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Sunbelt Rentals Becomes Mitie’s Preferred Equipment Rental Supplier

Equipment rental supplier Sunbelt Rentals has signed a multi-year preferred supplier agreement with Mitie. Sunbelt Rentals will supply rental...

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Mitie Becomes Beacon Member of The Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse

FM services outsourcing company Mitie has been named the first EIDA Beacon member in the facilities management sector. Mitie joins a...

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Mitie Acquires ESM Power

Mitie has agreed to acquire the Lincolnshire-based high-voltage electrical engineering business ESM Power in a deal worth £8.5 million. ESM...

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Mitie Wins £50m Maintenance Contract With Halfords Group

Mitie has won a £50 million contract with Halfords Group, to provide engineering maintenance services at over 950 of its sites across the UK and...

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Are Cost and Time Constraints Hampering Sustainability Reporting Progress?

Business sustainability reporting is costly, admin-heavy and too time-consuming according to the survey responses of 500 UK sustainability...

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Mitie Donates £2m of Unspent Apprenticeship Levy Funds to SMEs

Mitie has pledged £2 million in Apprenticeship Levy gifting funds to help plug skills gaps in the engineering, construction, data, and digital...

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Mitie Wins Security Contract With HMRC

Mitie has secured a new five-year security contract for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs UK estate. The £15 million deal will span 40...

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Mitie Reveals Nine Decarbonisation Predictions for 2024

Mitie has published its 2024 Net-Zero Navigator Report, making its predictions for the year ahead whilst offering advice for organisations taking...

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Mitie Launches Facilities Transformation Hub

Mitie has opened a technology demonstration hub at its headquarters at The Shard. The Facilities Transformation Hub is a space where customers can...

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Mitie Acquires GBE Converge Group for £27m

Mitie has acquired a fire and security solutions business to expand its “intelligence-based fire and security capabilities” for its...

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Mitie Wins Waste Management Contract With University of Leeds

One of the UK’s largest universities has signed a new waste management contract with outsourcer Mitie. The contract is for an initial two...

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Mitie Acquires Cliniwaste

Mitie has acquired healthcare waste disposal company Cliniwaste to bolster its clinical waste management provision. Cliniwaste, which specialises...

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Mitie Acquires JCA Engineering for £31.5m

Outsourcing firm Mitie has acquired Stevenage-based engineering contractor JCA Engineering in a deal worth £31.5 million. Mitie will pay an...

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Mitie and Portsmouth City Council Unveil Plans for One of the Largest Solar Parking Canopies in UK

A solar PV and battery installation has been confirmed to go ahead at Lakeside North Harbour, set to be one of the largest solar parking canopy...

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Arsenal Football Club Renews FM Contract With Mitie

Mitie’s security vetting contract with Arsenal Football Club has been extended for a further five years. Mitie will continue to provide...

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Mitie Midlands Hub Opened by Mayor Andy Street

Mitie has bolstered its presence in the West Midlands by opening a new hub for its central government and defence business. Andy Street, Mayor of...

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Mitie Reports Record Revenues Exceeding £4 Billion

FM outsourcing company Mitie has reported a record revenue that exceeds £4 billion for the first time. A total contract value of £4.3...

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Delivering Decarbonisation – Building a Net-Zero Business Case for Senior Leaders

Mike Sewell, Plan Zero Director at Mitie, outlines five key tactics for presenting a persuasive decarbonisation strategy to senior leaders. Mike...

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Mitie Acquires R H Irving Industrials

Mitie has acquired security services company R H Irving Industrials Ltd for £19.1 million. R H Irving Industrials has approximately 25 years...

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Mitie Publishes E-Book on Business Net-Zero Challenges

FM service provider Mitie has released an e-book that reveals the five biggest challenges for businesses wanting to reach net-zero. Cost remains a...

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Mitie Renews Security Contract with Eurostar

Mitie, who has provided FM services to Eurostar for over 14 years, has renewed its security contract for another three years. Mitie will provide...

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Mitie Signs Multi-Million Pound Air Traffic Control FM Contract

Mitie has signed a new five-year integrated facilities management contract with NATS, the provider of air traffic control services. Under the...

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Mitie Shares Net-Zero Insights and Advice for 2023

Mitie has published its latest decarbonisation paper, sharing their predictions for the year ahead, covering a range of areas including energy,...

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Mitie Wins Job Centre EV Charging Contract

The Department for Work and Pensions has awarded Mitie a contract to install 250 new electric vehicle charging points at job centres across the...

