Ash Integrated Services is to take on eight new staff following the award of two new contracts with Lancashire County Council. The Atherton-headquartered company will deliver around the clock cover for the mechanical heating systems on around 390 buildings operated ...

The infrastructure services and engineering company has embarked on an engagement exercise to understand how it can work better with its supply chain partners. A new Voice of the Supplier survey is being introduced to allow suppliers to provide feedback ...

Sodexo has become the sole provider of assisted Covid-19 testing at regional test sites as part of the NHS Test and Trace programme. This means it will now provide assisted testing services across 60 Regional Testing Sites (RTS) throughout England ...

Kath Fontana, Managing Director of Mitie Projects, has been recognised as one of the 2021 Kindness & Leadership Listees. The list identifies 50 UK and 50 Asia Pacific leaders who are driving positive change and demonstrate the positive contribution that ...

Mitie has won a new contract to provide cleaning, portering services, and catering for patients and staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Worth £92.5 million over a five-year term, the contract has the option to extend for up ...

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap for the UK Built Environment (The Roadmap) detailing the necessary actions government and industry must take to achieve net zero across the sector. The built environment ...

A host of announcements that will affect how UK businesses address climate change coincided with COP26. Supply chain risk management experts, CHAS highlights some of the key developments. Net Zero targets introduced for government supply chains In the run-up to ...

VestedUK, a new organisation spearheading the Vested contracting model has launched, which will offer support to facilities management and hospitality businesses, and those looking to work in a more collaborative way with their supply chain or service provider. A collaboration ...

Independent multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, HDR, has been commissioned by property business, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, to provide engineering services on Holbein Gardens, a new office scheme located at 7 Holbein Place in the heart of Belgravia. Without compromising on aesthetics, ...

According to new research, the majority (58 per cent) of built environment professionals believe the sector is already doing enough to tackle its carbon impact. This is despite the fact that the built environment contributes 36 per cent of total ...