A fifth-generation family business in Greater Manchester has launched a new commercial property and asset management company to share its experience in tenant service. Century-old George Moss & Sons has transferred its property management activities into new entity GM Property Management, which has taken over the management of Moss Industrial Estate in Leigh, Greater Manchester. Now…
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Mitie will continue to deliver multiple services at Manchester Airport, East Midlands Airport, London Stansted Airport and George Best Belfast City Airport following contract extensions to March 2025. The integrated facility services provider employes over 300 people on its contract with Manchester Airports Group (MAG) which came into effect in 2016 at Manchester Airport and…
The RO Group has sold the Travelodge located on the Riverside Retail Park, Hankridge Farm in Taunton to The Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society’s Unity United (Property) Investment Fund. A sale price of £3.9 million reflecs a net initial yield of 6.375 per cent. The RO have owned the hotel which is…
Security provider Amulet has taken a step towards promoting best employment practices by joining the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter, a voluntary initiative to cultivate a culture of fairness, inclusivity, and equitable compensation in workplaces across the Greater Manchester region. Amulet is one of 22 new Supporters who have recently joined the Charter, which boasts…
Industrial landlord Towngate has commenced construction of six new warehouse units at the established Towngate Business Centre in Walkden, Manchester. Located just off Lester Road, the estate is accessed from Manchester Road West (A6), approximately one-mile due west of Walkden. Junction 4 of the M61 Motorway also lies within one mile of the premises via…
ABM has been awarded a three-year cabin cleaning contract by LATAM Airlines, one of South America’s largest carriers. The partnership solidifies ABM’s presence at London Heathrow Airport, where it now serves 27 airlines and cleans approximately eight million seats annually. Under the contract, the facility services provider will clean around 150,000 seats each year as…
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has selected the painting team at Integrated property services provider Seddon to provide reactive maintenance painting and refurbishment support under a three-year framework agreement. Under the contract, the team will work across complex live environments, including carrying out important maintenance works for the region’s 99 Metrolink stations, bus stations and…
The Peter Tatchell Foundation comments on historic allegations relating to the treatment of the LGBT+ community by the West Midlands Police. West Midland’s Chief Constable was challenged at Birmingham Pride over his force’s refusal to apologise for its past witch-hunting of the LGBT+ community. The first request for an apology was made at Birmingham Pride…
The opening of a new co-working space in Sale on the outskirts of Trafford, Greater Manchester, represents a major milestone in the regeneration of the town. Located in the heart of Sale’s Stanley Square shopping centre development, The ClassRooms comprises a collection of innovative commercial spaces. The cutting-edge development, which was recently praised by Member…
Leumi UK has agreed a £13.75 million short-term loan with UK real estate fund manager Frogmore, to efinance Cotton Quay, an 8.5-acre waterfront site on Salford Quays, Manchester. The site has hybrid planning consent for 1,493 Build to Sell residential units, 475 hotel beds, as well as 31,000 sq ft of ancillary commercial space. Cotton…
ABM teams will deliver a range of maintenance and M&E services following contract awards at The Trafford Centre in Manchester and the Derbion in the East Midlands. The Trafford Centre is the United Kingdom’s third-largest shopping destination, with the East Midland’s largest shopping centre, Derbion, ranking 15th nationally. Under the three-year contracts, ABM is installing…
Peel L&P has released its annual ESG report on the progress the British regeneration business is making in implementing a Five Year Sustainability Plan. Peel, which has a record of transformative and exciting projects including MediaCity at Salford Quays and the trailblazing Manchester homeless project Embassy Village, reports progress on all 22 of its sustainability…
Greater Manchester property business George Moss & Sons Ltd which celebrated its centenary in 2020 has pledged support for commercial tenants struggling with energy bills by investing £500k in new solar panel installations. The family business owns and manages 620,000 sq.ft. of prime industrial property on the Moss Industrial Estate on St. Helen’s Road in…
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) in the UK has renewed and expanded the remit of its cleaning contract with Churchill Group. PHSO helps people with complaints that have not been resolved by the NHS, government departments and other public sector organisations. Churchill began its partnership with the PHSO in 2018 at its head…