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Mitie Only Facilities Management Company to Rank in Inclusive UK Employer List

Mitie has been named in the list of Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers for the fifth year running. Ranked in 17th place, Mitie was recognised for its...

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Mitie White Paper Addresses 8 Questions Every FM Should Consider

Mitie has published a white paper which identifies the biggest challenges facing facilities managers. “Accelerating Facilities...

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BBC Extends FM Contract With Mitie

Mitie will continue to deliver facilities management services for the BBC for an additional two years. The contract will span engineering,...

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Mitie Donates Hygiene Kit to Ukraine Relief

Mitie has shipped vital PPE and other hygiene supplies to the GE Operator Humanitarian Centre in Warsaw, which will be used for essential medical care...

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CCS Launches New Social-value Enabled Framework

The Crown Commercial Service has awarded 44 suppliers places on its new Facilities Management & Workplace Services Framework. Mitie, Wates FM,...

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FM Contract for Armed Forces in Gibraltar Awarded to Mitie

The first of a new suite of contracts to provide essential services for the UK Armed Forces on overseas MOD bases has been awarded to Mitie. The...

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Mitie Acquires P2ML

Mitie has expanded its telecoms offering with the acquisition of P2ML. P2ML is a specialist telecoms tower design house, which will further expand...

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Mitie’s CMA Investigation – What’s the Latest?

The Guardian reported that the UK competition regulator raided Mitie’s offices after an accusation of breaking competition law, but what do we...

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Mitie Passes £1m in Apprenticeship Levy Gifting

Mitie has passed the £1 million milestone for its Apprenticeship Levy gifting, committing to support a range of SMEs across England since...

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BCC to Outline Proposals for New Cleaning Sector Apprenticeship

Cleaning and hygiene sector employers, training operatives, providers and assessment organisations are being urgently encouraged to have their say on...

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Mitie Hits EV Target Ahead of Schedule

Mitie, the UK’s leading facilities management company, has accelerated past its target to convert 30 per cent of its fleet to zero-emission...

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Mitie Wins £92.5m John Radcliffe Hospital Contract

Mitie has been awarded a new contract to provide cleaning, portering services, and catering for patients and staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital in...

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Mitie Acquires Rock Power Connections to Boost EV Offering

Mitie has acquired Rock Power Connections Limited, an independent connection provider, to add to its technical services division. Rock Power...

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How the FM Sector Can Help Drive Britain’s Decarbonisation

Pradyumna Pandit from Mitie outlines what is discouraging businesses from making their buildings net-zero. Pradyumna is Managing Director of...

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UK’s First Store Detective Qualification Launches

Mitie has launched the UK’s first specialist store detective qualification, equivalent to an A-Level. The five mandatory modules include...

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Mitie’s New Life Systems Contract with the DWP

Mitie’s Central Government and Defence team has won a new life systems contract with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The contract,...

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Mitie Research Finds FM Careers Ideal for Veterans

According to new research from Mitie, 70 per cent of people who have served in the military and moved into facilities management reported that FM...

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Mitie Sells Document Management Business

Mitie has sold its document management business to Swiss Post Solutions for £40 million. Document management services will still...

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How Will Mitie Reach Net-Zero Across Its Estates by 2025?

Mitie is aiming to achieve zero-carbon across all of its UK sites by 2025, 25 years ahead of the UK's 2050 target. The company has a...

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Mitie Acquires DAEL Ventures UK for £15 Million

Mitie has acquired DAEL Ventures UK, together with its subsidiaries DAEL Telecom, JB Towers and JISTICS. Mitie already provides maintenance and...

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Mitie Installs EV Chargers at Royal London HQ

In a drive to encourage customer use of electric vehicles, Mitie has installed ten EV charging points at Royal London's office in...

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Mitie and Essex Council Cut Schools' Carbon with Solar

Mitie Communities has worked with Essex County Council to manage the installation of roof-mounted solar panels at 15 schools across the...

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Mitie Wins Major COVID-19 Test Centre Contract

Mitie has won a new one-year contract to manage 175 regional and local coronavirus test sites and 105 mobile testing units across the UK. The...

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Mitie Launches Low Carbon Menu for NHS Hospitals

Mitie and apetito are collaborating to cut carbon from the menu at St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is...

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BICSc Chair Joins Mitie as New Director of Cleaning Services

Mitie has announced that Lorraine Davis has been appointed as Director of Cleaning Services. Davis has over 40 years of experience in the...

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Mitie Wins Maintenance Contract With Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Mitie has won a new seven-year contract to deliver maintenance services on the Future Defence Infrastructure Services programme for sites across...

