Month: September 2017

Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has announced the appointment of Mark Whiteling as chief financial officer with effect from 1 October 2017, at which point he will also join the Interserve plc board. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/whiteling-joins-interserves-board-as-cfo/ News from FM World

Incentive QAS, the specialist cleaning company, has been awarded a three-year contract by Workman LLP, the property management and building consultancy firm, to provide a range of soft services at 80 Cheapside in the City of London. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/incentive-qas-builds-on-london-portfolio-with-80-cheapside-deal/ News from FM World

One of the country’s leading architects expects the design of buildings to be increasingly influenced by facilities managers in the coming years. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/fm-industry-news/sir-terry-farrell-fms-set-to-take-lead-role-in-building-design/ News from FM World

This week the FM services group Cordant Group announced that it was adopting the status of a social enterprise. The group’s chief executive Chris Kenneally told FM World that the old, traditional model of business was changing and that this was Cordant’s way of pioneering…

Shares in Interserve Group dropped by 50 per cent this morning following a profit warning issued at the beginning of the day. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/interserve-shares-fall-sharply-following-profit-warning/ News from FM World

Axis Group, the UK security, cleaning, front-of-house and support services organisation, has strengthened its relationship with Old Spitalfields Market by gaining a new five-year contract to deliver cleaning and pest control services. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/axis-forges-closer-links-with-londons-old-spitalfields-market/ News from FM World

Cordant Group’s decision to become a social enterprise will result in a happier and more productive workforce, says its CEO. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/kenneally-reveals-game-plan-for-cordant-groups-social-enterprise/ News from FM World

Sodexo has announced its acquisition of leading London contract caterer The Good Eating Company. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/sodexo-buys-the-good-eating-company/ News from FM World

Norse Commercial Services has appointed Daniel Vanstone to the newly created position of operations director for the company’s facilities management services. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/vanstone-to-lead-fm-operations-at-norse-commercial-services/ News from FM World

The European Construction Institute (ECI) has become part of BRE alongside Constructing Excellence. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/european-construction-institute-joins-bre/ News from FM World