Ian Ellis, Marketing & Sales Specialist Manager at Siemens Building Products, consider the impact of office downsizing on hybrid working. At the height of the lockdowns during COVID-19 technology helped us to carry on seamlessly working from the home. We met our work colleagues virtually on videoconferencing platforms, such as Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and…
Siemens will host a two-day conference and exhibition in Manchester on July 12th and 13th, 2022. Transform 2022 will be held at the city’s iconic Manchester Central venue, bringing together hundreds of industry leaders, influencers and regulators from across the UK and Ireland to collaborate and solve some of the most pressing organisational challenges. From…
The Co-op Live which will open in Manchester as Britain’s largest outdoor arena in December 2023 has announced a raft of new sponsor-supplier partners taking total revenue generated from sponsorships to 50 per cent of its initial target, with supporting brands including Britvic, Elavon, Unilever, and Schneider Electric. Britvic joins as official soft drink…
Siemens has continued its drive to increase the number of women in engineering with a recruitment event to spot future STEM talent. Female students from universities across the UK attended Siemens’ UK headquarters in Manchester where they met inspirational women engineers at various stages of their careers. Of the 42 students who attended, 33 have…
A trail-blazing family business near Skipton has been named as the first location in Yorkshire to launch a Be.EV electric vehicle charging hub. Emma and Chris Harrison, who run Thornton Hall Country Park in Thornton-in-Craven, transformed their family farm into a thriving business and tourist attraction after they took over the business from Chris’ parents.…
Centrepoint, one of the UK’s largest charities dedicated to combating youth homelessness, has released images of a new, 33-modular-home development for young people in Peckham, South London. Reuben House is part of the charity’s Independent Living Programme, which seeks to provide 300 young people a home and entry-level or apprenticeship roles that lead to full time…
As part of a £30 million renovation programme, the 9,500-seat capacity Manchester Central Convention Complex has installed internet-enabled video screen hand hygiene technology from Savortex across its estate. Build-in video engages users of the adDryer hand dryer model with real-time messaging that can be used for hygiene awareness or to generate advertising revenue for re-investment…
Eleven York Street, a 10-storey mixed-use development in Manchester city centre features a waterproof roofing system installed by BriggsAmasco. Combining prime office space, retail units and Grade A accommodation, the high-profile development which occupies an area of 26,000 square metres, was completed by Kier Construction on behalf of Aviva Investors to a design by AHR…
Compass Group has introduced Feedr, the workplace delivered food technology platform it acquired in March 2020 to the City of Edinburgh. Developed in the United Kingdom, the foodservice solution offers employers a scalable way to feed teams, either on-site in the workplace or at home. Following its success in serving clients across London, Manchester and…
M7 has acquired the West One Retail Park in Eccles, Greater Manchester from the Frogmore Real Estate Fund III for a purchase price of £27.5 million.The retail park comprises 13 ‘big box’ retail units anchored by Lidl, The Range, McDonald’s, Subway, Home Bargains, The Food Warehouse, Jollyes Petfood Superstores, Pure Gym and Smyths Toys. Frogmore…
02.12.2021, 18:04 ASM Global Names Chris Bray as EVP Europe Chris Bray has joined ASM Global from Sodexo UK&I as executive vice president of European operations. In his new role, Bray, who will be based in Manchester in the United Kingdom, will assume responsibility for all aspects of the global entertainment company and venue operator’s…
12.11.2021, 15:52 ABM Receives UK Aviation Accreditation ABM has been awarded in-flight supplier accreditation by the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as it strengthens its aviation offering following the opening a new, 2,000 SF international distribution centre (IDC) at Manchester Airport. The IDC is the second of its kind for ABM, following the…
09.09.2021, 13:14 DW Stadium Announces Venue Partnership DW Stadium—the home of Wigan Athletic Football Club and rugby league side Wigan Warriors, has appointed Sodexo to provide hospitality and catering under an 11-year contract. Sodexo will deliver matchday and non-matchday experiences at the stadium which is a major conference and events centre in the Greater Manchester…
