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• Amey awarded FM contract extension with National Highways

  18-08-2026 14:23 via fmj.co.uk
  Amey has been awarded a one-year extension to its facilities management contract with National Highways.
  Continuing a long-standing partnership, Amey provides hard and soft facilities management services across National Highways’ complex and geographically dispersed estate across England, helping to ensure essential facilities remain safe, compliant, resilient and fit for purpose. This work underpins the organisation’s ability to manage and operate one of the UK’s most importan
  
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• NG Bailey wins significant contract with The Very Group

  18-08-2026 14:05 via fmj.co.uk
  Independent engineering and infrastructure services business, NG Bailey, has won a major technical services contract with one of the UK’s leading digital retailers, The Very Group.
  NG Bailey has been appointed to deliver comprehensive mechanical and electrical maintenance and engineering services across six key operational locations within The Very Group’s UK estate.
  The three-year contract will see NG Bailey’s Technical Facilities Services team provide planned and reactive M&a
  
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• Peartree appoints Andy Gook to drive growth in Scotland

  18-08-2026 12:46 via chtmag.com
  
  Peartree Cleaning Services, the commercial cleaning specialist, has appointed Andy Gook as Business Development Manager as the company looks to accelerate its growth across Scotland.
  Edinburgh-based Gook brings more than 20 years’ experience selling soft services, including eight years within the commercial cleaning sector. His appointment forms part of Peartree’s wider growth strategy and will see him focus primarily on securing new business across Scotland while also developing opp
  
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• Biffa bags expanded nationwide KFC contract

  18-08-2026 12:17 via chtmag.com
  
  Biffa has retained and expanded its waste management partnership with all non-franchise KFC restaurants across Great Britain.
  Having successfully supported KFC for several years, Biffa will now provide waste management services across its full portfolio of equity-owned restaurants.
  Drawing on its extensive experience in the hospitality sector and nationwide network, Biffa will deliver tailored collection services across the estate, helping ensure a consistent, high-quality service for KFC resta
  
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• Director promotion at Complii

  18-08-2026 11:52 via fmj.co.uk
  Building safety and regulatory compliance services provider, Complii, has promoted Julie Thompson to HR Director, joining the Senior Leadership Team.
  Thompson has been promoted internally from her role as Senior HR Business Partner, a position she joined bringing a wealth of experience across multinational organisations and particular expertise in navigating global due diligence, integrations and large-scale organisational change.
  Since joining, Thompson has played a central role in supporting t
  
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• Property Connect Networking Events in August

  18-08-2026 11:23 via fmj.co.uk
  Property-connect.org was formed to respond to a direct need of property professionals within the construction/FM and built environments. This includes anyone within the industry from FMs, Planners, Designers, Architects, Interior Designers, and all trades within the building envelope.
  Meeting monthly at various locations throughout the UK, each event has its own host ambassadors, bringing together property people within their areas. It’s an informal atmosphere, interacting with others to e
  
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• Equans acquires Mway Communications 

  18-08-2026 11:09 via fmj.co.uk
  Equans UK has acquired Mway Communications to strengthen highway technology capabilities in the UK.
  Mway, a leading specialist in highways technology and communications infrastructure, serves National Highways and Tier 1 contractors throughout the UK’s Strategic Road Network (SRN), delivering critical technology and engineering solutions that underpin National Highways three key imperatives – safety, customer & delivery. The company employs 100 people and generates an annual
  
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• Facility management and customer experience in the middle east: lessons, challenges and opportunities

  18-08-2026 10:49 via fmj.co.uk
  Facility Management has developed rapidly across the Arab region over the past three decades, building on an established professional foundation in operations and maintenance. Yahya Shokr MEP Section Head for Egypt, BEEAH Group describes how modern FM concepts met this existing expertise and gradually integrated with local practices.
  I have witnessed a transformation from traditional operations and maintenance towards a more integrated discipline concerned with assets, services, users and custom
  
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• CIOB publishes building regulations guide for construction clients

  18-08-2026 10:30 via fmj.co.uk
  The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has published a new, FREE, guide to help construction clients better understand their responsibilities under Building Regulations and the Building Safety Act.
  The guide is aimed at anyone commissioning building work on behalf of a business, public body, charity or other non-domestic organisation. It clearly sets out a client’s legal duties under the Building Safety Act 2022, as well as helping identify which projects are and are not subject to Bui
  
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• Senior appointment at Peartree to drive growth across Scotland

  18-08-2026 09:55 via fmj.co.uk
  Commercial cleaning specialist, Peartree Cleaning Services, has appointed Andy Gook as Business Development Manager as the company looks to accelerate its growth across Scotland.
  Edinburgh-based Gook brings more than 20 years’ experience selling soft services, including eight years within the commercial cleaning sector. His appointment forms part of Peartree’s wider growth strategy and will see him focus primarily on securing new business across Scotland while also developing opportu
  
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• Chartway Janitorial marks 25th anniversary with award win

  18-08-2026 09:00 via cleaningmag.com
  
  A leading supplier of cleaning and hygiene products which is celebrating 25 years of trading has spoken of its delight at winning a coveted family business award. Kent-based Chartway Janitorial was the winner of the People’s Choice Award for London and the South East at the recent National Family Business of the Year Awards 2026. It secured the public voted title at the awards ceremony hosted by Family Business United (FBU).
  
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