Month: August 2017

Cordant Services has bolstered its integrated services division by picking up a five-year contract with multi-channel retailer Shopping Direct for its operations in Cambridgeshire. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/cordant-cleans-up-with-shopping-direct-contract/ News from FM World

Companies across the capital are being encouraged to engage with their employees on mental health and offer training to staff to help detect and aid colleagues who might be suffering. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/london-mayor-calls-on-companies-to-help-tackle-mental-health-problems/ News from FM World

NHS commissioners are being given the opportunity to offload the costs and responsibilities of managing vacant and unused space in their buildings under a new scheme unveiled by NHS Property Services. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/nhs-commissioners-offered-chance-to-offload-vacant-space/ News from FM World

Facilities managers are being warned that rising in copper prices coupled with an easing of regulations could give rise to an increase in theft of the metal. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fms-urged-to-be-extra-vigilant-over-copper-supplies-amid-rising-risk-of-thefts/ News from FM World

Underground storage company DeepStore has been chosen by Colchester Museum to house its archaeological archive. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/deepstore-provides-new-digs-for-museum-artefacts/ News from FM World

Support services group Mitie has been informed by the Financial Conduct Authority that it will be investigated. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/mitie-faces-probe-by-the-fca/ News from FM World

Manned guarding business Axis Security has been awarded a further three-year contract term by MJ Mapp at Stockley Park in the London Borough of Hillingdon. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/axis-security-takes-new-three-year-contract-at-stockley-park/ News from FM World

Southampton City Council is close to establishing a Local Authority Trading Company (LATCo) a wholly owned trading arm that generates surplus to reinvest in services. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/southampton-cc-poised-to-create-new-trading-arm/ News from FM World

ABB, the Swedish-Swiss multinational technology company, has entered into a five-year contract with Apleona for the delivery of facility management services in the UK and Ireland. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/apleona-to-manage-tech-firm-abbs-estate-across-british-isles/ News from FM World

The independent review into building regulations and fire safety will seek to root out any potential systemic failures in existing arrangements to ensure that a tragedy like the Grenfell Tower fire could not happen again. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/building-regulations-review-to-learn-lessons-of-grenfell-tragedy/ News from FM World