New research from facilities management provider Samsic.uk has found that poorly maintained alarm systems are responsible for over 30 per cent of call outs. The research revealed that a significant portion of alarm call-outs that its team responded to last ...

The international infrastructure group has appointed Jo Gilroy as UK Director of Sustainability. Gilroy, who joined the company at the end of April, will be responsible for supporting and guiding the business in driving forward Balfour Beatty’s sustainability strategy across ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published a guide to support industry to retrofit the UK’s poorly performing commercial buildings. From 2025, every commercial building in the UK will require an energy performance certificate (EPC) which rates its energy ...

Finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services provider, NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), has launched its second-generation Hard Facilities Management framework agreement. The second iteration of the organisation’s highly successful framework is designed to respond to the need within the ...

The global facilities management provider has won a contract with Urban-Air Port to provide a bundled soft services solution for Air One, the world’s first fully operational hub for electric take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Atalian Servest will provide security, ...

Professional services consultancy, Acivico Limited, has been appointed to carry out works as as part of a wider electrical upgrade and refurbishment of the flagship Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, following a grant of £4,998,820 being awarded to Birmingham City Council ...

The Fawcett Society has released findings of the largest ever survey of menopausal women, which has found the basic needs of menopausal women are being ignored in the workplace and by healthcare providers. The landmark study shows the majority of ...

Devon Norse and NPS South West are to form a new joint venture with Devon County Council. South West Norse will bring together Devon Norse’s facilities management, cleaning and catering operations with NPS South West’s multidisciplinary property consultancy services. The ...

Incentive FM has bagged a new three-year contract with CBRE at Cribbs Causeway, the premier shopping destination in the South West. Incentive FM was originally appointed as the soft services facilities management provider at Cribbs Causeway in April 2017. Following ...

National contractor, Novus Property Solutions, has promoted long-serving former Senior Operations Manager Ray Fielder to Head of Operations for its Southern region – making him responsible for the company’s largest geographic area, stretching from Cornwall to Norfolk. Fielder began working ...