20.08.2021, 08:59 Exhibition Celebrates NHS Staff and Key Workers Launching in Birmingham, Gratitude is a spectacular public art installation and tribute to the ongoing courage and dedication of NHS Staff and all key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Organised by global public art producer, Wild in Art, the event will be touring four locations. Curator, Dame Zandra Rhodes,…
The Trafford College Group has named Compass Group UK and Ireland ‘Hospitality Employer of the Year’ at its annual Apprenticeship of the Year Awards. The award recognises the foodservice giant’s commitment to training and development during a two-year collaboration with the Manchester based Further Education provider. Lola Docherty, Apprentice Business Development Manager – Hospitality, Hair and Beauty at…
08.12.2020, 14:43 Reduce Your Carbon Footprint this Christmas Advice from Siemens on how households can lower their carbon footprint over the festive season. From Christmas trees to cards and presents, and of course a Christmas dinner, we go through a whopping amount of resources at Christmas. As well as our waistlines getting a little bigger…
01.12.2020, 14:28 Shouting it from the Rooftops Steve Ricketts, a branch manager with roofing contractor BriggsAmasco, welcomes recent revisions to the BS 6229:2018 code of practice for roof installations. Codes of practice throughout all strands of the construction industry are under constant review to reflect changes in legislation or improve working processes. But in…
25.11.2020, 12:42 New UK EcoXpert Partner Schneider Electric has approved Impact Control Systems as a UK supplier of building automation and control solutions under its EcoXpert partner programme. Providing Schneider Electric solutions further enhances Impact Control Systems’ decades of experience in delivering design and equipment solutions from tender through to installation and commissioning. Impact Controls…
19.11.2020, 23:54 Driving Social Change Manchester’s largest independent waste business, Kenny Waste Management, has completed its initial target under a social enterprise initiative to provide long-term employment for local adults. The recruitment of the company’s first degree-level apprentice under its new ‘Driving Change’ initiative meets its initial target of adding 20 people to the…
30.10.2020, 00:13 ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Re-accreditation Planned preventative maintenance and compliance services provider Parr Facilities Management renewed its electrical services accreditation with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The company employs a team of over 100 at locations in Belfast, Manchester and Dublin, with clients receiving additional support from helpdesk staff. Key Parr FM…
03.06.2020, 13:42 Collecting COVID-19 Test Kits G4S staff are assisting the national effort to ramp up Covid-19 testing in the UK by collecting test kits at multiple temporary testing facilities. On a Tuesday in early April, Jo Pipes received a call asking her to oversee the rollout of a COVID-19 testing site at Haydock Park which…
27.01.2020, 16:32 Catering Engineering Company Named Northern Powerhouse Partner Bolton-based NWCE Foodservice Equipment has been admitted to The Northern Powerhouse Partner Programme, a UK government-sponsored initiative to accelerate the economic development of the North of England. As one of over 100 partners from various business sectors, NWCE will support the region’s future regeneration. Announcing the…
16.01.2020, 13:56 UK Platform Lift Installer Partners with KONE The Platform Lift Company has entered into a distribution and service partnership with Swedish KONE Group subsidiary, Motala Hissar AB. Under the terms of the agreement, the company will serve as a key UK distributor of Motala Hissar’s range of platform lift products to other trade…
18.12.2019, 13:27 University of Manchester Clean Room Contract SPIE UK has won an 18-month design, supply, install and commission contract for a clean room at The University of Manchester, as part of a new build being constructed by Balfour Beatty. Encompassing the company’s first contract win with Balfour Beatty, SPIE is responsible for the…
11.12.2019, 15:12 Former SAS Soldier to Deliver Keynote BGCA Address Colin Maclachlan, the former SAS soldier who has appeared on Channel 4’s SAS: ‘Who Dares Wins’, and Channel 5’s ‘Secrets of the SAS’ series, will make a keynote address at next year’s British Compressed Gases Association’s (BCGA) conference at The Marriott Hotel & Country Club…
09.12.2019, 17:44 Tips for Digital Marketers in 2020 Cathy Spears explains why modern businesses require a clearly defined digital marketing strategy, and at how leading brands use content marketing to reach a targeted audience. Nowadays, any modern business requires a clearly defined digital marketing strategy. Any successful business model has one and it needs…
06.12.2019, 12:43 Washing Away the Chocolate Slattery Pâtissier and Chocolatier in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, has acquired a third machine manufactured from Miele’s Professional range. Slattery is much more than just a cake shop. The three-story food emporium in Whitefield, Greater Manchester is truly one of a kind and attracts visitors from far and wide. The…
