Landscaping

Wates Facilities Management (FM) has been reappointed to continue provision of planned and reactive building maintenance services on four nationwide contracts.

FM outsourcer Bidvest Noonan is launching a sourcing solutions business unit in Ireland to deliver greater value to clients across a range of ancillary services.

Mitie is cultivating its landscaping business with the acquisition of Biotecture, a specialist in ‘living walls’. 

Chequers, the specialist social housing division of The Churchill Group, has appointed Naomi Childe as director of grounds and landscaping.

Grounds maintenance provider Tivoli Group has fortified its link with English Heritage by taking a new contract covering the South East region.

Landscaping specialist idverde has been awarded a 10-year grounds maintenance, sports and bereavement services contract with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to achieve carbon neutrality in the first year.

Sodexo has gained a three-year, multi-million-pound contract as workplace partner of sports brand Adidas on the strength of its recently launched Vital Spaces suite of services.

Milton Keynes-based Plumbing and Gas Solutions is creating a new division – Facilities Management Solutions – as part of its expansion strategy.

Dundee-based contractor McGill has been appointed to a £68 million property maintenance framework by I-Flair, a consortium of housing associations in Scotland.

Grounds maintenance and landscape specialist idverde has won an innovative 16-year deal with Warwick District Council to make the authority’s street cleansing and parks maintenance carbon-neutral by 2025.