Rebekah Randall has been appointed to the role of Head of Talent at EMCOR UK. Randall has worked in talent acquisition and recruitment roles for over a decade, and joins the business at time when the best candidates have become a ...
Read More »VINCI awarded FM deal with the British Red Cross
VINCI Facilities has secured a one-year interim facilities management contract with the British Red Cross. The contract, which commenced last month, sees VINCI Facilities responsible for facilities management across the whole British Red Cross estate, managing over 460 shops and offices across ...
Read More »OCS launches OCSi Academy
OCS Group has invited employees from across its business to become part of its newly created OCSi Academy which is designed to help develop vital data skills and support career progression. The training will be delivered by Multiverse, a tech ...
Read More »KPMG fined millions for significant and serious breaches in Carillion audit
The Financial Reporting Council has fined the auditors of multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion which collapsed in 2018, £21 million for ‘significant and serious breaches’. Two Final Settlement Decision Notices have been imposed against KPMG LLP, KPMG ...
Read More »Skanska awarded £158m data centre fit out deal
Global data centre provider, Telehouse, has awarded Skanska a fit out contract valued at £158 million as part of a significant upgrade of its largest data centre, Telehouse South at Docklands in London. The project will see the mechanical, electrical ...
Read More »Mitie ‘From Facilities Management to Facilities Transformation’
Mitie’s Capital Markets Event which took place yesterday (12 October) saw the company launch its new three-year plan for FY25-FY27: ‘From Facilities Management to Facilities Transformation’. The Group outlined how customers’ needs for their built environment are changing to meet increasing ...
Read More »Balfour Beatty joins forces with CABE
International infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty, has joined the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) as a new Premium Company Partner. The partnership comes at a pivotal time for the construction and infrastructure industry, with the changes to the Building Safety ...
Read More »Sodexo forms community of practice
Sodexo’s Corporate Services division has formed a new community of practice aimed at bringing together sustainability heads from some of the UK’s leading organisations to be change-makers through collaboration. In today’s rapidly changing world, sustainability is a topic that concerns not ...
Read More »Axil sets standard with Sustainability and Social Value Charter
In the run-up to Recycling Week (16-22 October), total waste management firm, Axil Integrated Services, has set out its first Sustainability and Social Value Charter, emphasising its commitment to positive environmental impacts. Since its foundation in 2018, Axil says it ...
Read More »BCIS publishes five-year forecast for construction sector
Latest projections from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) forecast construction costs to rise just over 3% in the year to 3Q 2024, while tender prices are expected to increase by just over 2% in the same period. In its five-year ...
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