Month: September 2019

Mitie has been awarded a five-year contract by Her Majesty’s Revenue Customs (HMRC) to provide technology-led services across a number of the department’s UK sites. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/mitie-wins-technology-modernisation-deal-with-hmrc/ News from FM World

Core Facility Services has completed a merger with Kirklees-based energy management firm FM Energy. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/core-facility-services-clinches-merger-with-fm-energy/ News from FM World

At a workplace conference last year Neil Steele of Asure Software stressed how sensor technology would only become increasingly popular. But he added that while sensor-based data collection was in and accepted the worker’s perception [of it] is crucial to its successful adoption in the…

The government needs to learn lessons from its mistakes with outsourcing, and enact the practice for the “right reasons”, according to a think tank. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/government-must-learn-to-outsource-for-right-reasons/ News from FM World

Flexible workplace and food venue company Grazing has acquired Purple Grape Catering for an undisclosed fee. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/grazing-acquires-purple-grape-catering/ News from FM World

Amadeus’ events team has won several sports catering contracts worth £3 million across golf, tennis and cycling. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/amadeus-plays-up-sporting-contract-wins-worth-3m/ News from FM World

Avison Young has been appointed to provide property management services at Lakeside North Harbour in Portsmouth. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/avison-young-coasts-down-to-lakeside-north-harbour/ News from FM World

Caterer Lexington has announced that its chief executive, Mike Sunley, has decided to step down from his role in December, after 17 years leading the company. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/sunley-to-step-down-as-lexingtons-ceo/ News from FM World

Co-working is set to rise by 50 per cent around the world by 2020, according to a Co-working Space Index compiled by games room retailer Liberty Games. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/co-working-is-set-to-rise/ News from FM World

At least three in four (77 per cent) small or medium-sized businesses (SMEs) find it challenging to recruit suitably qualified staff for their business, according to research by payroll company Moorepay. http://www.facilitatemagazine.com/news/a-third-of-workers-feel-undervalued-by-their-employers/ News from FM World