Category: News

GVA has announced that it has separated from Apleona and is now an independent group. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/gva-announces-separation-from-apleona/ News from FM World

Horbury Property Services, part of the Horbury Group, has been selected to provide fire safety services as part of a new contract with Sheffield-based Arches Housing. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/arches-housing-chooses-horbury-to-supply-fire-safety-services/ News from FM World

The Nationwide Building Society has moved more than 2,000 employees in-house after its £350 million facilities management contract with Carillion ended after the firm’s collapse. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/nationwide-brings-2000-former-carillion-staff-in-house/ News from FM World

Bookings for the British Institute of Facilities Management’s eighth ThinkFM conference are now open. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/thinkfm-comes-to-the-city-of-london-in-may/ News from FM World

Jones FM has been appointed as mechanical and electrical maintenance provider for 20 Old Bailey, a workspace opposite the famous law courts in the heart of the capital. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/jones-fm-wins-20-old-bailey-me-contract/ News from FM World

Amadeus has secured a contract with Stratford-on-Avon Racecourse worth £2.5 million to provide exclusive catering services at the venue. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/amadeus-finds-the-going-good-on-racecourse-deal/ News from FM World

The Cabinet Office has said that support services firm Interserve’s position is not comparable to Carillion’s despite the former’s share price drop this week. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/carillion-interserve-situation-not-comparable-says-government/ News from FM World

The managing director of a large facilities management company says the industry customer base has to change its procurement habits in the aftermath of the collapse of Carillion. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/raikes-customers-are-guilty-of-pursuing-bad-procurement-habits/ News from FM World

Following the news that Carillion has gone into liquidation the British Institute of Facilities Management has issued the following statement. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/bifm-issues-statement-on-carillions-collapse/ News from FM World

Enva Group, formerly known as DCC Environmental, a provider of waste management and waste materials solutions in the UK and Ireland, has acquired Blue Sky Plastic Recycling for an undisclosed sum. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/enva-buys-blue-sky-plastic-recycling-to-extend-expertise/ News from FM World