Entrepreneurs looking for help to grow their businesses will have an opportunity to win a £1,000 cash prize by pitching for two minutes at an event hosted by MITIE and Sheffield Hallam University held at Sheffield’s festival for entrepreneurs, MADE. MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, will host two pitching events on Thursday 20 September, with 12 two-minute pitching slots available at each event. A cash prize of £1,000 for the winner, and £500 for the runner-up, will be awarded at each session to those entrepreneurs who show real promise and would benefit from a ...

Servest Multi Service Group has won three contracts to provide security services for student accommodation. The new contracts are with The Mansion Group, CRM Students and the Student Housing Company, part of Knightsbridge Student Housing Group. Servest will be delivering a full security package, including front of house concierge, key holding, CCTV and access control to sites across the country. Servest will also be providing services to new flagship sites at Ladybarn House in Manchester for CRM and Magenta House in London (Student Housing Company). Commenting on the contract wins...

OCS Group, the total facilities management provider based in Crawley, has been named Family Business of the Year at the prestigious Private Business Awards 2012. The awards are sponsored by PwC and HSBC Private Bank and are intended to celebrate excellence in the non-quoted business sector and underline the importance of private business in the UK economy. OCS was presented with the award alongside other winners, including JCB and Mind Candy, at London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. OCS was set up in 1900 by Frederick Goodliffe and is now in its fifth generation of fami...

Shield has appointed John Roddy as the new Managing Director. With more than 20 years in the field of security services, John Roddy joins Shield with vast experience and an exceptional track-record, having held the senior-board positions with major brands within the sector. John has operated at senior level with the Security Industry as Operations Director - UK at Initial Security Limited, and Group Managing Director with Oltec Group Facilities Management, steering business from its original retail guarding operation into facilities management services across various sectors throughout the...

Logica, now part of CGI Group Inc. (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB), a leading provider of information technology and business process services, and ISS, a leading global provider of facility services, announced today they have entered into a new partnership that will see CGI deliver outsourcing services to improve ISS’ IT flexibility and agility. Logica has been selected by ISS as its IT Infrastructure and Operations partner across the Nordic region to deliver infrastructure and IT service to approximately 45,000 ISS employees across the Nordic countries. This will include the provision of server ...

Manchester based security firm Secure Options, has been acquired by the MRFS Group to create what will be one of the leading national independent security providers to the commercial and residential property sectors. With offices based in Oldham, Secure Options has developed a strong recurring revenue base that when combined with MRFS’ customers, will virtually double the enlarged MRFS Group’s recurring revenue. The fire & security maintenance & monitoring contracts include contracts with major commercial property owners and occupiers, specialising in retail, leisure, restaurants,...

Vacant property management experts SitexOrbis has won nine new contracts worth around £1.8m to perform specialist cleaning and to secure and clean vacant property. As well as adding three new clients to the books, the company has retained two important contracts and is to provide four existing clients with new services. SitexOrbis is to provide pharmacy cleanroom cleaning services to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in a contract worth around £0.4m over three years. This involves doing quarterly deep cleaning at four aseptic cleanrooms and daily cleaning at two of these cleanr...

Interserve, the international support services and construction group, is to provide an extensive range of services to the three NHS Trusts of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (the “Trusts”) under a significant new contract, the first of its kind in the UK. The contract has a potential value of up to £300 million over seven years. Under this new approach, Interserve will provide a full suite of support services to the Trusts across 550 buildings, totalling 490,000m2 and nearly 3,100 beds, ranging from facilities and estate management to strategic consultancy and advice, to ...

The International Professional Security Association (IPSA) has become the latest representative body from the security industry to become a member of Industry Qualifications. As a representative member of IQ, IPSA will play an important role in shaping the IQ offer for the security sector, in addition to working with IQ on the development of qualifications to support IPSA training initiatives. The involvement of representative bodies is a key part of the IQ stakeholder engagement strategy, and is designed to ensure that IQ products and services remain focused on industry needs, and mee...

Europa has secured a multi-million pound deal with Crown Prosecution Service to provide Total Facilities management services to more than 70 locations across England and Wales. The initial five year contract is valued in excess of £12.5million with option for extension. Europa will deliver mechanical & electrical, fabric maintenance, cleaning, catering, front of house services, waste management, security and helpdesk at 71 locations across England and Wales, including Crown Prosecution Service head offices in London and York. The Crown Prosecution Service is the government department ...