Business

More than 3,000 jobs have been saved at multi-service security, facilities management and stadium management organisation, Intelligent Protection Management (IPM) Group, after it was bought out of administration. Joint Administrators,…

Mobile. Easy. Secure. It’s with these three promises that SimonsVoss has launched its most recent innovation – the AX2Go mobile key – which is able to open its range of digital locking components with a smartphone. With the launch of the…

The Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) Digital and Innovation Advisory Panel has published a new playbook on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the construction industry, for built environment organisations of all sizes…

Specialist security and protection services business, Orbis Protect, has completed the strategic acquisition of CCTV and security services specialist, Optosafe Ireland Limited, to expand its service offering to customers in the UK, Republic…

Mitie Security has partnered with the National Portrait Gallery to implement measures that support the Safer Business Network’s Safe Haven Initiative. Safe Havens are a part of the collective effort to address the issue of Violence Against…

Nationwide security, risk, and property protection business, First Response Group, has secured a three-year contract with English Heritage, a charity that manages more than 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. The contract, which…

Corps Security has landed a contract with the National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited (NFU Mutual), the UK insurance composite, to provide a fully integrated security service at over 30 of its sites throughout the UK. The…

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has appointed Kier as its initial delivery partner to create a new state-of-the-art hub at the Darlington Economic Campus (DEC). The organisations have just agreed a pre-construction services agreement…

Despite a challenging external landscape of high inflation and interest rates, and disrupted supply chains, Wates Group has reported the highest-ever turnover and underlying profit in its 127-year history. With turnover of £2.18 billion, an…

By Peter Smyth, Director of Technology & Innovation, and Olga Mitropoulou, Director of Risk & Compliance at Bidvest Noonan On Wednesday, the EU passed the world’s first comprehensive AI law, the Artificial Intelligence Act.…

UK built environment and construction consultant, AA Projects, has rebranded as Drees & Sommer UK, marking the completion of its merger with the partner-managed, global consulting company. The integration bolsters AA Projects’ 25 years…

Mitie has secured a new project with MYTILINEOS Energy & Metals, an international industrial company with a focus on integrated development of renewable energy sources (RES), to deliver electrical grid connection works for a solar PV…