Global private investment firm, Bain Capital, has acquired Apleona from PAI Partners, a pre-eminent private equity firm. The investment was made by a consortium led by Bain Capital’s Private Equity team in Europe and will support Apleona’s continued growth and ...

Acorn Safety Services has been appointed by a multi-academy education company in the Midlands to protect its school communities from fire risk. The Northampton-based health and safety consultancy will carry out fire risk assessments in all of Our Lady of ...

ISS has won a contract with Aroundtown for the provision of integrated facilities services across the real estate company’s locations in Germany. As part of this deal, ISS Germany will provide cleaning, building technology, security, landscaping, and winter services at ...

OCS in partnership with Morrisons will introduce innovative cobotic cleaning technology across the supermarket chain’s logistics sites. Building on an eight-year relationship, OCS services Morrisons stores, all eight logistics sites, and two manufacturing sites. OCS sought to advance its relationship ...

WORKTECH, the pioneering event series shaping the future of work, announces the return of Smart Technologies25 London, a conference dedicated to exploring the next generation of intelligent buildings and workspaces. The event will take place on Tuesday, 25th March 2025, ...

A new programme to tackle a shortage of trainers and assessors has been launched by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). Following a detailed study of the sector’s skills requirements, the Association believes the “critically low” number of trainers and ...

Thousands of small businesses across the country will have more opportunities to win valuable contracts with public sector organisations, kickstarting local economic growth and innovation and creating jobs for local communities as the Government delivers on its Plan for Change. ...

The Security Skills Board, a committee of senior security industry leaders, brought together over 60 industry professionals at The Shard for a ‘Futureproofing the Industry’ breakfast where they presented the next steps in their mission to support skills development and ...

Sodexo has published its ‘Social Impact Pledge 2030: everyone, everyday, everywhere’, setting out new clear and ambitious commitments to create meaningful impact for its people, planet, places and partners in the UK over the next five years. This year marks ...

ABM UK & Ireland has bolstered its Business & Industry (B&I) division’s leadership team to enhance operational excellence and support its customers’ evolving needs. Following landmark contract wins and a 96 per cent client retention rate in FY24, the business ...