• Medirest and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust continue partnership

    Medirest and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust continue partnership
    Medirest, part of the healthcare sector of Compass Group UK & Ireland, is to continue its partnership with Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust for a further five years. The contract extension has been agreed based on Medirest’s consistent high level of service delivery, expertise and innovations across 52 sites, which span from the New Forest to Portsmouth, Petersfield and Alton.
    Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust provides community health, mental health and learning disability serv
  • Spotless expands UK footprint with English acquisitions

    Spotless expands UK footprint with English acquisitions
    Spotless Commercial Cleaning Ltd has acquired two rivals south of the border, which has significantly bolstered its annual revenues and widened its UK customer base.
    The Edinburgh-headquartered company has taken over the Manchester-based Purity Group, purchasing its assets out of administration. The move further builds the North West England footprint for Spotless, which has had a Manchester and dedicated team operating within the region for over a decade.
    Spotless has also acquired Salisbury-ba
  • Sybron launches first own brand with new biotechnology cleaning range

    Sybron launches first own brand with new biotechnology cleaning range
    Sybron, a leading UK supplier of cleaning, hygiene, and catering products to some of the largest names in hospitality, has launched its first own brand with SyBio, a range of biotechnology-based cleaning products. Partnering with BioVate Hygienics, Sybron has developed a range of products that have replaced harmful, non-renewable chemicals with adaptive biotechnology that cleans, disinfects, and protects.
    SyBio is a range of biotechnology-based products that combines probiotic, enzyme and plant-
  • Preventing the spread of Strep A via proper cleaning protocols and product selection

    Preventing the spread of Strep A via proper cleaning protocols and product selection
    In light of the rising case numbers of Strep A in the UK, Dettol Pro Solutions – Dettol’s business-to-business offering – is providing advice in terms of simple steps businesses can take to help reduce the risks of Strep A infections such as scarlet fever.
    Group A Streptococcus (GAS), also known as Strep A, are a common type of bacteria found on the skin or in the throat which, under certain circumstances, can cause disease. GAS infections often present as a mild sore throat (&
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  • Edison Group buys Glasgow-based maintenance and interior fit-out specialist

    Edison Group buys Glasgow-based maintenance and interior fit-out specialist
    Scottish-based UK and internationally operating construction and property business Edison Group has acquired project management, interior fit-out and property maintenance business GDC Design.
    The group says it plans to grow significantly over the next year both organically and by acquisition and that the purchase of GDC design significantly complements the group’s service offering.
    Glasgow-based GDC Design, which operates throughout Scotland and as far south as Birmingham, is projecti
  • New harmonised International Property Measurement Standard is launched

    New harmonised International Property Measurement Standard is launched
    Driven by the shared desire of organisations, governments, companies and professionals to build a genuinely global language for measurement the new harmonised International Property Measurement standard has been launched.
    Published by a Coalition of more than 80 property organisations representing hundreds of thousands of property professionals globally and drafted by an independent group of 18 experts from 11 countries, the IPMS is a global open-source standard aimed at creating a uniform appr
  • SFG20 joins the G-Cloud

    SFG20 joins the G-Cloud
    Facilities Management standard SFG20 has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G Cloud 13 framework.
    The online framework operated by the CCS helps public sector buyers achieve maximum commercial value by procuring software and services from a list of pre-approved suppliers. In 2021/22 it helped specifiers achieve commercial benefits equal to £2.8 billion.SFG20 was launched in 1990 by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). It is the industry st
  • BAM publishes new sustainability strategy and targets

    BAM publishes new sustainability strategy and targets
    Royal BAM Group, one of the largest construction businesses in Europe has updated its sustainability strategy focusing on six key themes in accordance with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
    BAM says it sees this sustainability strategy as a “crucial addition to its ‘Building a sustainable tomorrow’ strategy”, because the company believes there is “only a future if it continues to build sustainably”. It added that the strategy is also &ld
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  • New platform launches for women in hygiene and health industry

    Women in Cleaning is a new global platform launched last month designed for women to share their visions and authentic ways to build a career in the hygiene and health industry."In a male dominated industry, we believe that the women who are making a daily difference in our world of hygiene and health deserve a platform," explained Martine Mallee, marketing director at Consensus Group which developed the platform."Over the years we've worked alongside many inspiring women in different layers of

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