The facilities management industry is entering a new era shaped by AI, data and escalating operational pressures, but how prepared are UK FM teams to navigate what’s coming? To understand how prepared the sector truly is, MRI Software surveyed UK-based facilities professionals across ...

With workers now spending the majority of their time collaborating rather than working at desks, new research from commercial workspace solutions provider, Diamond Interiors, reveals a a major mismatch between how employees actually work and how modern offices are designed. ...

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) has issued a preliminary market engagement (PME) notice for its proposed Design, Furniture and Appliances 3 framework agreement (SBS10538), signalling its intention to begin engaging with suppliers operating in this market, to develop a ...

Utilities, cleaning and gardening are the most common block management requirements, accounting for almost two-thirds of all call-outs and maintenance tasks carried out in 2025, according to latest insight from Rushbrook & Rathbone. The property management specialist’s internal data shines a ...

The latest Market Report from international property and construction consultancy, Gleeds, has revealed growing concern from the sector over the long-term implications of the Iran war. Global conflicts overtook interest rates and inflation as the primary threat to the industry ...

Health and safety training provider, Astutis, has published its 2026 Learner Report, which reveals UK workplaces are now entering a critical transition period as AI begins to shape health and safety. The survey, taken by professionals in multiple health and ...

Mitie Group has acquired two fire & security businesses – El Team Vest (Denmark) and ABC Elektro (Norway). The acquisitions will bolster Mitie’s projects and ongoing maintenance capabilities in the fast-growing European data centre fire & security systems market, where ...

Otis Worldwide Corporation, one of the world’s leading firms for elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, service and modernisation, has closed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in WeMaintain, a fast-growing, technology-enabled service company for the elevator and escalator industry. WeMaintain is a ...

UK technology-led Facilities Management, Transformation and Compliance company, Mitie, has released its trading update for the year ended 31 March 2026 (FY26), which shows continued good momentum in the fourth quarter and double digit revenue and operating growth in FY26. ...

Businesses are reframing how they talk about net zero but remain committed to decarbonisation and wary of the cost of inaction, according to BSI’s 2026 G7 ‘temperature check’. With heightened geopolitical instability and the oil crisis placing greater emphasis on ...