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Mitie Reports 2021 Revenue Rise

FM company Mitie has forecast a strong 2022, despite low annual profits and the loss of public sector contracts in the last year. Group revenue...

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Co-Op Collaborates With Mitie to Provide Forensic Spray for Staff

Co-op is the first major supermarket to see security guards equipped with a new forensic spray, designed to deter attacks on frontline shopworkers and...

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Mitie Launches Post-Lockdown Workplace Guide

As UK lockdown restrictions begin to ease, Mitie has published a new guide to help businesses prepare their workplaces for the future. The guide...

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Mitie Lands Three Year Expansion with Birmingham Airport

Mitie has expanded its partnership with Birmingham Airport with a new three-year contract to provide baggage screening and passenger assistance...

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Mitie Launches Air Disinfection Service

Mitie has launched a new air disinfection service using ultraviolet light to help eradicate harmful bacteria, viruses, funghi and mould. Partnering...

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Emerging Workplace Leaders Announce New Co-Chairs

The Emerging Workplace Leaders volunteer group has announced a change in leadership with two new co-chairs. Bianca Angelico, Director of Guest...

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One Year of Plan Zero – Mitie's New Sustainability Pledges

Mitie is marking the first anniversary of Plan Zero by setting a series of new sustainability pledges for 2021. Plan Zero is the facilities...

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Priority COVID Vaccines for Cleaners – Industry Reactions

With the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the cleaning sector inaugurated, how do the facilities managers who employ cleaners feel about the vaccine...

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Mitie Launches First Electric Gritting Service

Mitie Landscapes has launched the UK’s first zero-emission gritting service for commercial use, using an electric gritter and sustainable white...

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Mitie Refutes Claims of Lack of Cooperation Amid Strike Action in Carlisle

As over 70 cleaners, porters and other support staff at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary prepare to strike over a decade-long pay dispute, Mitie...

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Mitie Appointed as Supplier for Net Zero Carbon Delivery Framework

Mitie has been appointed as a preferred supplier on the new Net Zero Carbon Delivery framework, created by ETL. ETL is the estate development...

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Mitie Attains Contracts Worth Over £770m in Last Three Months

In its Q3 trading update, Mitie has revealed an organic revenue of £573.9 million, 6.7 per cent ahead of the same period last year. The firm...

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Mitie One of UK’s Top Employers

For the third year running, Mitie has been named as a Top UK Employer. The certification from the Top Employer Institute recognises the FM and...

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Smart Lockers and Delivery Logistics – Mitie Partners With Totalmobile

Mitie is to partner with Totalmobile to integrate a new smart locker feature for workplace deliveries into Mitie’s Pinpoint...

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Vodafone Streamlines Visitor Management To Protect Staff

Vpod is helping Vodafone to manage foot traffic across its estates, and the people behind this visitor management system will be joining...

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Mitie Named as Key Public Sector Supplier

FM company Mitie has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) agreement for Building Cleaning Services. The CCS agreement...

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Mitie Secures Contract with UK’s Largest Telecoms Estate

Mitie has won a retender with Cornerstone, the leading UK mobile infrastructure services company. The five-and-a-half-year contract covers...

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Mitie Completes its Acquisition of Interserve

Today marks Mitie’s acquisition of Interserve's Facility Management business. The Competition and Markets Authority cleared the deal to...

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Mitie's Acquisition of Interserve Cleared to go Ahead

The Competition and Markets Authority has cleared Mitie's acquisition of Interserve to proceed, subject to the approval of Mitie's...

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Mitie to Deliver FM Services for Magnox Ltd

Mitie has been awarded a new integrated facilities management contract with Magnox Ltd, which manages one of the largest nuclear reactor...

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Mitie Wins Maintenance and Security Contract with Bravissimo

Mitie has won a new contract to deliver maintenance and security services for the lingerie and swimwear retailer Bravissimo. The new partnership,...

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£81m Off – Mitie and Interserve Renegotiate Terms of Sale

The terms of the sale of the merger of Interserve’s Support Services division with Mitie have been renegotiated, with the transaction now valued...

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Mitie Achieves EV Fleet Transition Ahead of Schedule

Mitie has passed its target of switching 20 per cent of its cars and small vans to electric. The company has delivered its 750th electric vehicle...

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Mitie Works with Vodafone UK to Reduce its Carbon Footprint by 25,000 Tonnes

Mitie has announced that it has supported Vodafone UK in reducing its carbon footprint, saving 100 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy, equivalent to...