21.11.2019, 20:48 Taking J.E.E.P. to 250 New Students ABM UK is entering the third year of its Junior Engineering Engagement Programme (J.E.E.P.) which aims to tackle widely-held pupil and parent misconceptions about the facilities management (FM) industry and develop future technical talent. Building on the success of the programme which has been delivered by…
01.11.2019, 12:44 The Clink Charity Partnership A new partnership between Bartlett Mitchell and The Clink Charity will provide prisoners enrolled on the independent UK caterer’s training programmes with barista skills. Under the collaboration, the caterer will also roll out its sustainable Fairtrade coffee offer across The Clink’s four restaurants and Manchester café. In addition to introducing…
12.08.2019, 14:44 Preparing Your Business for Flooding With an estimated 70 per cent of UK businesses unprepared for flooding, Mark Griffiths, flood resilience specialist with environmental consultancy Adler and Allan, explains the importance of risk assessment to business continuity planning. Less than a week after a temperature of 38.7 degrees Centigrade was recorded at…
08.08.2019, 12:21 Gather & Gather Opens ‘Primarket Café’ in Glasgow Gather & Gather, Mitie’s specialist catering business, has opened an in-store café for fast fashion retailer Primark at the Braehead Shopping Centre in Glasgow. The Primarket Café offers shoppers a range of speciality coffees, frappes, iced teas and soft drinks, and hot and cold snacks…
18.07.2019, 15:12 The Unstoppable Rise of the North Martin O’Rourke, commercial director for Birchwood Park near Warrington in the North West of England, explains the attractiveness of the region for business and growth. It’s clear to see business is booming in the North West of England, and in Warrington in particular, despite Brexit uncertainty. Following…
17.07.2019, 14:25 A Successful CIH 2019 Access control and door entry specialist Intratone is reporting success at this year’s Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Conference & Exhibition following the introduction of a branding revamp and new-look exhibition stand. Members of the company’s UK, French and German teams were on the stand demonstrating new products…
20.06.2019, 17:57 Intratone at CIH 2019 Access control specialist Intratone will showcase solutions for tenants at the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) annual conference and exhibition from 25th to 27th June in Manchester. A new exhibition stand reflecting the manufacturer’s recent rebrand, will feature its V4 Video Intercom Panel which allows residents to open…
20.06.2019, 17:57 Intratone at CIH 2019 Access control specialist Intratone will showcase solutions for tenants at the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) annual conference and exhibition from 25th to 27th June in Manchester. A new exhibition stand reflecting the manufacturer’s recent rebrand, will feature its V4 Video Intercom Panel which allows residents to open…
03.04.2019, 02:08 ANC Annual Conference and Awards Hearing and vulnerable groups, WHO environmental noise guidelines and entertainment noise pollution are just some of the topics under consideration at The Association of Noise Consultants (ANC) annual conference and awards at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Manchester City Centre on 6 June. The conference organised by the trade…
14.03.2019, 19:51 Championing Hard Services Apprenticeships ABM UK has rolled out the Junior Engineering Engagement Programme (J.E.E.P) it piloted last year to nine schools in London, Leeds, Manchester and Bradford. The sixteen-month programme will offer more than 150 students the opportunity to immerse themselves in training modules offered by the scheme’s education delivery partner, The…
13.03.2019, 11:38 Is Anyone Listening? Steve Loughney, Head of building management systems (BMS) for Siemens’ Building Technologies division, considers allowances emergency planners must make for bystander apathy – the condition where people ignore alarm sounders in the belief someone else will take responsibility. Fire experts have long questioned why people do not respond to siren-based…
28.02.2019, 07:57 Rentokil Initial Announces Chairman Designate Richard Solomons, the former InterContinental Hotels Group plc chief executive, will succeed current Rentokil Initial Chairman John McAdam who steps down at the company’s AGM on 8 May, subject to shareholder approval. Solomons, who joins the company as a non-executive director with effect from 1 March, currently…
13.02.2019, 08:17 Trade Body Adds Acoustics Award The Association of Noise Consultants (ANC), has added a new category focusing on the role of acoustics in the workplace to its 2019 awards programme. Recognising how acoustic design has resulted in a positive impact within workplace conditions and environments, the accolade is one of nine categories in…