Waste management

Mitie is providing key services at seven coronavirus regional testing centres in addition to the five it already operates in across England and Wales.

New Earth Solutions (Canford) has been awarded a six-year deal (plus a three-year option to extend) to treat and dispose of the waste for Dorset Council at its Canford site.

Property development and investment company British Land has awarded Incentive FM three new shopping centre contracts and renewed another two contracts at sites across the UK.

Mitie has won a new five-year integrated facilities management (IFM) contract with insurance company Royal London Group.

Should Norfolk County Council agree to the proposed waste disposal contract with Veolia, it could stand to save £2 million a year and cut carbon emissions by 47,000 tonnes.

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is setting up a task force in a bid to reduce the "enormous health burden from Covid-19 and other respiratory infections".

Global resource management company Veolia has entered into a 20-year energy performance contract (EPC) that targets savings of a £1 million a year at the 500-bed Rotherham Hospital.

Sodexo has begun removing products containing unrecyclable polystyrene and single-use plastic bags from its supply chain.

Apleona HSG Facility Management UK has been awarded a new contract to deliver services on behalf of the body responsible for promoting and protecting the tidal River Thames.

Biffa has been awarded an eight-year waste collection contract for Cornwall Council, which will "in one leap" transform the county's recycling rates from 38 per cent to over 50 per cent.

Gritting operator Ground Control has acquired JW Crowther & Son, known as The Gritting Company.

Enva, a provider of recycling and specialist resource recovery solutions in the UK and Ireland, has acquired SAR Recycling Ltd.