United Kingdom

Paul Goossens, operations manager for UK-based SafeSite Facilities, considers the emerging trends within construction site management.

Compass Group senior living division White Oaks has appointed Laura Tighe as Business Director as it relaunches with a new, more integrated and more sustainable combined catering and facilities management offering.

Nuffield Health has retained Sodexo UK and Ireland as its food services provider for an additional five years from 2028 following the extension of a contract which was awarded in 2023.

The UK's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has awarded a five-year maintenance engineering contract worth 81.7 million to Mitie.

Tender prices for civil engineering projects in the UK rose an average of 1 per cent in the final quarter of 2024 according to the recently convened BCIS Civil Engineering TPI Panel.

Build-to-Rent (BTR) operator Dandara Living Management has appointed Nirvana Maintenance to deliver integrated facilities management services across a portfolio of around 4,000 homes under a multi-year contract.

A new partnership between Levy's event catering arm Payne & Gunter and Garsington Opera will deliver bold new flavours for opera lovers attending the summer festival of operas on the Getty's Wormsley Estate in Buckinghamshire.

Homehold managing director Linz Darling celebrates UK Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook delivering on a promise to implement a provision of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 that requires flats to be owned for two years before granting a lease extension.

FM services business Bidvest Noonan has partnered with The Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM) to launch a Special Interest Group dedicated to supporting the global tall-building sector.

OCS has acquired Maxim FM, one of the fastest-growing independent regional facilities management companies in North-East of England.

As part of a new campaign, Year 5 and 6 pupils from five schools across the borough of Caerphilly in Wales put their creative skills to use to design their own recycling 'heroes and villains'.

In advance of Energy Savers Week in the UK (20th to 26th January), BM Caterers is introducing a number of initiatives to help customers reduce energy consumption and maximise efficiency while cooking.

Wates has appointed Jack Prady as Managing Director of its facilities management business and welcomed Mark Wiles to the role of Business Development and Work Winning Director.

Change Please is an award-winning social enterprise that aims to end homelessness through the power of employment and great tasting coffee. By reinvesting 100 per cent of its profits into training individuals as baristas, providing them with housing, therapy and onward employment opportunities, C

In-office catering business Grazing has appointed Federica De Marchi to the newly created role of head chef of its central production unit (CPU) in Bermondsey, South East London.

Compass Group business ESS has extended its partnership with community sharing app Olio to redistribute good-to-eat surplus food to members of the local community.

Bidvest Noonan has been named 'Partner of the Year' by the Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM) at their 2024 Annual Awards in recognition of its achievement in driving innovation and enhancing resilience in the security sector.

Mitie has been recognised as a UK Top Employer for the seventh consecutive year by the Top Employers Institute.

An analysis of the 'Top 100' companies in the UK to work for based on over 1,000 Glassdoor reviews has listed OCS in 36th place.

Verdantix has recognised Service Works Global (SWG) for its asset and maintenance management capabilities.