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CMA Launches Investigation Into Interserve and Mitie Deal

The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating whether the deal between Interserve Support Services and Mitie might reduce competition in the...

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Mitie Gives Extra Day’s Holiday To 25,000 Frontline Employees

As a gesture of thanks for the work of their frontline colleagues during COVID-19, Mitie is awarding its staff an extra day of holiday. The...

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Mitie Awarded £6m FM Contract for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Mitie has secured a new contract to deliver engineering services for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The FM provider will deliver...

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It’s Never Too Early To Start Preparing For A Potential Second Wave Of Coronavirus Infections

Mitie's Managing Director of Technical Services & Integrated Facilities Management, Carlo Alloni, discusses how businesses need to...

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Mitie Wins Contract with Merseyside Police and NHS England

Mitie Care & Custody has been awarded a new contract by Merseyside Police, NHS England and NHS Improvement. The contract is to provide medical,...

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Mitie Maintains Sustainability Accreditation

Mitie has continued in strength with the FTSE4Good Index Series, following the June 2020 index review – they accompany 103 other UK...

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Mitie Wins Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Award

Mitie has been accredited with the Gold Award on the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme. This comes after last year’s...

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Mitie Shares Plan Zero Fleet Transition Service

Businesses wanting to make their fleets fully electric are being offered a transition service to support their approach. FM and professional...

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Funds from Rights Issue Expected To Support Interserve Acquisition, says Mitie

The acquisition of Interserve’s Facilities Management business is conditional on the approval of Mitie’s shareholders, and expected to be...

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Mitie Secures Royal London Group’s First Integrated FM Contract

Mitie is to deliver a new integrated facilities management contract with Royal London, the UK’s largest mutual life insurance, pensions and...

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Interserve Support Services Merges with Mitie

Interserve and Mitie have announced the merger of Interserve’s Support Services division with Mitie, to make the largest facilities...

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Mitie Appoints MD of Sustainability And Energy Services

Pradyumna Pandit has been appointed to the newly created role of Managing Director of Sustainability and Energy Services at Mitie. This hire is...

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Mitie Says New Cleaning Product Is Proven To Combat COVID-19 On Surfaces

Mitie has launched the UK’s first cleaning service with a chemical-free cleaning product proven to kill COVID-19 on surfaces for six months,...

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Mitie Extends Groupe PSA Contract By £5.2m

Mitie has secured a two-year extension on its ten-year partnership with Groupe PSA, Europe’s second-largest carmaker and producer of Peugeot,...

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Mitie Will Provide FM Services At Coronavirus Test Centres

Mitie is providing facilities management services for five COVID-19 test centres in the UK. The centres, located in Penrith, Inverness, Bournemouth,...

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Mitie Commits To Plan Zero

Simon King, Mitie's new Director of Sustainability, is behind the company's “Plan Zero” commitment to reach zero carbon by 2025...

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All Round Security Announces New Director

All Round Security (ARS) has announced  the appointment of  Lee Parker to their board of directors, joining them as an  equity ...

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No Strategy - No Net-Zero

Lack of know-how is holding back UK carbon reduction, says a new report from Mitie which suggests nearly two-thirds of UK businesses don't have a...

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Digital Transformation - Energy In Energy But Lagging Behind Elsewhere

In the energy efficiency field there has been a high rate of digital transformation - but elsewhere in FM just seven per cent are using new technology...

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Winter (And Autumn) Of Discontent - Strikes All the Way To Christmas

It's going to be strike after strike after strike hitting travellers and workers, club goers and students as FM and rail staff have voted to make...

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£100 Million Crackdown On Crime In Prison

The FM companies that operate in the prison environment and those that supply security equipment will be chuffed to learn that a huge budget for...

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ThisWeekinFM Spotlight Interview - Q3 Services

The principals at Q3 Services - a boutique British FM company founded in 2018 - claim they are changing the way clients benefit from outsourced...

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Elimination Confusion And Aiming For Inclusion

Sodexo is opening the minds of directors to disability inclusion while other FM companies are employing technology and standards to make their work a...

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Top Employers, Contract Wins & A French Pavilion

Mitie has received Certified Top Employer UK 2019 recognition; ENGIE will represent France in Dubai; plus wins for Norse and Keyplus. A...

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Full Of Grace - Mitie Win Wings Past Other Suitors

Mitie would have been saying a few Hail Marys when it was announced in early January that VINCI Airports had bought the major stake in London Gatwick...

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Hit The Road Jack Make Sure You Come Back

ENGIE is to provide a rapid EV charging network to help improve electric vehicle uptake in West Yorkshire and Mitie will be helping Aldi and Matalan...

