Compass Group UK & Ireland has won the Youth Employment UK ‘Employment Excellence Award’ – announced during Youth Employment Week (6-10 July 2026). The company achieved a perfect 42/42 score in the Good Youth Employment Benchmark Report, securing a place ...

Two-thirds of estate leaders warn ageing infrastructure is the biggest barrier to tackling backlog maintenance. NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has surveyed estate leaders to find out how to improve building maintenance across their estates. The results reveal management of NHS ...

Bellrock Group has been appointed to support Wakefield Council with a new “Integrator” Facilities Management model, as it moves away from traditional FM outsourcing towards a data-led and outcomes–focused partnership. The three-year contract began on 1 April and a phased transformation programme is underway.  Bellrock’s Intelligent Asset Care division will provide Integrator services to the Council’s Hard ...

Wavenet has selected specialist commercial cleaning company, The Clean Space, as its preferred cleaning and washroom services supplier across its UK Work Area Recovery estate. Wavenet provides secure, fully equipped office environments for contracted customers whose staff need an alternative ...

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has given notice to the British Institute of Innkeeping Awarding Body (BIIAB) to terminate their recognition agreement, under which the SIA approved BIIAB as an awarding organisation for certain SIA licence-linked qualifications. The SIA gave notice ...

Sodexo has secured a major contract with Meta to deliver food services across its global portfolio. The enterprise partnership covers more than 130 locations in over 30 countries across all regions, including a highly diverse range of environments, such as ...

Multi-skilled end-to-end service provider, Morris & Spottiswood Group, has appointed Claire Sarafilovic as Director of Professional Services, with the remit of establishing a fully integrated in-house advisory capability. The Group says the appointment is a crucial next step in its ...

New apprenticeship training programmes for AI and data science have been launched by training experts, Learnmore to meet the demand from employers looking to upskill staff. With studies showing a skills shortage in these fast changing workplace areas, the Learnmore ...

New analysis reveals a bin standardisation gap across the UK, with at least 80 unique bin colour combinations making recycling increasingly difficult for UK businesses. One year after landmark legislation required all UK businesses to separate dry recyclables and food ...

Skills shortages risk making workplaces less safe and less productive, with an impact on the national economy, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). In a new report from the RoSPA’s OSH Skills Commission, produced in ...