Hospitality serves provider Bennett Hay has answered the drive for cost efficiencies at workplaces and commercial estates by creating a concierge service integrating reception and hosting with building security.
A new £500 million procurement framework has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) to offer high-quality soft facilities management services to the NHS and wider public sector.
Atalian Servest has secured its fourth deal in 18 months with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), adding operations at 14 more sites to its existing partnership with the government department.
Processing and distributing physical mail has always been a slow, labour-intensive process prone to error. But as offices and the people working in them adapt to new technologies, the back-end operations of big companies - such as office mailrooms - are ripe for disruption.
Mitie has secured a facilities management and property services contract with plumbing and electrical tools and equipment supplier Ahlsell to manage and maintain all its stores in Norway.
Drones are set to fly through the UK's sewers hunting down fatbergs so human workers don't have to, explained Karl Simmons, head of health and safety, security and well-being at Thames Water Utilities.
The University of London's central administration says it will work closely with the recognised trade unions and current contractors to transition facilities management staff into the university after a review of contracted services in November 2017.
The Nationwide Building Society has moved more than 2,000 employees in-house after its £350 million facilities management contract with Carillion ended after the firm's collapse.
