Employers are being urged to reset their approach to recruitment and take advantage of the business benefits delivered by apprentices. The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling on building services employers to seize the opportunities created by this year’s ...

The British Council for offices new research agenda focuses on four priority areas, including the development of the BCO’s ‘2030 vision for the office’. The four priority focus areas identified in the Research Programme Working Document, sets the agenda for ...

Security specialists, GMS Group, has secured its second contract win with corporate real estate services provider, Colliers. GMS is supporting Colliers, which is the managing agent for Gloucester City Council, with security and cleaning services across Eastgate Shopping Centre, King’s ...

The founders of FM firm, Diamond Facilities Support Group, have completed the purchase of a 100 per cent shareholding in the business. Coat Holdings Limited – which is owned by Adam Atkins and Helen Cooper – has purchased a 56 ...

Sebastian Price has been promoted to the newly created role of Chef Director at delivered-in office and venue catering specialist Grazing. The role will see Price take on more responsibility for Grazing’s wider operations outside of the kitchen, extending his reach to front-of-house, which will include recruitment, ...

Wates has secured a £21 million contract to retrofit 665 homes across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2.1, which is now the firms largest SHDF contract to date. Carrying out energy improvement ...

Many suppliers are suffering customer churn and loss of revenue as a result of inadequate business review processes, according to new research by business review platform, Clientshare. Eighty-eight per cent of buyer organisations state that suppliers aren’t demonstrating enough evidence ...

The Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) has revised its Green Lease Toolkit to stimulate leadership and support the delivery of better buildings across the commercial real estate sector. The comprehensive online Toolkit contains legal clauses in nearly 20 key areas, covering ...

Sustainable resource company, Veolia, has been awarded a contract to run Birmingham’s household recycling and refuse treatment solutions for the next 10 years. The deal means Veolia will operate the energy recovery facility, the city’s household recycling centres (HRCs) and three ...

Scottish-owned construction, property and investment business, Edison Group, which has invested just short of £2 million to secure and equip new premises in South Lanarkshire, is rebranding its largest subsidiary, GDC Design, as Principal Building Ltd. The new state-of-the-art facility ...