Twenty learners have enrolled on Mitie’s new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Level 2 apprenticeship programme. The Cleaning Hygiene Operative apprenticeship offers specialised training and development opportunities for colleagues in the early stages of their careers in the commercial cleaning sector. This ...

The East London NHS Foundation Trust’s Estates, Facilities and Capital Development Team has been crowned Estates & Facilities Team of the Year at the annual Design in Mental Health (DIMH) Awards. The team, which is responsible for the management, maintenance ...

Ahead of the general election, the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has reviewed Defra’s ‘Resources and Waste Strategy for England’ to determine its ongoing relevance, and to identify any policy gaps where it fails to support the UK’s future ...

National horticultural and green workplace service provider, Nurture Group has boosted its arboriculture service offering following its acquisition of Hertfordshire-based Gristwood &Toms. This strategic move marks the Group’s expansion into the arboriculture market, complementing its comprehensive portfolio of services, which ...

Compass Group UK & Ireland employees are going “above and beyond” to volunteer in doing good. Continuing to deliver social value to the communities it operates in, Compass enabled a team of helpers to volunteer at Church Farm Bungalow, a ...

Mecsia, a leader in compliance-driven technical inspections and maintenance, has acquired commercial and industrial building services specialist, Scott Combustion, in a strategic move which strengthens its ability to deliver a comprehensive range of building services nationwide. Scott Combustion, one of ...

Electrotechnical businesses continue to be held back by slow growth, partly blamed on a shortage of adequately skilled workers, finds survey. The latest quarterly survey of the UK engineering services sector, backed by leading trade bodies ECA, BESA, SELECT and ...

Paul Chandler has announced he will be retiring from a full-time executive role at the end of 2024, after a distinguished 42-year career in construction. Chandler has been Executive Managing Director of Wates’ Construction Group since 2017 and a member ...

The Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) has launched a “groundbreaking” tool which measures and reports on whole life costs and whole life carbon emissions at the same time. Life Cycle Evaluator brings together BCIS’s extensive cost data, building on more ...

Sodexo has been awarded a catering services contract at Oasis Restore, the UK’s first purpose-built Secure School. The food services provider has been a a trusted school meals partner of Oasis Community Learning for over 13 years, currently serving breakfast, ...