliver catering services at St Leonards School in St Andrews. St Leonards was founded in 1887 and currently has 600 pupils, aged 5-18 and provides a ‘home ...

Facilities management firm, Polyteck, has won a potential three-year contract to oversee the UK offices of home appliances business SharkNinja. The initial one-year contract, with the potential for a two-year extension, will see Polyteck provide planned preventative maintenance as well ...

A new report from AI-powered skills training platform Lingio has revealed the challenges of high turnover and skills shortages in the deployment of frontline workers in a range of sectors, including hospitality, transportation, cleaning, and healthcare. According to the report, ...

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 ...

The Royal College of Art (RCA) has awarded Derwent FM an integrated facilities management (IFM) contract to manage all of its estate for the next five years, subject to contract.   The contract covers responsibility for all hard and soft ...

A lack of reliable mobile connectivity in the office is affecting seven in 10 (70 per cent) hybrid workers, finds a new survey commissioned by telecom infrastructure provider, Cellnex UK, forcing the majority of employees to leave their office building ...

Ringo Francis, the founder and former CEO of The Zenith Hygiene Group Plc has joined global facilities services group, OCS, as Non-Executive Director, effective immediately. Francis brings a wealth of experience in the cleaning and hygiene industry. He led The ...

Apleona UK has secured a contract to provide FM services to a multi-national leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances, following a competitive tender process. The initial scope of the contract covers multiple sites in the south of England ...