Impellam Group plc ("Impellam" or the "Group"), is pleased to announce the appointment of Angela Entwistle, as a non-executive director. Angela replaces Kevin Mahoney, a non-executive director of the Company since November 2008, who has retired from the Board. Both these changes are with immediate effect. Angela is a corporate communications specialist working with companies in the private sector and various charities. Cheryl Jones, Chairman, commented: "I am delighted to announce the appointment of Angela and we welcome her experience to the Board. I would also like to thank Kevin...

Entrepreneurs attending this year’s MADE festival in Sheffield had the chance to pitch for cash prizes to help grow their businesses. MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, hosted two pitching events in conjunction with Sheffield Hallam University, to give budding entrepreneurs the chance to win up to £1,000 each by pitching their ideas in just two minutes. Twenty-five contenders competed for cash over the two events in front of an audience and two judges: John Telling, Group Corporate Affairs Director at MITIE, and Tim Davidson-Hague, Director of the Centre for Facili...

Two consultants within the security business, Jim Boodrie of 4256 Security Advice and Chris Cully of Dilitas, have joined forces to introduce a training concept entitled ‘Evidence Gathering’. The concept was launched at a Seminar held on 21st September at the Vintners Hall Boardroom with a group of invited guests mainly representing City Institutions and Legal Partnerships. There are a number of organisations that could well be in danger of not providing a structured Incident Reporting Process that could result in embarrassing situations when reports are called for from H&S enquiri...

ISS in the Czech Republic has won the tender of providing a wide range of services for the Danone production plant and offices in Benesov, Czech Republic. Danone was looking for a service provider that could deliver consistent multi-services. Czech Republic is the first country, where Danone realized such a complex project. Commencing 1 July, 2012, ISS started delivering the required services: Cleaning, Landscaping, Property, Pest Control, Support Services and others – all of these supported by a help desk function. The implementation phase will end in December 2012. This new contra...

Every year the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) and the Association of Danish Auditors (FSR) award the best annual reports of the year. This year, ISS was nominated for two awards. In addition to the overall Annual Report Award, three special awards were given. These awards were given for setting a good example for annual reports, having a professional gravity, and addressing the demands of the readers. The three awards were called: ‘The Overview - internal controls’, ‘The Detail - impairment of goodwill’ and ‘The Future - segment information’. In addition to being ...

Total facilities management provider OCS has won a five year contract with the Football Association to provide a full FM service at St. George’s Park, the FA’s National Football Centre in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The contract includes M&E, catering, front-of-house, security and cleaning services. The site, which opened on 2 July 2012, is the base for all coaching and development work by the FA and includes 12 world-class outdoor pitches as well as a full-sized indoor pitch. State-of-the-art hydrotherapy suites, biomechanic training gyms, video analysis amenities, coaching su...

Last week, total facilities management provider OCS Group, together with its managed services specialist partner eLINIA, won the Enterprise Project of the Year category at the Techworld Awards for the project to move OCS’s IT infrastructure from Crawley to Slough. Mike Simons, editor of Techworld and chair of judges, said that the project’s scale, speed and demonstrable return on investment made it a clear winner. The Techworld Awards, which highlight innovation on all sides of the IT industry, were announced last week at a glittering awards ceremony at Dartmouth House in London'...

MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing and energy services company, has secured a five-year technical facilities management (FM) contract worth over £20m with Vauxhall. The contract, valued at approximately £4m pa, covers three of Vauxhall’s major UK sites. MITIE has been providing services at General Motors (GM) Ellesmere Port site since 2007. The new expanded contract covers the Ellesmere Port plant, Luton plant and Head Office plus the Heritage Building. MITIE will self-deliver a comprehensive range of technical FM and energy services in a 24/7 manufacturing production envi...

Securitas AB has issued a 5.5 year £243 Million bond in the Eurobond market. The coupon rate was set at 2.25 %. The proceeds from the loan will be used to refinance existing credit facilities. The arranging banks were Commerzbank, Danske Bank and Societe Generale. Securitas Website...

You are responsible for the management of a 60-plus unit shopping centre. Now imagine that there is a public right of way through the middle of the centre, leading to a major transport hub – the task just got more complicated. Now factor in the largest sporting event in the world, happening just a few hundred yards away. This was reality for Savills, managing agents for the Stratford Shopping Centre in East London and OCS, their security contractor. OCS's Legion security team mobilised the three-year contract in January 2012 and planning for the Olympics and Paralympics was an immediate ag...