Category: News

Support services firm Interserve and its lenders are “in constructive discussions regarding the agreement and implementation of a deleveraging plan”, according to a company update published on the weekend. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/interserve-in-financial-rescue-talks/ News from FM World

Worker performance declines when CO2 levels are high and temperatures are too warm or cold, according to a new study. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/high-c02levels-in-uk-offices-kills-productivity/ News from FM World

A new report on the UK facilities management outsourcing market from MTW Research suggests outsourcing will grow by £2 billion in 2019, with the FM market forecast to rise by more than £10 billion by 2022. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-market-set-for-2-billion-boost-in-2019/ News from FM World

More than 120 further businesses have registered to work with prisons and set offenders on a path to employment, Justice Secretary David Gauke said this week. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/drive-to-employ-ex-offenders-attracts-over-120-businesses/ News from FM World

Apprenticeship starts are falling because of the Apprenticeship Levy, which needs to be made more flexible, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/apprenticeships-are-plummeting-owing-to-apprenticeship-levy-says-fmb/ News from FM World

IPM Facilities has been awarded and already begun a three-year contract to deliver cleaning, grounds maintenance services and civil engineering works nationally for property management agent Edgerley Simpson Howe (ESH). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/ipm-facilities-wins-national-grounds-maintenance-cleaning-deal/ News from FM World

Imtech Inviron has continued to grow with a further £120 million added to its order book in the second half of 2018, according to a financial statement from the group. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/imtech-inviron-reports-orders-in-excess-of-120m/ News from FM World

The Institute of Physics (IOP) has announced that Pareto FM has been chosen to provide workplace services at its newly built headquarters in Caledonian Road in North London. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/pareto-fm-makes-a-big-bang-with-institute-of-physics-contract/ News from FM World

The Mayor of London has launched a programme of air quality audits to help clean up toxic air and protect the health of young children at nurseries in some of the most polluted parts of the capital. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/mayor-trials-indoor-air-pollution-filtration-systems-in-london-nurseries/ News from FM World

Imtech has secured an energy efficiency scheme at the Great Western Hospital (GWH) in Swindon to reduce its carbon footprint and deliver cost improvements to frontline patient care. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/imtech-to-make-swindon-hospital-energy-efficient/ News from FM World