Category: News

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) the estates arm of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is searching for suppliers to tender for £2.9 billion worth of contracts under a new CCS FM framework. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/dio-invites-fm-suppliers-to-bid-for-places-on-new-framework/ News from FM World

Drainage and civil engineering company Jet Aire Services has secured a one-year contract extension with Seymour Civil Engineering to provide maintenance for Northumbrian Water. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/jet-aire-services-takes-3m-northumbrian-water-drainage-deal/ News from FM World

Most American knowledge workers say their companies regularly ask them to innovate, but more than half say they’re too overwhelmed by day-to-day work to be more enterprising, according to a report by US software company Workfront. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/employees-want-to-be-innovative-but-theyre-just-too-busy/ News from FM World

The UK Parliament has announced the introduction of a new range of compostable products across its estate to replace existing single-use plastic items. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/uk-parliament-to-cut-plastic-waste-using-new-compostable-products/ News from FM World

Processing and distributing physical mail has always been a slow, labour-intensive process prone to error. But as offices and the people working in them adapt to new technologies, the back-end operations of big companies such as office mailrooms are ripe for disruption. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/think-tank-what-is-the-future-of-mailroom-management/ News from…

Kier has reported a 9 per cent jump in underlying profits in its results for the year ended 30 June 2018, published today. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/kier-groups-full-year-profits-rise-on-strong-order-book/ News from FM World

Midland Metro has awarded Cordant Cleaning a three-year contract to provide a range of services across its tram network in Birmingham. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/business-news/cordant-on-track-for-multimillion-pound-deal-at-midland-metro/ News from FM World

The government must harness the power of social enterprise to make the nation competitive and inclusive, according to research by Social Enterprise UK. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/social-enterprise-offers-uk-a-revolutionary-key-to-prosperity/ News from FM World

BSI, the business standards company, has published BS ISO/IEC 20000-1: 2018 Information technology service management part 1: service management system requirements. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/international-standard-for-it-service-management-revised/ News from FM World

The security services arm of Incentive FM Group, Incentive Lynx, has extended its services at Plantation Place in the City of London, following a successful three-year partnership. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/incentive-lynx-renews-plantation-place-security-deal/ News from FM World