Month: February 2019

Hexagon FM’s managing director Nicola Lathbury has been promoted to chair of the Women in FM Special Interest Group for the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, formerly the BIFM. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/women-in-fm-sig-appoints-new-chair/ News from FM World

Artic building services have been awarded a hard FM contract at various buildings on a luxury Royal Arsenal residential development in Woolwich, south-east London. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/artic-wins-hard-fm-contract-at-prestigious-royal-arsenal-estate/ News from FM World

ISS has been awarded a new four-year international total facilities management contract with an investment bank. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/iss-banks-new-international-tfm-contract/ News from FM World

Facilitate has partnered with E.ON Drive to present a guide to the burgeoning electric vehicle charging point market. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/white-paper-a-guide-to-ev-charging-points/ News from FM World

An ‘Outsourcing Playbook’, which has been designed to improve how government works with industry to deliver better public services, has been launched by Cabinet Office minister, Oliver Dowden. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/government-publishes-outsourcing-playbook/ News from FM World

Europe is forecast to see 255 million square feet of flexible corporate space in 2019 a 12 per cent increase with over 70 per cent of this space being available in smaller secondary cities, according to Instant Offices. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/global-business-looks-to-second-cities-first-for-flexible-office-space/ News from FM World

A preferred bidder to build and operate the energy-from waste (EfW) plant for Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council and Moray Council has been selected. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/preferred-bidder-chosen-for-energy-from-waste-facility-in-scotland/ News from FM World

Strictly Education has acquired the Surrey-based service provider Babcock 4S, enhancing its position as a single-source strategic solutions partner for schools, academies and multi-academy trusts (MATs). http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/strictly-education-buys-babcock-4s/ News from FM World

Support services company Interserve published its financial results showing a loss of £111 million as it also issued an updated rescue plan today. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/interserve-publishes-financial-results-showing-111m-loss-in-2018/ News from FM World

Interserve’s board has released details of its proposed deleveraging plan, which has been agreed with all of the company’s lenders, bonding providers and the Pension Trustee. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/interserve-provides-more-details-of-its-deleveraging-plan/ News from FM World