Integrated Facilities Management (IFM)

OCS has committed to increase the number of apprenticeship placements it offers in the UK and Ireland to over 1,000 in the next 12-months, and will also be making further investment in its funded learning programme.

ISS A/S has appointed internal candidate Signe Adamsen to the newly created position of Group Head of Environmental, Social, and Governance.

STRABAG Property and Facility Services will deliver integrated technical facilities management and production support services at 36 locations in Germany under a new contract from automotive component manufacturer Mahle GmbH.

ISS has won a multiservice 7-year contract with the North London Mental Health NHS Partnership (NLMHP).

Polyteck has secured an integrated hard services contract at the UK offices of home appliances business SharkNinja.

Global Facilities Services Group OCS has appointed Ringo Francis as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect.

Following the UK's Armed Forces Day celebrations on Saturday, Carl Gage, Regional Director for Technical Services at OCS, reflects on a career which has taken him from the galley of HMS Liverpool to assuming P&L responsibility for multi-million pound key accounts.

Mitie is trialling flowering lawns at two contracts in the Scottish town of Leuchars and Dudley, West Midlands.

Mitie has further strengthened its risk management controls by adding ISO 31000 certification to a pre-existing certification to the ISO 22301 standard.

ABM has made a number of internal and external appointments following the relocation of staff to a new London headquarters building and client sites in the UK and Ireland.

The Deborah Rowland Scholarship which has been launched in collaboration with the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) aims to demolish barriers to progress and to foster future leaders from diverse backgrounds.

UK soft services provider SBFM has appointed Stuart Hamilton as chief strategy officer as his predecessor Dale Line assumes the new role of chief operating officer.

Mitie has enrolled 20 learners on a new Cleaning Hygiene Operative Level 2 apprenticeship programme.

Hertfordshire County Council has awarded Wates a new contract for the delivery of planned, reactive and minor works across its 1,025 corporate buildings, libraries, fire stations, adult day care centres, youth centres, rural estates, open spaces and schools.

Jason Petsch, CEO of OUTCO, says potholes have evolved from an occasional menace into a symbol of the UK's national decline as he urges the country's next government to introduce long-term thinking into highways maintenance.

Aramark operates in the most unexpected of environments having provided hospitality at the Olympics, Coronations and in amusement parks. In the latest episode of its podcast series Mark This! Andrew Thomson, Managing Director for Offshore services, discusses the challenges presented by th

UAE-based Farnek Services has been recognised with an award from Neutral Fuels for reducing carbon emission from its fleet by 80 metric tonnes.

Kelly Dolphin, SBFM people and culture director, comments on plans by the Labour Party to 'shake-up' apprenticeship funding in the United Kingdom.

A dedicated team from ABM tackled the demanding terrain of Cumbria earlier this month in the spirit of raising funds and awareness for wounded veterans.

Mitie Security is working with the National Portrait Gallery to implement measures that support the Safer Business Network's Safe Haven Initiative