Hospitality businesses are missing significant commercial opportunities by treating accessibility as a compliance exercise rather than a strategic business priority, according to senior leaders gathered at the latest Accessible Hospitality Alliance (aha) forum. Bringing together operators, employers, suppliers and accessibility ...

Software increasingly reshapes building controls with analytics, cloud and refurbishment driving double-digit growth as the sector moves from product sale to operating relationship. BSRIA, a world-leading authority on building automation and building services markets, has released its latest analysis of ...

European mid-market private equity firm, Inflexion, has completed a majority investment in Ranger Fire and Security, a leading fire and security business in the UK and Ireland. The investment will enable Ranger to continue acquiring high-performing local businesses, a core ...

Kimpton has been awarded the contract to deliver a comprehensive programme of maintenance at the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot. The new contract involves maintenance of the venue’s heating system and associated mechanical plant, ventilation handling units, air conditioning systems ...

Dalkia UK’s team in Scotland has secured an £8.9 million mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) package for its third Passivhaus standard school, this time at Trinity Academy, Edinburgh. Collaborating with main contractor, McLaughlin & Harvey, the team will begin pre-construction ...

Property and facilities management services specialist, Bellrock, has announced a partnership with the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) to support councils as they navigate the structural and funding shifts of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). APSE member authorities can now ...

ISS UK & Ireland has appointed Marlies Hoogeboom as Segment Director, Financial Services. She joins the Company’s Country Leadership Team (CLT), reporting to ISS UK & Ireland CEO, Scott Davies, with a secondary reporting line to Andrew Wilkinson, Global Account Director, ...

Mitie has secured a new partnership with Elgin to deliver grid connections for three solar PV farms, helping bring clean energy to local communities. The projects include connecting two solar farms, Maes Mawr in South Wales and Aston Flamville in ...

CIBSE has appointed Dave Cooper as its President for 2026–2027, following his inauguration at the CIBSE Annual General Meeting 2026, held at CIBSE’s headquarters in London recently. Cooper succeeds Vince Arnold, bringing more than four decades of experience in the ...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) are working together, along with government and industry, to support the safe and responsible adoption of robotics in the workplace. The project, launched today during London Tech Week, ...