Waste management

Mitie and BAM FM have been named as the latest suppliers on the new Crown Commercial Services framework (RM6232). 

Norse Group has secured an eight-year waste and street cleansing contract with Rochford District Council in Essex.

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

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has published a three-year Green Plan focusing on decarbonising the NHS estate.

Veolia has offered to sell the Suez business in the UK to assuage the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) concerns that the merger of the waste management firms would mean a loss of competitiveness in the market.

Commercial cleaning contractor Cleanology is extending its operations from London into the rest of the country.

A news round-up of stories in the FM sector

Transatlantic legal firm Womble Bond Dickinson has appointed Pareto FM to provide integrated facilities management services across its UK estate. 

UK waste management provider Biffa plc has received a takeover proposal from US private equity firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) that values the company at £1.36 billion.

Biffa has been appointed as the official waste management and recycling provider for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.