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ISS Healthcare On A TFM High And Waverley Says Hello To Mitie Mouse

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust has appointed ISS for a comprehensive FM contract that takes in estates maintenance, cleaning, catering for...

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Security Smorgasbord - Springfields Nuclear And IKEA Contracts Won

Mitie’s security business has secured contracts with IKEA and Springfields. The contracts together are worth £5 million per annum. The...

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Vision Expressed - Mitie Splashes Cash On Security Group Having Dispensed With Pests

Mitie has moved as fast as it can to acquire Vision Security Group from Compass for £14 million having just sold its pest control business for...

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Ever Increasing Circles

Tyco has reverted to being called Johnson Controls; Total Solutions Group has become a Living Wage Provider; The British Film Institute will use...

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Scandinavian Dreams

Ahlsell has appointed Mitie to manage and maintain all its store locations in Norway; and Vacherin will be cooking up some tasty dishes for the ITV...

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All To Play For And Pay For In The Enviro World

Envirotech Group Launches New FM Business; Whitbread extends relationship with Mitie; Sodexo has won an £11.2 million contract with Tyne Coast...

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The Case For The Defence! Soames & Bentley - Serco & Mitie - Dynamic Duo Stand Up For FM

Government suppliers and other parties have started the process of being questioned on public sector outsourcing by the Public Administration and...

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Drilling For Gold. Boxing Clever And The River Dance

There's RoSPA Gold Winners; New job winners; new acquisition winners; contract winners; and social winners in the latest golden box of chocolates...

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Win For City, Dictating & Docs Go Green, Cloud Award & Ward Award

The full FM Digest features catering and doc management contract wins; employee motivation; and gender pay gap reporting PLUS seven stories...

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Great Things Happen When We Work Together

Mitie has been awarded an integrated FM contract with the Co-op and Viridor given a waste management contract with the Broadland Housing...

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Dodgy Dealings, Double Helpings And A Leicester Swoop - Anyone For A Digest?

We've got contract gains and company purchases and news of Carillion FDs under investigation and another NHS Trust setting up its own FM co - FM...

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Cannon Booms, ICE Is Cool & Mitie Sniffers

Canon Business Process Services has a year ahead on-demand webcast for global FM; Cloud Booking has launched a new RFID contactless desk and room...

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Mitie Wafts In To Heathrow As Carillion Flies Out

Mitie has been awarded the ex-Carillion FM contract at Heathrow Terminal 5. PLUS all the FM contract news from last week - Servest goes down the...

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A New Hat In The Prison FM Ring - Gov Facility Services Limited Formed

The Ministry of Justice has created a new government owned facilities management company to take on the burden of contacts abandoned by the defunct...

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Sellafield Bunkers Down For Mitie Workers' Nuclear Strikes

GMB members employed as ancillary staff by contractor Mitie at Sellafield are to strike on Wednesday, November 29 over below inflation wage increases...

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Plum Jobs and a Bit of a Tattoo

Plum Plym job Broadgate Estates has given Imtech Inviron a three year shopping centre contract at Drake Circus in Plymouth. The role includes...

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Get the Fire Brigade, a Touch of Class, a Brindley Forging, Stonehenge and Dover Castle

Cleveland Fire Brigade Cleveland Fire Brigade has let a contract to Robertson Facilities Management (RFM) on a four year duration, at...

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A Connected Disconnect?

Mitie has made its preliminary announcement of results for the year ended 31 March 2017 under the banner 'Moving Beyond FM to the Connected...

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Loving Angels Instead

JPC (one of Regent Samsic’s brands - the one that charges more for its services in London) has re-secured its £1.3 million contract to...

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All of E.ON and All of Oldham

Mitie’s Total Security Management business was successful in the competitive tender process in securing the two plus two-year contract at all of...

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Top of the Class

Major FM company Mitie has been recognised as a top employer in the Apprenticeship Careers awards. The company was awarded the status of a Top 10...

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The Wates In Game is Over...and Other Industry News

The Wates Group has reached an agreement to acquire Shepherd Engineering Services (SES) and Shepherd FM, together with a significant number of...

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Mitie has ‘Robust Plans’ for Stansted Strike

FM provider Mitie has insisted that its contingency plans will counter GMB security scanners who walked out over a pay dispute. The baggage...

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Internal Report 'Proves' Minimum Wage Outrage

One of the UK's biggest providers of care to elderly and disabled people, is accused of paying workers less than the minimum wage. MiHomecare...

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