The UK has a steep hill to climb to recover from the Covid pandemic. Social value is core to how we will implement this recovery and the Social Value Act is central to our government’s approach.
FM operator The Westgrove Group is launching into the total facilities management market by adding hard services to its established soft services provision.
The financial conduct watchdog has said that Carillion and some of its executive directors “recklessly misled” markets and investors over its financial performance before the company collapsed two years ago.
Businesses seeking to win government contracts will have to set out how they will also deliver social value priorities - including Covid-19 recovery measures, according to measures announced this week.
Take-up of office and laboratory space in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc has remained resilient in the first half of this year as the region’s leading role in the fight against Covid-19 drives demand for space.
A new £500 million procurement framework has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) to offer high-quality soft facilities management services to the NHS and wider public sector.
A new £10.6million framework has been launched to help develop and maintain Nottinghamshire County Council’s property portfolio and has been specifically designed to benefit SMEs and the local economy.
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is canvassing views of property and construction professionals to delineate social value for the built environment sector.
The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has held a virtual meeting with the director of Labour Market Enforcement (LME), as part of its drive to ensure the voice of the cleaning and hygiene sector is heard at the highest levels.
