Year: 2017

Support services and facilities management (FM) companies face stagnating profitability next year amid increased competition from SMEs, and rising cost inflation from the National Living Wage and Brexit, according to a report from professional services consultant EY. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-firms-facing-stagnating-profitability-into-2018/ News from FM World

Carillion’s board has revealed that the incoming chief executive Andrew Davies will be starting at an earlier date than previously announced. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/davies-to-start-as-carillion-ceo-sooner-than-planned/ News from FM World

Bouygues Energies & Services has been awarded a four-year contract to work in partnership with Slough Borough Council to deliver facilities management services to more than 80 buildings in Berkshire. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/bouygues-secures-fm-deal-with-slough-borough-council/ News from FM World

Outsourcing provider for services in document management, Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) UK, has been awarded an additional contract with telecoms and media company TalkTalk. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/sps-gains-new-mail-deal-with-talktalk/ News from FM World

Holborn Building Services (Holborn BS) has secured a contract to undertake planned and reactive maintenance on air conditioning systems at sites operated by West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/holborn-building-services-wins-new-deal/ News from FM World

The current regulatory system for ensuring fire safety in high-rise and complex buildings is not fit for purpose, according to an Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety by Dame Judith Hackitt. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/building-regulations-are-unfit-for-purpose/ News from FM World

The British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) has urged all businesses employing FM staff to lobby for changes to the Apprenticeship Levy, after it was revealed that allocated funding is insufficient to deliver degree-level apprenticeships in FM. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/bifm-rallies-sector-over-apprenticeship-levy-failings/ News from FM World

Atalian Global Services has acquired Suburban Integrated Facilities Resources of Braintree, Massachusetts. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/atalian-acquires-new-england-service-provider/ News from FM World

CBRE Group has acquired Geico Lender S.p.A (Geico Lender), a building technical engineering services provider in Italy. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/cbre-buys-italian-fm-provider-geico-lender/ News from FM World

Estates professionals in the higher education sector should be readying universities in a number of ways including adapting physical space, says a report by the Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE). http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/university-estates-must-meet-needs-of-generation-z/ News from FM World