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2 months ago | 
fmj.co.uk | Sara Bean |Hard FM
OCS, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) and the Procurator Fiscal Office (COPFS) have officially signed a contract reaffirming their long-standing partnership in delivering Total Facilities Management services across the SCTS estate.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sarah O'Beirne |Hard FM
Family-owned and – governed Sasse Group, which operates facilities management across the UK, has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of London-based family business, Capital Maintenance Ltd. The financial terms of the deal are undisclosed. Capital Maintenance, which employs a workforce of around 100 highly skilled technicians, has been a reliable partner in the London market for 33 years. Its services range from project management to maintenance and servicing in the real estate sector.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sarah O'Beirne |Hard FM
Amey has been appointed for the management of hard FM services at HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire. The site, which was brought under public sector control earlier this year, is a Category B training prison for adult male offenders aged 21 and over, and has an operating capacity of 888. Amey has been supporting existing employees with initial mobilisation activities, ensuring they have the right resources, support, and guidance to transition smoothly into Amey’s ways of operating.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sarah O'Beirne |Hard FM
Webinar: Using AI learning to improve frontline staff engagementFrontline workers form the backbone of facilities management services, serving as the face of the brand and interacting directly with customers. Yet research by both L&G and the Living Wage Foundation reveals the majority feel overlooked and expendable. Accelerating the problem is a growing technology gap.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sarah O'Beirne |Hard FM
Webinar: Using AI learning to improve frontline staff engagementFrontline workers form the backbone of facilities management services, serving as the face of the brand and interacting directly with customers. Yet research by both L&G and the Living Wage Foundation reveals the majority feel overlooked and expendable. Accelerating the problem is a growing technology gap.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sara Bean |Hard FM
Imperial War Museums (IWM) has extended its hard services contract with OCS for an additional five years, with the option for the customer to extend for another four years, broken down into two two-year commitments. This follows an initial four-year contract for hard services.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sarah O'Beirne |Hard FM
New arrangements to provide hard FM services to MOD sites used by reserves and cadets came into effect as of yesterday (1 August 2024). The MOD’s existing Built Estate contracts, which provide hard FM services to defence sites across the UK, have been extended to an additional 1,622 sites supported by the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (RFCA). Known as the Volunteer Estate (VE), the sites will receive key maintenance work, repairs, servicing and hard facilities management.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sarah O'Beirne |Hard FM
Bellrock Group has won a five-year contract to deliver hard facilities services to West Sussex County Council (WSCC). The contract, which is valued at up to £10 million per annum, and comes with the potential to extend up to a further five years, covers nine types of property, across over 200 corporate sites. The diverse portfolio, spread over 760 square miles, requires a broad mix of hard FM services, including planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance and projects.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sarah O'Beirne |Hard FM
Sustainability Priorities and Challenges in FMThe FM industry is evolving quicker than ever before, and so are the demands of the customers it serves. To help shed light on some of the trends that are shaping the sector, Biological Preparations, a leading UK biotech company, is conducting a survey in collaboration with FMJ to identify the sustainability priorities and challenges amongst FM leaders.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
fmj.co.uk | Sarah O'Beirne |Hard FM
Hampshire & Isle of Wight’s Fire & Rescue Service and Police & Crime Commissioner has appointed Wates for the delivery of facilities management services at approximately 150 sites. The new four-year, £1.6 million deal, which comes with an optional four-year extension, will see Wates deliver statutory mechanical and electrical compliance and preventative maintenance services as well as a range of reactive and project works for 61 fire stations and 93 police locations.
