Year: 2018

Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) has appointed Horbury Property Services, part of the Horbury Group, to provide fire safety services across its property portfolio. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/horbury-secures-deal-with-nottingham-community-housing-association/ News from FM World

Catering company Elior has reported a total growth of 3.9 per cent in its first half of its fiscal year 2017 to 2018. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/elior-sees-disappointing-first-half-growth-of-39/ News from FM World

Redrow, one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders, says employers in other sectors are failing to take advantage of the pool of untapped young talent. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/employers-are-failing-to-capitalise-on-apprentice-recruitment-says-redrow/ News from FM World

Norse Group has appointed Nick Drake as operations director at Daventry Norse, the group’s recently formed partnership with Daventry District Council. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/drake-takes-charge-of-operations-at-daventry-norse/ News from FM World

FM provider NG Bailey has secured six contracts worth £15 million. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/ng-bailey-wins-six-new-deals/ News from FM World

Ashridge Group has been awarded a five-year contract to manage onsite security at two of the National Grid’s compressor stations in Cambridgeshire. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/ashridge-group-secures-contract-with-the-national-grid/ News from FM World

Critical environment firm Keysource has won a five-year contract with colocation provider Indectron to provide facilities management and technical services at its Gloucester data centre. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/keysource-awarded-contract-with-indectron/ News from FM World

The government says it will consult on banning the combustible cladding that caused the fire at Grenfell Tower to spread so rapidly, leading to the loss of at least 72 lives. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/government-to-hold-talks-on-cladding-ban/ News from FM World

Two international facilities management providers, Atalian and Servest, have merged to form Atalian Servest following a joint venture in 2016. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/atalian-and-servest-form-global-merger/ News from FM World

Landlords and building managers will be held accountable by a new joint competent authority that will oversee safety within multi-occupancy higher-risk residential buildings, according to the final report by Dame Judith Hackitt’s review. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/hackitt-announces-new-authority-to-hold-landlords-and-managers-to-account/ News from FM World