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In 2012 BT made the headlines with its decision to bring the purpose-designed facilities services company Monteray in-house. Now the group is back in the headlines as outsourcing goes back on the agenda.
The property services company has secured a three-year contract renewal for the provision of building maintenance repairs and project works.
New research reveals that 1 in 5 UK workers has around two unproductive hours every week caused by poor or inadequate work environments, leading to a huge cost to the economy.
The facilities services group has unveiled an action plan to reduce its single-use plastic footprint across the UK.
The group saw both revenue and operating profit climb over the 12 months to 30 September.
The construction to services group will provide a range of facilities management services for a new primary and community care centre in Lisburn over a 25-year term.
Mitie's approach to diversity and inclusion has been praised, with the company named on the list of the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers, the only facilities management company on the list.
The Axis Group's front-of-house division has been appointed to a combined security and reception services contract at the British Medical Association's headquarters in London.
The Westgrove Group has been chosen to supply security services to one of the North West's leading business parks.
Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington has announced new measures to deliver better public services and use contracts as a "force for good".
The group is very much in the news these days, mainly for the wrong reasons. As it continues to grapple with stabilisation and recovery, we've been looking back at its path over the past couple of decades.
Engaging employees has never been more important. Fiona Perrin explores how an application that mirrors those we use as consumers is keeping soft services staff connected.
Traditional commercial office leases are under threat, as an increasing number of organisations begin to recognise the value of flexible working. But why should facilities managers care about this new trend?
Carl Webb reviews the importance of considering whether a hired climate control arrangement makes more sense than a traditional purchase.
It's a common view in FM these days: we're on the brink of fundamental, widespread change in what we do and how we do it. The driver is clear: rapidly developing technology. But is this really the case?
'Brand' is one of those ideas that can seem a bit too trendy for their own good. Of course this particular concept means something in the fast-paced and increasingly global commercial world; but what's it got to do with real life?
It's time we looked at our workplaces through a new lens, Nicola Morris, Sodexo's Divisional MD for Corporate Services, tells Fiona Perrin.
Sodexo is committed to 'Quality of Life Services'. Keith Hamer, its Global VP of Engineering and Asset Management, tells Fiona Perrin why operating to a global standard for hard services is so integral to that vision.
Rob Legge talks to i-FM about the ambitious plans behind the newly merged Atalian Servest business.
