Public Sector

Cheshire East Council is insourcing the running of the borough’s household waste recycling centres by its wholly-owned environmental services company, Ansa, from April 2023.

Cleaning and hygiene industry leaders have hit out after opposition parties so far avoided meeting with them to discuss key and pressing sector issues.

Multi-technical services SPIE UK has been awarded a new contract with North Lanarkshire Council to maintain CCTV and related services in various sites across its region.

The new Living Wage rates are set to rise to £10.90 an hour across the UK (£1 increase), and £11.95 an hour in London (90p increase), the government has announced. 

NG Bailey goes for growth in IT Services 

The government has announced new support for businesses and public sector organisations facing rising energy bills in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Capita has secured an extension to its IT services contract with Barnet Council to deliver back-office operations for the local authority’s citizens.

A council in England has agreed to a four-day working week trial to begin in January – with further trials involving bin crews to follow if it’s successful.

A news round-up of stories in the FM sector

Those in the sector have responded to new Prime Minister Liz Truss’s cabinet appointments and their hopes for the policies the new ministers will enact, especially on climate change, hospitality and the general picture for the FM industry.