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HQ United States | 42,000 employees

Transfield reported a jump in net profit and forecasted strong earnings growth when announcing its first-half results yesterday, including a 13 per cent rise in net profit after tax to $44 million. Transfield also said it was considering its options for its Canadian joint venture, Flint Transfield Services, after a bid by

URS Corporation

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to acquire its partner Flint Energy.> Read More...

Feb 22, 2012 SHARE

Dubai-based

Hitches & Glitches

HQ United Arab Emirates

Presence in:

HQ United Kingdom | 50,000 employees

Building Maintenance

Hitches & Glitches (H&G) has has been awarded a contract from the Ministry of Education for the upkeep and maintenance of 100 schools in the Northern Emirates. This represents a substantial expansion of H&G's service offerings into the commercial property and infrastructure sector. > Read More...

Feb 21, 2012 SHARE

Support staff walked out at Swindon's Great Western Hospital in the UK to protest over allegations of managerial "bullying and harassment" by

Carillion

Presence in:

North America

Europe & Russia

Building Maintenance

HQ United States | 6,000 employees

Carillion. Carillion Manager resigned prior to the strike.> Read More...

Feb 21, 2012 SHARE

BGC Partners announced that it has agreed to acquire substantially all the assets of

Grubb & Ellis

HQ United States | 6,000 employees

Grubb & Ellis. The acquisition comes after the two organizations had been involved in two week period of exclusivity in late January and early February of this year. BCG partners had previously acquired New-York based real estate firm

Grubb & Ellis

HQ Australia | 43,000 employees

Newmark Knight and Frank in May of 2011. > Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

UGL

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has reported a 15 percent fall in first-half profit but is on track to deliver a five per cent rise in full-year underlying profit. Net profit in the six months prior to December 31 was $55.4 million, down from $65 million in the prior corresponding period. Most of the fall was due to $16.8 million in transaction costs associated with the acquisition of UK property firm DTZ.> Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

Inviron

Inviron has secured a new contract with commercial property business MAG Developments to provide technical facilities management services at two office buildings at Manchester Airport.> Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has unveiled its plans for the future provision of facilities management across the English regions, and has begun inviting industry to submit expressions of interest in three new regional prime contracts that have an estimated combined value of up to £4.35 billion over a minimum of five years and a maximum of 10 years with individual contract values ranging between £500m and £1.8 billion for services including maintenance and repairs to the Defence estate, a 24/7 helpdesk for estate-users, a regional energy management bureau, grounds maintenance, and snow and ice clearance.> Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

OCS Group

HQ United States | 36,600 employees

OCS Group has been awarded a five year cleaning and amenity services contract by British Airways for all its aircraft based at Heathrow Airport leaving OCS as BA's sole aircraft grooming supplier following a competitive tender process last year.> Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

United Facilities Management Company has secured a contract for FM provisions on the Pearl Qatar for services including engineering, infrastructure maintenance, road cleaning and public area cleaning, irrigation, landscaping, beach-cleaning, fountain and water feature maintenance services, coastal water and canal cleaning, pest control, waste collection and public area lighting services to Madinainova.> Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

The Asset Works, a global leader in leased asset management and verification services has announced a new partnership with

Jones Lang LaSalle

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for the integration of asset valuation, recovery and disposal capabilities into its portfolio of services.> Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

Kier

Kier has launched an exclusive smartphone application. The free to download app will enable customers of

Kier

Kier's maintenance and facilities management services to report repairs directly using their smartphone.> Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

Emrill has been awarded a contract to provide maintenance services for properties managed by Allsopp & Allsopp in Dubai.> Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

Wasl Properties has been selected by the interim association general assembly and Ecostar International Holdings FZCO to provide property management services to the Dubai Silicon Oasis towers. > Read More...

Feb 20, 2012 SHARE

Capstone On-Campus Management has been awarded the management of operations, maintenance, and summer marketing of all residence life facilities on the campus of Massachusetts College of Art and Design.> Read More...

Feb 17, 2012 SHARE

Lotus renews its contract with

OCS Group