Sectors

Construction and FM firm Kier has joined the EV100, the Climate Group’s global initiative for companies committed to accelerating the transition to electric vehicles (EVs).

Mitie has secured a new contract to provide cleaning, portering, and patient and staff catering at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Sam Hockman, divisional CEO of EQUANS UK & Ireland, has been appointed as the new chair of the CBI’s Public Sector Partners Council.

JPMorgan Chase and EDF, Britain’s biggest generator of zero-carbon electricity, today announced (10 November) a collaboration to help power the investment bank’s UK offices with 100 per cent renewable electricity. 

Six of the UK’s key regional economic centres risk not achieving their net-zero targets unless significant action is taken to upgrade and improve their commercial real estate in the next 10 years, according to analysis by JLL.

Dacorum Borough Council has engaged environmental crime enforcement firm District Enforcement to make the borough a cleaner and safer place to live and work. 

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McGill has been awarded a contract by Paisley Housing Association to replace kitchens and bathrooms in more than 400 homes in the town.

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National maintenance contractor Novus Property Solutions has won a four-year contract with Harrogate Borough Council to refit about 300 kitchens a year.

Mitie has won a new three-year contract with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) to carry out security services at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City in London.

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