From 31 March 2025, the ‘Simpler Recycling’ legislation means that businesses must have a minimum number of recyclable waste streams presented for recycling or composting, to improve national recycling rates. However, effective waste segregation in large retail premises is complex ...

As of Monday 2nd December 2024, local authorities will be given powers to let out empty high street properties via auctions without their owner’s consent, leaving landlords facing significant costs, according to property law firm, BDB Pitmans. High Street Rental ...

ABM has extended its contract to provide full facility and guest services at Multi-Realm’s retail destination, London Designer Outlet in Wembley Park. The move builds on ABM’s longstanding partnership with the retail operating partner, which manages over half of the outlet ...

Grosvenor Services has retained its facilities management contract at Europe’s largest shopping centre, Westfield London, marking a significant achievement in its long-standing partnership with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW). Alongside the contract retention, originally awarded in 2016, Grosvenor has also expanded this relationship ...

ESS Defence, specialist provider of foodservice and facilities management to military establishments across the UK, has partnered with Co-op to open the convenience retailer’s first store on the UK Defence estate at HMS Collingwood. The move is in line with ...

The commercial property market in the UK is still seeing an underwhelming market backdrop, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Commercial Property Monitor Q3 2024. Some of the positivity seen in the last quarter has been ...

Bidvest Noonan is celebrating a key win at the 2024 Irish Contract Cleaning Association (ICCA) Awards, which recognise outstanding service, innovation, and commitment to quality in Ireland’s cleaning sector. Held at Dublin’s iconic Mansion House, the awards brought together over ...

JLL has appointed Andron Facilities Management as the cleaning and soft FM partner at Aberdeen’s largest shopping centre. In the heart of the city, Union Square offers stylish shopping with over 50 fashion and lifestyle stores. The centre opened in ...

Bidvest Noonan has secured the cleaning and security services contract at Buttercrane Shopping Centre in Newry, Northern Ireland. Attracting over 5.5 million visitors annually and home to more than 50 big-name brands and anchor stores, Buttercrane is a premier retail ...

By David Llewellyn, Chief Executive, Vending & Automated Retail Association In the wake of the recent general election that saw the Labour Party come into power for the first time in nearly 15 years, the AVA has taken note of ...