Year: 2018

Global real estate adviser CBRE has been appointed by Great Portland Estates plc to provide a total FM contract for 200 Gray’s Inn Road. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/cbre-takes-tfm-deal-at-200-grays-inn-road/ News from FM World

Sports, leisure and hospitality company has secured a five-year catering contract with Goodwood, the 12,000-acre estate in West Sussex known for motorsport and horseracing events. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/levy-uk-forms-catering-partnership-with-goodwood/ News from FM World

BIFM has today opened entries for the industry-leading British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) Awards 2018. Contenders are sought across 13 categories from individuals, companies and initiatives that can demonstrate excellence across three core themes: ‘people’, ‘innovation’ and ‘impact’. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/bifm-seeks-pioneering-facilities-management-for-2018-industry-awards/ News from FM World

Midlands-based facilities management company Diamond Facilities Support has landed two six-figure national contracts with a go-karting attraction and a residential lettings firm. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/diamond-gets-on-track-with-two-nationwide-deals/ News from FM World

Wilson Vale has gained a catering contract with Kent College Pembury, an independent day, boarding, nursery and preparatory school for girls in Pembury, Kent. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/wilson-vale-takes-catering-deal-with-kent-college-pembury/ News from FM World

John Laing Infrastructure Fund Limited has said it aims to replace Carillion on nine facilities management projects at a cost of £3 million after the latter’s collapse earlier this month. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/john-laing-set-to-take-over-nine-carillion-fm-projects/ News from FM World

Kier has won an £8 million deal to provide total facilities management to the British Red Cross charity’s entire UK estate. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/kier-chosen-as-first-aider-to-british-red-cross-estate/ News from FM World

The management committee for the Women of the Year competition is to be chaired by Catherine Roe, chief executive of catering company Elior UK. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/catering-firm-ceo-to-chair-women-of-the-year-committee/ News from FM World

Contract caterer Graysons has started delivering catering services at Ricardo in Shoreham and at IOP Publishing in Temple Meads, Bristol. The contracts will run for the next five and three years respectively. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/graysons-secures-new-deals-with-ricardo-and-iop-publishing/ News from FM World

Two-thirds of managers see a correlation between their organisation’s performance and the technology it uses, although only half (54 per cent) describe their organisation as technologically forward-thinking. http://www.fm-world.co.uk/news/report-productivity-through-tech-demands-leadership/ News from FM World